What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

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You need air movement regardless of frequencies. Some people might not realize that. Show me a sub enclosure that doesn't have holes; usually a big ass hole the size of the sub. Unless you want a big old vibrator back there. Your gf might like it though.
I had a sealed q logic box with a Boston Acoustic 12"sub made for sealed enclosures in my old truck. It had a nice tight sound to it. I didn't like the boomy sound of lower end ported boxes.

Ffwd to my JL 12w7 in their H.O. ported box and it has the same tight sound only a lot louder and it isn't boomy. My JL can move a lot more air. That Boston Acoustic would have been lost in a ported box.

I think it comes down to woofer design and your music taste. U can lose sound with a woofer not designed for a ported box, especially a single woofer. If you want cheap booming sound go ported, but you will want to upgrade the woofer to get some SQ back.

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Not today, but took Big Red down to Cedar Key on the 4th. First time ever being down there. Took about an hour and a half drive from where we live in Ocala. Really cool place. Definitely going again.

One a sidenote, the old 'hoe did great. There was one instance of the transmission being weird though. Stopped at a stopsign and the transmission didn't shift down into 1st. Only did it that one time on the way there and hasn't done it since. Maybe time for a filter change?



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I had a sealed q logic box with a Boston Acoustic 12"sub made for sealed enclosures in my old truck. It had a nice tight sound to it. I didn't like the boomy sound of lower end ported boxes.

Ffwd to my JL 12w7 in their H.O. ported box and it has the same tight sound only a lot louder and it isn't boomy. My JL can move a lot more air. That Boston Acoustic would have been lost in a ported box.

I think it comes down to woofer design and your music taste. U can lose sound with a woofer not designed for a ported box, especially a single woofer. If you want cheap booming sound go ported, but you will want to upgrade the woofer to get some SQ back.

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Yeah I worded that wrong. The MTX Thunderform IS a sealed enclosure for one thing. But someone advised @Tonyrodz to not drill out the grill in the rear panel and instead just glue a board there which puts the sealed enclosure inside another sealed enclosure (the rear panel). That's a sub box inside another box (the rear interior panel enclosure) inside a third box (the truck itself). Not a good idea IMO.
 

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Yeah I worded that wrong. The MTX Thunderform IS a sealed enclosure for one thing. But someone advised @Tonyrodz to not drill out the grill in the rear panel and instead just glue a board there which puts the sealed enclosure inside another sealed enclosure (the rear panel). That's a sub box inside another box (the rear interior panel enclosure) inside a third box (the truck itself). Not a good idea IMO.
Gotcha...drill it..or dremel. It's gonna be muffled.

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I was too quick to celebrate. The driver side got me. The bolt broke flush with the head, and if that is not enough, that is the bolt closest to the firewall, so it's very difficult to get to it either with a drill bit or with a welding gun. A mechanic quoted me $150 to get it fixed, so I will report back once its done
Yeah dude I think both sides on mine broke at the very back towards the firewall and maybe even the ones in front of those it had a bad exhaust leak so I grabbed a ratchet to see if I can just snug them up and as soon as I put the sock it to them they just fell right out like they were sitting in their dead. My dad owns an auto shop here in town and he said that's common for these things.
 

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Just picked this up.View attachment 202997 View attachment 202999
This goes behind the plastic panel. Anyone know if I'll need to cut that plastic grill out for sound quality?
Badass man! I have been searching Craigslist and offer up here in AZ trying to find one of those and the one that goes under the console to. I'm not a big huge Bass fan so between the two I think it would be more than enough
 

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