Earthquake SWS and spacer discovery

piggelin · 02-17-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by badfish

I took a video of the sub now that it clears. It sounds great. Time to do the other side.

WOW, i have sws-8 and my subs doesnt move or sound anything like that lol.

what amp do u have? BP THA555 SUXXXX

zivyn · 02-18-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by piggelin

WOW, i have sws-8 and my subs doesnt move or sound anything like that lol.

what amp do u have? BP THA555 SUXXXX

his first post says Alpine PDX-5 so I'm betting that's what's still driving them

Cefaln452 · 05-28-2010, 09:02 PM

so are these subs really worth it? or is it better off building a custom box in the trunk?

I own a custom car audio shop and want to go super stealth in my car and I just wasn't sure if these 8's are doing the job or not...
IDK if I should build a custom box or try these out...

digitaldav · 11-19-2010, 03:53 AM

Nice DIY...

VP Electricity · 11-19-2010, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cefaln452

so are these subs really worth it? or is it better off building a custom box in the trunk?

I own a custom car audio shop and want to go super stealth in my car and I just wasn't sure if these 8's are doing the job or not...
IDK if I should build a custom box or try these out...

Wow... I missed this... Really?

Menno11 · 11-23-2010, 10:52 AM

I cut the carpet away from the sub too, seemed like it would get in the way, so I cleared it too. Used 10mm spacers before putting the grill back on (not sure what 10mm is in inches)

Rotary Rasp · 11-23-2010, 12:29 PM

How do these subs sound with just the stock amp?

Technic · 11-23-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp

How do these subs sound with just the stock amp?

Little improvement, if any.

deepgrey · 01-04-2011, 04:30 AM

jackb, does having the SWS's lower, without spacers have any sound quality issues for you?
I am looking at installing some myself and would much prefer not to use spacers!

larry_bml · 05-03-2011, 05:11 AM

Can someone tell me how can I seal the hole for bass refflex ? I'm waiting for my amp, but in the meanwhile I want to seal the boxes for SWS's.
Another problem about I want to ask you is about the chair support, it seems it is touching the SWS side. How did you resovled that problem?

And please you all, can someone tell me at what freq is SWS sounds good ? I will use the HI input on my amplifier and try to remodulate the sound to sound good on the SWS's.

Thank you all !

joelc73 · 05-03-2011, 07:09 PM

Where to top spacers fit into this? Do they go between the carpet and the grill OR between the speaker and the speaker and the carpet? I'm guessing it's the latter -- but I'm not really sure.

1QuikWS6 · 05-04-2011, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by joelc73

Where to top spacers fit into this? Do they go between the carpet and the grill OR between the speaker and the speaker and the carpet? I'm guessing it's the latter -- but I'm not really sure.

With the jtsherri spacers - the top spacers normally go between the carpet and grill, but it would work either way if you had the proper length screws.
No carpet cutting is required.

dv8ed · 11-06-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LaYzEe

M335I used these:
I used dynamat and placed it around the whole ring and sides.

Would two 12"x12" Dynamat sheets be enough for the sub enclosure or I would need larger sizes?

kaigoss69 · 11-07-2011, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dv8ed

Would two 12"x12" Dynamat sheets be enough for the sub enclosure or I would need larger sizes?

Save your money. Dynamat will not make a noticeable difference in this application.

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deepgrey Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2010 325i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Queensland iTrader: (0)	jackb, does having the SWS's lower, without spacers have any sound quality issues for you? I am looking at installing some myself and would much prefer not to use spacers!
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larry_bml First Lieutenant 194 Rep 325 Posts Drives: BMW F30 Sport Line 320ded Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Romania - Pitesti iTrader: (0)	Can someone tell me how can I seal the hole for bass refflex ? I'm waiting for my amp, but in the meanwhile I want to seal the boxes for SWS's. Another problem about I want to ask you is about the chair support, it seems it is touching the SWS side. How did you resovled that problem? And please you all, can someone tell me at what freq is SWS sounds good ? I will use the HI input on my amplifier and try to remodulate the sound to sound good on the SWS's. Thank you all !
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joelc73 Private First Class 7 Rep 109 Posts Drives: 2010 E90 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY iTrader: (0)	Where to top spacers fit into this? Do they go between the carpet and the grill OR between the speaker and the speaker and the carpet? I'm guessing it's the latter -- but I'm not really sure.
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