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Hi Al,

I'm not clicking the links, but many CD changer controllers mute the inputs till a CD is playing. You might have to connect a CD changer to the radio, sever the audio pins, route your AUX...

Angling might work.

what if you offset the drivers by 6 inches and angled them? Start with your drawing. Move the outer drivers, say, 6 inches to the rear. Now take each pair of drivers left and...

It just seems to me you are trying to make two incongruous items work. You arent working with the car, you are fighting it. I think there are better choices to be made.

the way I understand that drawing, is you have two vents facing forward (the space between each subwoofer pair) and the middle, where the ski hole is, needs to be blocked. This assumes, as you said,...

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllll (mental gears are damn well greased now!)

If you enclose the back with another 4 sided box, then the rear of the subwoofer will, as before, vent into...

I can think of ways to make it work with 4 drivers but it's back to your original design (http://www.hometheatershack.com/gallery/file.php?n=1367&w=l) with the driver placement massaged. alot. And...

the more and more and more I think about this, I hate to say, The more it just makes sense to run with 2 12's ported through the ski pass.

I am very confident that your seats are solid steel...

a buckled spider? Isn't it already flexible in that direction?

what is involved in oil-canning a spider?

Another dumb question. What effect do you expect sag to have in a car, with the engine off, in the driveway, on a windless day, with no kids around playing in the neighborhood?

I think you should take one of your existing subwoofers and correlate the actual sag with that website. if you get anywhere near 5%, if Xmax is above 20mm, 5% will be EASY to see with just a ruler.

dumb question, have you actually taken your accord seats apart to see what you are working with?

I ask because in my experience (2003-2005, but older accords than that), accord rear seats are...

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Just kidding. OK, good luck to ya. Not an easy one. Will be interesting to see. Based on your description you are making...

If you go from a rounded back to a polygon back (assuming you own a table saw) you are going to make your life SO much easier for construction. I actually recommend a 2 panel polygon. Top of the...

understood. Will require clever engineering on your part, I have faith you'll nail it. I'd stick with top drivers motor up. I think it'll be easier to clear the rear deck as the whole thing pivots...

tricky. Do you demand the box to stay in the car when the seats are folded? Or would you be just as happy if the box came out when the seats are to fold. I would understand why if both were...

ALSO, you don't have to have your subwoofers diametrically opposed if you don't want to. If your motors are really deep but skinny (think tangband neo), then you can "close pack" them by invert...

if you are trying to seal the front from the back, of course there will be two additional pieces, top and bottom, that "shield" the motors from view from the front. So to speak.

But also, re-draw...

yep, that's what I mean. You can also invert the subwoofers if that gives you more clearance at any point. Or just invert one set and get your "motor linearization" or whatever you think you want out...

need more ideas? I have them! full on LAT style arrangement. an accordion shaped baffle going across the car. Use thin subwoofers and you can fit way more in. If your trunk is 16 inches tall and you...

And for subwoofers? in a car? I see NO reason why you should or should not have half the drivers facing backwards or forwards. I'd be surprised if THAT was a contributing factor to any oddball sonic...

You think your ski pass is.... restrictive? :)

I see no reason it wont work, but you can make the baffle ALOT more efficient. There's a reason installers use V shaped baffles for subwoofers. Now,...

George, I thought you were in LA. Where in Northern California are you?

theres some past and present tense going on there that makes it hard for me to figure out what you just said.

It just seemed to make sense. Anything where the business end can be piped around via big or small tube, why not put the noisy end somewhere else? The cabinet that held my compressor can now be a...