Metal stealth box

[RayLCC]

Ok, I've done a bit of wiring but haven't done much in the way of making boxes. The boxes I've made have always been made to the size of the car and not tuned or made specially for any speaker. I saw on here a guy who made a stealth box that filled the whole back right pannel to get more space in the box and this inspired me. He used MDF to make the box, which in itself takes up a lot of space. (1/2 in. mdf on four sides takes an inch out of the box dimensions on each side.) So I'm thinking, why not use metal and weld a box together. I was thinking doing the same thing in filling up the back panel and the box could be braced easily to make the sides stiff. Thinner material could be used giving the box more interior space and the whole thing could be coated in spray on bed liner inside and out to deaden the sound like wood. (although probably not as good) The exterior could even be coated in dynamat with the rest of the sheet metal. Would this work? It wouldn't be the first time I've had a hair-brained idea, but this seems doable.

 

[davesexplorer]

yeah deaden the heck out of it and it should do fine depending on the amount of flat surface area the metal has.

 

[RayLCC]

thanks, I have some spare 1/8 in. sheet lying around some where so I may make a small box for an 8 in. woofer I have, just to see the difference from wood. I'll make a wood box the same size. That way, if it sounds terrible I won't have invested a lot of money into it. All scrap and maybe a can of bed liner. I'll post how it turns out.

 

[Greg Cejka]

the properties of the metal will really mess with the sound(maybe in a good way). but make sure you use a form for the real thing so you get the same bend out of each, the bend will improve the sound depending on the arc. i would like to see what you come up with and how it sounds i would love to do a stealth box in mine, so best of luck.