iceman1575 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Well, I give up. Tried bracing the shit out of my box, and the fucker still flexes (those SA-8's get down big time ) plus I need to redesign the box to fit under the seat better...what 3/4" material would work better than MDF? What do you guys use? Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Im sorry you shouldn't be getting flex from low power setups ill assume you are running less than 1500 watts Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1575 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) Im sorry you shouldn't be getting flex from low power setups ill assume you are running less than 1500 watts Try 1500 watts dead on it needs rebuilt, but instead of just doing MDF again and risk having the same issues, I'd like to do it right and still be stronger than what I have now... But seriously, let's not turn this into a complaint on how shitty it is. I just want suggestions to stronger wood that would work for car audio... Edited April 21, 2012 by iceman1575 Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetkilr01 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Birch...FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1575 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Birch...FTW That's what I hear alot, just didn't know what other choices there would be for box building. Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacomaguy1 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Do it right with mdf and you'll be good Quote Team Flex Issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmmoJammo Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 pics of box? and bracing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1575 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 pics of box? and bracing? No pics, videos in my build log. It was virtually thrown together but I did the best I could with it with what I had. Going to do it right next time. Bracing is 1x1 squares of wood top-bottom, and one from that to baffle. Hard to explain, it was a 5 minute fix because my top is one long piece... Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmmoJammo Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 and do you have a link to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 what is your box made out of 1/2in or something? I didnt get box flex with a level 5 18 and a couple dowels. If you have box flex issues with SA8s i feel like you didnt brace correctly. Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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