well if you ever decide to start again, let me know. i actually need a box right now. sell me one real cheap and i'll give it a great review and promise to always recommend you for boxes
well if you ever decide to start again, let me know. i actually need a box right now. sell me one real cheap and i'll give it a great review and promise to always recommend you for boxes
Theres not really "money" in making sub boxes and selling them online unless you have hookups with shipping and a big shop that can pound boxes out one after another.
Correct me if im wrong canaan, but that box probably took 2-3 hours to make not counting down time waiting for the glue to dry. Its just not worth the time unless you have ALOT of them selling. It will make a few bucks but not enough to make a full business out of it.
This box took a little longer than you would expect. To get the 2-tone look right take a little extra time too. As things are now, I can't just go the back and build a box...I have to come up and work the front when people come in.
I charged $180 for this box. That includes install though.
I also built 2 other boxes this week One box for a single cab S10...2.75cuft w/ 2 4" flares. Its going to have 2 DD1510D4's on a MM1000.1D. Should be pretty loud The other is 6.5cuft tuned to 38hz for a DD3518d2 in the soundroom.
"I charged $180 for this box. That includes install though."
Not a bad price at all for a local shop. Around here a single 12 sealed box is 155+install, ported is 205+install, sealed 15" is 175+install, and ported is 220+install. Thats all with black or gray carpet to...nothing special.
For my 4 15" upfiring box that was 12cuft and had tan carpet and a tan vinyl cutout they wanted $300+55 bucks an hour and they were guessing it would take 6-8 hours. So it would have easily been over $700 bucks. Scary isnt it...
BJ, I just realized that my prices are pretty much right there w/ yours. You do charge less for additions the the box (slant, double baffle, etc). Your new site is nice BTW.
Its really sad what people in my town pay for substandard boxes. Another local shop is pretty much know as the 'box kings', but people are learning what kind of boxes I build.
That other shop builds the same single 12" box for EVERY subs. 1.85cuft tuned to ~35hz w/ a 3.75"x3.75" port. Doesn't matter it you have a W3, L7, CVR, T2...they do the same box. The port noise is horrible w/ that box w/ any sub over ~500wrms.
I have made quite a few box sells just because people come in and tell me "my box ain't breathing, I think I need a new one." They can hear the port noise, they just don't realize what it actually is. I build em a box and send em on there way.
Did that for a guy w/ 2 Memphis M1's the other day. He said they sound weird, and he wanted to go to just 1 12". I tried to sell him a DD1512, but he went and got an Type R (at least he got a good sub). I dropped it in one of my boxes and it was louder and deeper than those 2 M1's in the other box. Same amp...it was sad.
Yea, it is crazy what a some shops can get away with.... LOL.
Thanks for the props on the site, I think Mark did an awesome job on it. We are not completely done with it yet, still have some additions to make to the shop. What we are doing, I have never seen before, so I hope it can be beneficial to everyone. ;)
A little OT but there was a dude at the local car show last night with a dub7 in a really nice custom fiberglass install, sounded nice too. He didn't want people taking pics for some reason though. I did however sneak a pic of his license plate which i thought was kinda funny.
