Custom Sub-Box "IN" Spare Tire

jikhead

That screw is like a foot long or so, because it goes thru the Bose subwoofer and then thru the wheel to meet the threads in the metal frame of the car. So in theory, you would have to cut most of the upper portion of the rod leaving the threaded end. Reattach the plastice turn thing to the rod. Because now the screw only needs to tighten from the 1/2" bottom layer of the box and the wheel. Make sense? And yes, if this was done, you would have to unscrew the subwoofer to get to this in order to take the spare tire out. It may be better to just reinforce the spacing between frame and the wheel to keep it in space and snug. The weight of the box and speaker may be enough to keep the wheel DOWN. Will the box bounce up and down with music? Don't know.

Sigur

Ahh, OK i gotcha. I have the non-touring so my screw is sized for the spare only without the bose Subwoofer. Seems like if you had to pull the sub out of the box to get the spare out you might as well just go without a spare IMO. Probably some way to get it to all fit snug in there without using the factory tire hold down.

mecha1000

Looks great!b

This is similar to what i did a few months ago. I have now finished the install and it looks great. I have not updated the pics because I have been having problems with my camera but tonight will use my phone to take new pictures.

10" sub in spare tire!

jikhead

Yeah, your post sparked me to try this myself because the local shops were going to be WAY too expensive with a custom fabricated one. I'm going to build a 2nd at some point (not anytime soon), and hopefully can build a better one.

2fast4thelaw

That looks like a lot of work! I think it would be better to make a mold inside the spare tire and fiberglass it and then bond the baffle to it. You will gain substantially more air space than the method you are using. With a fiberglass enclosure there you would have enough depth to use a conventional 8" sub which will out perform a flat 10.

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