Ive been designing, redesigning and working on a project subwoofer and storage box for my suburban. It is still a work in progress but I wanted to share the pictures with you all. Please use your imaginations for this one, it may take a lot of thought to figure out what I am doing. the point of this build is I didn't want the box to take up any room in the back, i wanted it to provide a little bit of storage that I could secure, room for a single 10 inch sub and i wanted it to look factory.
Personally, I don't care for the spare that sits inside the GMT400 SUV's. It adds a blind spot that I don't care for. This truck is going to eventually have 40's on it so i figured the spare wont fit inside anyways. Before owning this suburban I had a 2005 which has some storage areas as well as a fake subwoofer grille which I replaced with a real one as well. My goal is for it to look as factory as possible for absolutely no reason other than I want to see if i can.
Unfortunately i can not find the picture of what it looked like stock, but I'm sure you all know what it looked like.
After I removed the plastic and all of the spare tire stuff I got to work on making a cardboard model of the intended box. I like using cardboard because its cheap and if I mess up its ok and its easy to change if i don't like it.
I came up with the basic idea, and that I wanted drawers. After doing some measurements i figured that by the time i put drawers in I would be losing a lot of space from the wood, so I decided on a single door.
My idea is to hide the speaker screw holes with this panel, which I will carpet and attach to the box separately. I will also attach the existing plastic panel to the speaker box with similar material.
Once I am done making the area seamless, and carpeting it I will be attempting to build some peices for the top to match the opposite side of the suburban, so it will appear stock. Here are some of my build pictures. I had a bit of trouble with my router so the cuts are a bit funny. they still need to be cleaned up with a sander.
right now, this is what the box looks like. I am waiting for the parts store to get the tan carpet in. Please don't judge this yet. i still have a lot of work to do on this. stay tuned I will update when I make progress. until then, use your imagination!!
Personally, I don't care for the spare that sits inside the GMT400 SUV's. It adds a blind spot that I don't care for. This truck is going to eventually have 40's on it so i figured the spare wont fit inside anyways. Before owning this suburban I had a 2005 which has some storage areas as well as a fake subwoofer grille which I replaced with a real one as well. My goal is for it to look as factory as possible for absolutely no reason other than I want to see if i can.
Unfortunately i can not find the picture of what it looked like stock, but I'm sure you all know what it looked like.
After I removed the plastic and all of the spare tire stuff I got to work on making a cardboard model of the intended box. I like using cardboard because its cheap and if I mess up its ok and its easy to change if i don't like it.
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I came up with the basic idea, and that I wanted drawers. After doing some measurements i figured that by the time i put drawers in I would be losing a lot of space from the wood, so I decided on a single door.
My idea is to hide the speaker screw holes with this panel, which I will carpet and attach to the box separately. I will also attach the existing plastic panel to the speaker box with similar material.
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Once I am done making the area seamless, and carpeting it I will be attempting to build some peices for the top to match the opposite side of the suburban, so it will appear stock. Here are some of my build pictures. I had a bit of trouble with my router so the cuts are a bit funny. they still need to be cleaned up with a sander.
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right now, this is what the box looks like. I am waiting for the parts store to get the tan carpet in. Please don't judge this yet. i still have a lot of work to do on this. stay tuned I will update when I make progress. until then, use your imagination!!
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