Car Audio SPL, are you guys into it? Options

[dz93]

hey guys, just wondering if anyone else on this site is a subwoofer nut.
when i first got my celi before i could legally drive it on my own i had already put in a pretty massive sound system which set me back quite a damn bit. got remote ignition alarm installed so i can turn it on from my bedroom lol, leds that change colour,pattern,speed etc.
anyways just wondering if any other ppl are into competing in spl
i cant remember what my best DB rating is but i do remember hitting a 137.2 or something.
talking to a spl specialist he reckons i can get 145db or so if i get a new box made, and thats whats holding me back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTJmgBXA3I

this is a video of when i first got my car, its a slideshow of the bootinstall and neons.
will update into another the appropriate thread in the future how my car looks today.
dz

[e30og]

yea i agree the box means everything. I bought a second hand system from a friend, who had a custom box made for his probe hatch. Its a 2 sub box, rectangle shaped, and heavy as fu*k. costed him like roughly $750, although I got it waaaaay cheaper. I had it in an old bmw 3 series and it always sounded muffled, and I felt like it should have been louder. How much of a difference it made when I put the same exact thing in the Celica, which is shaped just like a probe. its almost too much and im running some cheap old subs in it.

although I personally wouldn't spend that much to have a custom box, it is absolutely necessary to have one fitted for your car if you want optimal sound. I cannot drive with them on constantly in my daily commute without turning them almost off or ill go deaf and rupture something from the vibrations (unless its a party night haha)