Subs facing front or back?, Before i build my boxes Options

[sapperk]

I know I get asked this alot but i do not know if i have the right answer. Subs in a hatch back. I am mounting them where my back seats go. Be fore i build the box what direction should they face. Ive tried towards the front and the back and i really dont notice a huge difference. Does anybody notice a difference wether they have them facing foward or towards the trunk.

[CelicaST_CALI]

i have a coupe whats the best to opitimize the sound of a 300$ audobahn sub?

[Sinyk]

When I had my old hatchback, I found having my subs at the back of the hatch facing up bouncing the sound off the glass was the loudest.



That's a pic of what my old system looked like with 2 15's in my old sentra. (Fuzzy pic, I know. It's a 35mm pic scanned.)

After that setup when I downgraded for SQ, I used a single 12 and had it against the seats facing back into the trunk, perpendicular to the trunk surface.



I found that this setup gave the cleanest sound, least rattles, and best bass quality. Note that I also had the sub running in reverse phase, so when the bass kicked, it went towards the front of the car instead of the rear.

I haven't decided if I'm going to put a sub in the trunk of my Celica yet, but if i did, it would be against the seats facing the back of the car.