I've had waaaay too many inquiries about a subwoofer enclosure that keeps the trunk usable and still sounds great. I've decided that I needed to make something that would cater to all of you who put stuff back there. Recently a member and I had been talking about it seriously and I think I've come up with a plan.
You all have a black plastic tool holder under the rear trunk carpet that lays over and inside the spare tire. The measurements of this area are 12.75" diameter at the bottom and 14.75" diameter at the top. Please correct me if I am wrong on either of those as it's very important I get them right and since I don't have an IS300 anymore I can't verify these for myself.
The idea is that we'd need to build a cylinder that allows a subwoofer to be mounted, recessed, into it and have it fit in that area that sits in the tool kit that is in the spare. Yeah, bitchin...takes up no trunk space. I'd recess the sub a bit so it wont hit the trunk floor. Basically, you'd connect your wires and it would drop right in. If you mounted your amp on the rear seat back, up and out of the way, it would be hard to even see that you had a subwoofer back there.
What do you all think? Should I go for it? How many of you would be interested? I think I have almost everything worked out but I'm waiting till I've ironed out all the details to actually build anything.
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