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.

[x_itchy_b_x]

I was always told to have them face the rear. so the sounds waves can expand larger while bouncing off the trunk. or something to that affect lol.

[DSToyo]

I was always told to have them face the rear. so the sounds waves can expand larger while bouncing off the trunk. or something to that affect lol.

i know they should face the rear, im not exactly sure as to why, but its something like that.

[sapperk]

Thats what i heared too, anyone have them facing front. I wonder if the trunk will rattle less.

[GTSOwner]

for best results, place box at the back of the trunk, facing back.

[sapperk]

i am placing them towards the front where the back seats were. this way i still have full use of my trunk.

[Shocker]

make it bounce off the glass....That sounds the best to me..

[sapperk]

yea thats what i hear thats where i got them facing now, its just my trunk rattles so bad. i got rubbercoating and i got dynamat in the trunk. I guess ill have to do it both ways for a while and test it out.

[tim86]

yea face them up or back to the rear... i face mine to the rear and it rattles a lot, but its so much worse with the box close to the back of the hatch

[pittfirefighter]

BANDPASS BOX!!! subs fire rear but sound goes UPPPPP

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

face the rear of the car i tried mine both ways and the other ways better

[Shocker]

BANDPASS BOX!!! subs fire rear but sound goes UPPPPP

i have my band pass box where the subs are firing towards each other..with a 9.7 inch deep 6inch pvc pipe port firing up on the glass.....best box ive ever built and it sounds killer..

[sapperk]

Im not just trieing to get the ultimate sound, im trieing to get good sound eith little rattling on the outside. My 2 12" MTX thunders pound pretty hard and sound great along with my 4 infiniti kapas. My amp for the subs is down to -2 on my deck and it still pounds. I want to eliminate the vibrations on the outside.

[tonytutino]

i always thought 10's would be better for our hatches....

[BigAl_UK]

Mine is where my rear seats were and I put mine facing upwards - it sounds great

[tim86]

the only bandpass boxes ive heard sounded like ass.... seems like they just look a lot cooler than they sound

[Daftboy]

The box should be as far back to the seats as possible and aim towards the back or the trunk. This is so that the sound wave can have more room to amplify and refract off the hatch itself. The trunk acts like a resonating chamber and if you have the sub box closer to the back then you leave less for it to bounce of and make efficient sound. I hope this makes sense I could get more technical but then I'd lose people.

[Vissi]

I have one 10 fosgate p1 facing up and it sounds pretty good for only 150watt's. I figured that it would reflect over the glass better than though a seat.
It shakes the hatch alot though, and the lisence plate.

You cannot hear any thump outside the car though, but when u put ur head in its like night and day.
-dave

[Daftboy]

Like I said the trunk is a resonating camber...but your case since you have a Hatchback the whole car basiclly acts as one. You would not usally hear it outside of the car that well unless you haev some serious power going to it. Also if everything is vibrating what you can do is remove all of the plastic paneling around the hatch itself put dynomat around it , take a roller or something simlar press it all down. DO NOT make holes where the clips would go in, instead press them through the dynomat until they click into place. This should stop the hatch from shaking. As far as the plate you can take off the rear plate assembly section dyomat 2 or layers in there then also take off your plate and apply dynomat directly to the back of it. This should but elminate the rattle. If it doesn't then go back and do another layer.

resonating

[Negative]

1 15" R-F P-1 in the Hatch facing front - no rattles. Face it towards the back and it rattles like crazy. I find that facing the sub towards the back is better for coupes and cars that are shorter and therfore the sub is closer to the drivers head. My 15" is in a full size box and it's all the way to the rear of the hatch. Sounds perfect like that.
Just my .02.