Versa stealth box

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Athikerguy4life
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Car: 2008 Nissan Versa
Location: Lewiston, Maine

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Who's interested in a stealth sub box for the Versa? My V didn't come with the RF stereo system, and I for one would love to have a stealth box, so I had an idea this morning.. Why not make them myself? I have a decent amount of experience making boxes and I came up with a few ideas this morning for boxes built specifically for the Versa. I have a sedan of course, so the ideas all pertain to sedans, but if I got my hands on a Hatch, I could make something for that too.

Here's what I'm thinking: If there are enough people who have interest in this, I'll go ahead and do a little more research into cost and materials. After I figure out the cost I'll see who wants one and start building. The three designs I have are a wedge which would sit in the back of the trunk and not take up much space, a fiberglass box that would go in the wheel arch, which I believe is where the RF sub goes, and another fiberglass box in the spare tire well.

Here are the designs I came up with at work this morning:

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The wedge would be simplest, and the cheapest. All MDF with rounded inside edges.
The wheel arch would be close behind and be easiest to ship since it will be small and all fiberglass
The spare tire well would obviously be HUGE and hard to ship, but if somebody really wanted one, I could do it. It would be the most expensive as well since it's a ton of fiberglass.

My goal is to make quality, affordable, and strong boxes that fit our cars. A lot of stealth boxes online go for 300+ and my goal is to do it for less than half that price. So who's interested?

NOTE: the drawings are poor and not to scale, so please don't rag on the sizes being unrealistic. Thanks!
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Athikerguy4life
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After doing a bit of research and price checking, I'm figuring I can do the wedge style box and the wheel arch box for about $130 each, plus shipping charges. I'm probably not gonna bother with a wheel well box because it's unrealistic to ship something that big. The wedge box will also be big, but they are cheaper to build so I think it will work out. Loaded wheel arch boxes are going for $600 for other cars so this would be a steal for anyone wanting to add some Bass to their car.

The benefit of having them custom made is that It can be built to match ANY sub, within reason. Obviously, 15's wouldn't work. 8's, 10's, and maybe 12's, but that's pushing it away from stealth territory. A single wheel arch box could fit an 8 or a 10. You can do one of these on either side. the wedge could fit 2 8's, 2 10's, or a single 12. If you put 2 12's, the box would need to be too big and you'd lose too much trunk space. The whole goal of this is to SAVE THAT SPACE!

I can also do Amp racks either out in the open or make something to mount down in the spare tire well for some super stealthyness :) On the wedge box you might be able to mount the box between the subs.

Any thoughts?

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veronicatheV
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Car: 2010 Nissan Versa 1.6

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my box is a stealth box kinda. when i put the black piece of wood infront of my box you cant even tell anything is there except i have a really small trunk

I mentrion this to help with your ideas the angle of the box matches the slope of the seats

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VersaOnRoids
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Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:57 am
Car: 08 Nissan Versa

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Does anyone know the measurements of the spare tire well??

Working up a plan for that space but cannot get to bc I have my audio in the way..
Major headache..


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