jeffjb88
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- 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie
I am soon going to be designing another subwoofer box for my 97 EB explorer (this will be my 3rd one to date lol) and this time I want to find a better method of securely mounting the box to the cargo floor.
Background:
Currently my box is not secured at all. Just have a short 2x4 board wedged in between the wheel well and the box to prevent it from sliding left and right.
Current box is about 6.5 cu.ft. external volume, weighing around 150lbs. 1 15" sub facing up with 1 6" aero port facing the side. box is roughly 6cuft. tuned to 20hz. New box will be similar but I am going to try facing the subwoofer backwards as well as the port backwards. I'm having a problem with canceling waves above 60hz with my current box. flipping my box with subwoofer facing backwards results in better response above 60hz without losing anything on the low end. Unfortunately when the box is flipped like that it will be more prone to falling backwards.
Goal:
New box built similar volume and tuning with sub and port facing back. Dimensions will be roughly 39" wide x 18" high x 17" deep. But I want a better way to secure this box to the cargo floor. Obviously Drilling through the floor and using L brackets is the quick way to do this but not the most secure way. Using the existing tie down bolts would be ideal but the box will rest on the 2 forward ones. also using existing tie downs limits where I can place the box as well.
My idea was to use some sort of rail on each side(left and right). the rail will be bolted down to all 4 bolts where the tie downs were originaly. The box will then rest on top of the rails with some sort of bracket attached to the box secured from the rail. Possibly even thinking of some sort of metal bracket that will extend up the height of the box over the top and down the other side. My idea came from looking at the airline cargo rails but i haven't the slightest idea if this will do what I am thinking or if it will be strong enough. I basically want it to be universal, easy to remove and not stick out like a sore thumb. I dont want to keep drilling new holes for L brackets when I decide to build and test a new box. etc.
Anyone have any thoughts or ideas or methods you used to secure the box to the floor?
ps: heres the cargo rails i was looking at. http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/Airline-Straps-Hardware
Background:
Currently my box is not secured at all. Just have a short 2x4 board wedged in between the wheel well and the box to prevent it from sliding left and right.
Current box is about 6.5 cu.ft. external volume, weighing around 150lbs. 1 15" sub facing up with 1 6" aero port facing the side. box is roughly 6cuft. tuned to 20hz. New box will be similar but I am going to try facing the subwoofer backwards as well as the port backwards. I'm having a problem with canceling waves above 60hz with my current box. flipping my box with subwoofer facing backwards results in better response above 60hz without losing anything on the low end. Unfortunately when the box is flipped like that it will be more prone to falling backwards.
Goal:
New box built similar volume and tuning with sub and port facing back. Dimensions will be roughly 39" wide x 18" high x 17" deep. But I want a better way to secure this box to the cargo floor. Obviously Drilling through the floor and using L brackets is the quick way to do this but not the most secure way. Using the existing tie down bolts would be ideal but the box will rest on the 2 forward ones. also using existing tie downs limits where I can place the box as well.
My idea was to use some sort of rail on each side(left and right). the rail will be bolted down to all 4 bolts where the tie downs were originaly. The box will then rest on top of the rails with some sort of bracket attached to the box secured from the rail. Possibly even thinking of some sort of metal bracket that will extend up the height of the box over the top and down the other side. My idea came from looking at the airline cargo rails but i haven't the slightest idea if this will do what I am thinking or if it will be strong enough. I basically want it to be universal, easy to remove and not stick out like a sore thumb. I dont want to keep drilling new holes for L brackets when I decide to build and test a new box. etc.
Anyone have any thoughts or ideas or methods you used to secure the box to the floor?
ps: heres the cargo rails i was looking at. http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/Airline-Straps-Hardware
