12" Sub

Im Looking To Put One Twelve In My Pre-runner Duble Cab But I Utilize The Fold Down Seat Option Alot And Dont Want To Loose That. Has Anyone Found A Setup That Isnt To Intrusive To The Truck? Thanks!

 

I agree that MrMarv can make you the enclosure, the problem you are going to face is mounting depth. Most 10's are very close to being too deep, so finding a 12 will be a bit of a challenge. I think you have about 5.5" to work with back there.

 

Due to the brace across the rear wall a 12" sub will not work without serious modification and I personally would not suggest cutting that support.

 

Ok Looks Like I Might Be Tossing My Two Twelves Andgeting A 10" Thanks For The Help. Mrmarv You Might Be Hearing From Me :d. Thanks Again Guys

 

You're welcome and just let me know if I can be of service to you or if you just need help building your own!

 

Out of curiousity Marv, would a 12" with a 4-5" mounting depth and about a 4" magnet fit? Also for the subs I am thinking about we would need .75ft as well.

 

It's the height of the rear brace that causes the problem so even shallow mount 12's won't work.

 

You could invert them and just have your seats down all the time!

 

MrMarv, could he not get something like this: http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?showAll=Y&g=520&i=065G1124&tp=111

He'd have to mount it so the magnet was just under that cross bar, but perhaps leaning back or something would allow enough space to get the magnet just under it. The .7 cuft for the driver shouldn't be a concern with just one 12, might be another story with 2.

 

Now that work!

I've seen one where the guy did in fact cut the brace.

Unfortunately the height of the brace in relation to the angle of the enclosure negates the possibility of using any 12 (the basket will hit the notch built into the enclosure even with the shallowest 12's).

 

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=4388
Thats what I have in my DC. I did infact cut the brace, it didnt do much at all. its so flimsy anyways. I built a box (still needs some work) but so far it sounds great for only having 800 watts pushing to it.

 

I have a 12" pioneer shallow mount... enclosure was made by a shop for about $200... hope to have pics sometime this week

 

Funny thing is after some prodding from a couple of members who really wanted 12's I experimented over the weekend and did in fact figure out how to make a slight modification in the enclosure design to get that exact 12" sub to fit . Now I must take back part of what I have said and mention that I CAN get CERTAIN 12's to fit WITHOUT cutting the rear brace. If anyone has other 12 inch shallows they'd like to see me try to fit just let me know.

 

I think something else should be mentioned. With such little room in these trucks it seems to me that some of you want a 12" just because you can. IMO some of the shawwlow mount subs lack the sonics to compete with traditional designs....of course not all and the shallows are getting better all the time. Another thing to remember is the extra airspace required for the 12" compared to a 10". Depending on your amplifiers of choice I think you sacrafice room to make the 12" work. I personally use some pretty big amps and it was tight to make the 2 10's work in my truck. If I decided on a 12", it would be just that...a single driver. I would take 2 10's over a single 12 all day long. Now of course if I was using something like the Alpine PDX amps it would be a different story. With that guys, before you decide to go with 12" drivers keep in mind you still have to mount your amps somewhere and if they arent the size of the PDX amps I think alot of you are going to be in trouble getting more than one driver in there. My $.02