What size sub?

[koreanuso]

I was thinking of running one 12" sub in my cb7 to get a nice clean bass. Is a 12 too overpowering and will it rattle my trunk?

[islandhopper]

it suits me just fine...

I was thinking of running one 12" sub in my cb7 to get a nice clean bass. Is a 12 too overpowering and will it rattle my trunk?

Im running a 12" MTX Thunder series 5500 in a ported box tuned to 33mhz, powered by a mono-block amp at 500watts RMS. It's barely cranked up at all and it hits hard enough to be uncomfortable, but i have it set at a good range.

If i really wanted to go nuts (which i have) i could juice it so much that it would piss off most people in a 300yd radius...but i need earplugs for that and i bet some interior pieces would start to come loose after a while!

It will rattle unless you use sound deadener or you tune it just right. Or blast it so you just can't hear the ghetto rattle no more!

If clean is what you want, get a sealed box and run a mono-block somewhere in the 150-400 RMS range. Are little CB's contain most of the noise, so it wont take much to be nice n loud.

[stevediraddo]

I was thinking of running one 12" sub in my cb7 to get a nice clean bass. Is a 12 too overpowering and will it rattle my trunk?

if you want nice and clean, a pair of 10's will be perfect. rule of thumb i've always trusted: "two tens for accuracy, two twelves for thump"

by the way my trunk rattles like a mofo with a pair of 10s, i couldnt imagine running a pair of 12s without some extensive rattleproofing.

[sonikaccord]

One 12 is fine. If you don't want it to rattle your trunk, then don't feed it alot of power. You would be fine running it off of the bridged channel of a 4 channel amp.

[gundo knight]

thats cool i even a 10in sub rattle the trunk i got two 12in and it rattle but what do you think about dynamic i think thats how you spell it 10 years ago they came out with a paded board thats help the reduces of rattle and now they have a spray can or something that work better then the original pading and the spray goes everywere so my bro had spray the shock strews and around there and the corner of the trunk.... so the only thing that rattle is the lincen plate and really reduce rattle and clear sound of bass what do you think of that good for you???? so any sub will bump hard but the bigger the better lol and our trunk can hold it, its really big lol

[sw33tstyl3]

I have 2 12's in my trunk in ported box and i feel like it is to overkill for our car.(Unless you really want to thump) No matter what sub you get your going to get trunk rattle, this trunk has to much metal in the back for it to not rattle at all.

[masterbarber]

Do the magic "DYNAMAT", get a trunk kit. I dont like rattle but i love BASS. Ima Basshead...Go Bigger or Go Home...SPL rulesssssss

[koreanuso]

thanks for the replies! i heard of dynamat and that its very expensive. but if it does its job im sure its worth it. not looking to thump just need a good clean bass for inside the car. dont need people listening to my shit outside. thanks again everyone

[masterbarber]

thanks for the replies! i heard of dynamat and that its very expensive. but if it does its job im sure its worth it. not looking to thump just need a good clean bass for inside the car. dont need people listening to my shit outside. thanks again everyone

Well they are other brands and they do exactly the same job

[Pito389]

Pepboys sell some at half price !!!!!!

[Sarthos]

A quarter price for dynamat is still a ripoff.

[5spd92]

I have 2 12's and they are alittle overkill unless you love bass like i do, but just my input whatever size you choose there is another brand of a sound deadner besides dynamat. Its FatMat i use it and covered my whole trunk pretty much the same stuff but a little cheaper.

[1fast93cb7]

I was thinking of running one 12" sub in my cb7 to get a nice clean bass. Is a 12 too overpowering and will it rattle my trunk?

It doesn't really matter wat size sub u have. It realy comes down to witch type of sub? Its peak power? And the amp and seting you put it to. And if your worried about rattle. If you go to your local bestbuy or car audio store they should carry something called dynomat.

Dynomat is a mat ther line the inside of ur trunck wit (behind the panels) were no matter how much bass you push you trunk will not rattle. And it also helps if you screw you lisence plate on tighter cause a lot of peaple mistake the liscence plate rattle for there trunks!..

Good luck

[CBSeven...SR]

yeah if you go with a 12 you should get some dynomat when i had a one 12 inch sub in my trunk it would rattle till i got some dynomat reduced the rattling...but i switched to two 10s.

[masterbarber]

I have tons of DYNAMAT on the wagon, door panels, roof, hatch, rear panels & she dont rattle nomore....now she Flex...lol