Gunwale tray mounted subs
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dawiz74- how are those rascals "mounted"? I thought about having a bracket made that would allow for the box to hang under the seat . . . then i thought better of it. Tell me how you did it.
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SeaWeasel - I made some brackets from some 1" flat galvanized steel. I just bent them with a bench vise to fit the boxes I made. I bolted them to the steel tubing under the bolsters. It was an easy install and they seem to be pretty solid, but I don't boat in any really rough water.
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Originally posted by dawiz74
SeaWeasel - I made some brackets from some 1" flat galvanized steel. I just bent them with a bench vise to fit the boxes I made. I bolted them to the steel tubing under the bolsters. It was an easy install and they seem to be pretty solid, but I don't boat in any really rough water.
SeaWeasel - I made some brackets from some 1" flat galvanized steel. I just bent them with a bench vise to fit the boxes I made. I bolted them to the steel tubing under the bolsters. It was an easy install and they seem to be pretty solid, but I don't boat in any really rough water.
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I actually bought some of those white laminated partical board shelves from Lowes. Probably not "rot" resistant, but not too worried about that. You might have to buy something a little thicker and stronger for subs. At first I wasn't going to cover them, so thats why I bought the white shelves. After I built the boxes they looked pretty bad, so I covered them with the marine vinyl with a little padding. Got the 1" metal for the brackets at Ace Hardware, but I think Lowes also has it. Finally, the end pieces are 1/8" plexiglass painted (on the inside). I'm no audio expert, but they sound really good to me. My 6x9's are Soundstreams (the old, good ones) powered by a 4 channel Soundstream amp. I have a 10" sub box that I take out of my car and put in the cabin. Everything else is stock. Probably more info than you wanted!




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