View Single Post
  #70  
Old 06-15-2009, 06:19 PM
m5james's Avatar
m5james m5james is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kirkland, WA to Alexandria, VA - Now in Marysville, WA
Posts: 4,001
m5james is on a distinguished road
Hit the damn back button halfway through, so i'm re-writing ALL of this again. Anyways....

So I spoke w/ Michelle, and it appears I need to be a Premier member in order to post on the For Sale forums since they've had issues in the past w/ fraudulant users/spammers posting in there. I'm selling this stuff for cost, and the membership is half the price of the stuff itself, so Mods, please don't delete this post.

I'll basically tell the story of how this all came about to what got me here, and where I am now. When I first looked in the back of the X, I noticed initially that the left side compartment (I have no navi, etc) was larger than the right side. My friend and I measured each area and concluded that we could make a simple square enclosure for the left side that would be slightly larger than the left side. I thought we were so cool figuring this out. The 1st box he made, he made exactly backwards, so now i've got two boxes, one for the left and a matching one for the right. I'd like to sell both if possible, so PM me if you'd like to see pics of these boxes. Once they're painted and I see the mods haven't deleted my post, i'll photobucket the photos and attach them to this post.

Well as he was making the (correct ) left side box, I was browsing around here and Google to try and find out how to wire this thing. I came across the BSW videos and noticed the actual size of the enclosure....dee dee dee on my part! Now, as noted above, we measured and calculated everyones boxes, and Zerochief's came out to be the closest in size to the stock, BSW or JL boxes. Like I said, my installer made me a quick box to test his idea that basically w/ the boxes all being this small, I wouldn't notice the difference between my two .3 cu/ft boxes and the .41 box that Zerochief has made. He was right, but at this point, if I go w/ Zero's design, I can upgrade to a 10" and get all that much more bass from my amp setup.

The dual voice coil 8" that I posted links for above can handle 175watts RMS, but my monoblock amp can easily put out 300watts RMS. Now I know that even going to a 10" w/ a larger enclosure isn't going to get me to what I have in the 7, but it'll be closer. So i'd like to see if anyone is interested in purchasing either box, sub, or both. I paid about $35 per box, so is anyone interested in having a sub and box for say, $50 shipped?

Just let me know if you have navi or anything in the left side compartment before hand so I can make sure to ship the correct box based on whichever side you're going to install the enclosure. As for the amp, i'd honestly buy the same one from the link I posted above. It's a great little amp, monoblock is best if you wanna run a dual voicecoil speaker, and it rocks for being only around $80 w/ that much power. If you need help installing, wiring, etc, I'm always willing to help. I'm a newbie here, but i've been all over Bimmerforums, Bimmfest, DTMPower, 5Driver, Roadfly, etc etc for years, so I like helping and using the forums for what they're designed for imho...to help others save money and DIY'selfers.

So, i've got a left and right side fitted box, $35 plus shipping for each if sold individually. Then all you'd need is a $16 wiring kit from WalMart and the $80 amp listed above, or something else if you don't like that one.

EDIT : We've also already made a trim ring that can be covered in carpet and mounted on the face of either left or right side panel should you decide that you wanna cut the face of the panel open. Please let me know if you plan on doing this or not though, otherwise i'll sell it w/ the other enclosure. Also, to whoever buys just the blank enclosure, I'll throw in a free 8" DVC sub that my buddy yanked from his old home theater enclosure. He gave it to me as a tested until my RE sub came in the mail. It's not nearly as good as the RE sub, but for someone who has absolutely NO BASS right now, everything is an improvement...and free is affordable

These pics are w/ the boxes unfinished. I'm going to paint them tomorrow w/ a rubberized coating so it won't rattle while sitting inside either compartment. I'll redo these pics, but I wanted to put these up in the meantime. Sorry for the size btw, I use Avant Browser and it lets me enlarge or reduce any pics on websites like this one.
Attached Images
   
__________________

650hp 10 X5///M - Stage 2, Vibrant 1794's , gutted cats, custom intake, AC Forged 22's
325hp 98 BMW 740iL - ///M5 6spd, www.bavengine.com w/ Performance Option, electric fan, CF intake tube w/ heatshield, Mag 14816 w/ notched bumper, Bilstein/H&R Stage II/Powerflex

600+hp 02 Harley F150 - MHP900 Stage 3 engine, KB2.3, 8# lower, 60# inj, Walbro FP's

135hp 01 TL1000R - M4 full exhaust, K&N, Yosh box, -1/+2 gears, 2CT's

Last edited by m5james; 10-07-2009 at 01:28 PM.
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links