Introduction
Speaker boxes are a great project for people who are used to do it yourself work. Not only are speaker boxes easy to make, but they are very useful once your car has more than the factory-installed speakers in it.
Speaker Box Materials
When making your speaker box, you need to remember to take into consideration the thickness of the material that you will be using. While wood is commonly used for speaker boxes, it can be quite heavy. Particle board is much more useful, less heavy and is approximately three quarters of an inch thick. Before purchasing particle board, make sure to measure the speaker and add the width of the particle board to have an accurate idea of how much particle board to purchase. Once you have purchased your particle board, you will need to get a saw, glue or a stapler and carpet to complete the project.
Basic Speaker Box Construction
To begin, trace the dimensions of the speaker on the particle board, making sure that you leave adequate room for the particle board. Next, start cutting out the particle board. You will need three sides to be cut out in total. When you have finished cutting out all three sides for the speaker box, make holes for speaker wires on two of the three pieces. This will allow for any necessary cords and plugs to fit in without a problem. After you have glued or stapled together the three pieces, place your speaker inside the box in order to make sure it fits. If it does, congratulations, you have completed the hard part of your speaker box construction.
Enhancing the Speaker Box
There are a few more things that you can do to your speaker box in order to get the best use out of it. Cover your speaker box with carpet. Covering your speaker box will muffle the sound somewhat, which may be necessary, since some people have very powerful speakers.
Installing the Speaker Box
After you have properly padded your speaker box, place it in your car. Then you can hook up your speaker and pump out some great tunes in no time at all. You can combine multiple speaker boxes to make entire speaker racks in your car. The basic procedure remains the same for all speaker boxes. However, if you try to build multiple speaker boxes, try to thread all wires through the rear of the speaker box. Side to side wiring can become messy and difficult to deal with if you try to remove the speaker box from your vehicle.
Conclusion
Everyone enjoys a great quality sound system that will pump out your tunes with the best bass and sound quality around. However, you need to construct a speaker box that will hold those really nice speakers. If your speakers are a little too powerful, you may want to add some padding to them so they do not irritate your neighbors or the local police. Rock on, and good luck on constructing and installing your own speaker box.
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