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Trust me dont carpet the box. I have had 1st hand experience with it, and let me tell you it sucks I had a 1.8 db losss from carpet one time last year in a street car I was playing with. Again I repeat dont carpet!!!!!
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mdf has such a beautiful natural grain pattern to it. why would anyone want to carpet it???
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i know of this travesty also. i am currently driving one with the same db killing stuff in it. when i initially built the car, it brought back about +2 db bare, vs carpet. i also didn't do the math, and finished the car. i'm still climbing with the car, but will eventually change it to maybe vinyl to see the difference
quote:Originally posted by Bumpin' Yota: My seats are grungy - So what about those seat covers you can buy at walmart? Hurt Hinder or Neither?
Steve,
try some extra thick sheeps skins to see waht that does.
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2002 STREET 3-4 6th Place World Finals 2003 Street B 2nd Place Spring Break Nationals Posts: 1702 | From: Vero Beach, FL | Registered: Jul 2001
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what type of install are we talking about? I have a trunk car with the subs and port foward. i have it carpeted. I have not tryed it not carpeted. do you realy think it makes a big differance?
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i drive a honda del sol with the removable top. i also have just started db drag racing. doin' 'bout a 48.7 so far with room for improvement. don't think it'll make the top in SS1-2, but i've only been blastin' since May 03. i at least want to be competitive there this year. maybe i can get a little better next year. i call it "LIVIN' & LEARNIN'". most folka are, or seem to be fairly impressed with it, but i'm not satisfied yet.i carpeted the whole rear in a surround setup and lost 2-2.5 db in just doing that, but at the time the car was just to piss off my local business competitor. now it is to see how loud i can make it like it is. that is why i say maybe next year.
quote:Originally posted by hulioshonda: ...but at the time the car was just to piss off my local business competitor. now it is to see how loud i can make it like it is. that is why i say maybe next year.
That is PRECISELY how I got started in dB Drag. I'd LOVE to see ole Eric's face from Audiojerks of Gainesville if he were to sit in Yota now. Actually thinking back, I Eric was one of the few there I could even tolerate.
I normally give business to local shops, but that's one shop I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. For 25,000 bucks, they promised a customer a 167+ legal dB. 18 12s in a cut through and 6kw later they barely scratched out a 150.7 on the OLD AUDIO CONTROL!!
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There is no way that carpeting a box with the unbacked trunkliner has any effect on frequencies below say, 8k hertz. To be an effective barrier against bass, you would have to have carpet or a foam pad say, 6-8" thick. So, if you want to kill off any problems with your tweeters, then, yeah, get some trunk liner.
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quote:For 25,000 bucks, they promised a customer a 167+ legal dB. 18 12s in a cut through and 6kw later they barely scratched out a 150.7 on the OLD AUDIO CONTROL!!
Did he get a rose and dinner before that happend?
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quote:Originally posted by winslow: There is no way that carpeting a box with the unbacked trunkliner has any effect on frequencies below say, 8k hertz. To be an effective barrier against bass, you would have to have carpet or a foam pad say, 6-8" thick. So, if you want to kill off any problems with your tweeters, then, yeah, get some trunk liner.
Well I dunno, I just know what happened, all I did was carpet my box and lost 1.1 dB
I think that I have said too much....................I must go now................the SPL Ninja's are upon me Need more power? UP YOURS!! with Excessive Amperage! Posts: 6070 | From: Northern California | Registered: Nov 1999
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quote:Originally posted by winslow: There is no way that carpeting a box with the unbacked trunkliner has any effect on frequencies below say, 8k hertz. To be an effective barrier against bass, you would have to have carpet or a foam pad say, 6-8" thick. So, if you want to kill off any problems with your tweeters, then, yeah, get some trunk liner.
Inside of a trunk perhaps, however carpet has been proven on the meter to loose in cars like a CRX or SUV. Hell, different seat covers have influenced scores favorably and disfavorably.
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quote:Originally posted by winslow: There is no way that carpeting a box with the unbacked trunkliner has any effect on frequencies below say, 8k hertz. To be an effective barrier against bass, you would have to have carpet or a foam pad say, 6-8" thick. So, if you want to kill off any problems with your tweeters, then, yeah, get some trunk liner.
Inside of a trunk perhaps, however carpet has been proven on the meter to loose in cars like a CRX or SUV. Hell, different seat covers have influenced scores favorably and disfavorably.
I think it has to do with the "CRX" style box, and the way that it relies on the backwave from the roof
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