I had been looking for a box that fit under my rear seat for close to a year. I’d tried a few custom solutions and had been working on something similar to the elite in my fab shop when a friend asked about “fox acoustics” for his truck. I checked out the site and almost immediately selected the elite box. 1.9 cu.ft per sub? My fibreglass wouldn’t get that! I made a couple inquiries through the site as to fitment, finding out my Orion XTRPro 12.4 wouldn’t fit. I settled on a couple similar DB Drive 12s thinking that it was a magnet diameter issue.
Lo and behold the day the box arrived I could see what the problem was, and it wasn’t depth. The Orion mounts into a squarish opening and the Elite box had a round opening. Oh well I said to myself as I fit the new DB Drive WDX12G2.4 subs. And alas, it turns out these babies are slightly wider than the standard opening that is provided. Not to be deterred, I routered out the required area. While I was hacking and slashing the perfect finish that Fox shipped to me, I added ports for the speaker wire connections and flanged machine screw receptacles to hold the subs in with. The mounting face is triple thickness of the MDF so while I was fitting the box up with this hardware, I decided to open up the mounting face a little to see if my XTRPros might be squeezed in. This old man was giddy as a schoolgirl when the sub just popped right into place! A bit of adjustment to my plan was in order and it took a day or so to get everything cut and installed properly.
There is a required 2-1/2” lift to install the box under the rear seat, and all the hardware was provided along with instructions. Buyer beware, this decimated the headroom in the rear. The headrests on either side touch the ceiling so this won’t be good for an adults spine to sit in for a long time. To my dismay, these were the only instructions that arrived with the box. Luckily the minor assembly required to get the box together wasn’t too hard to figure out. Also to note: buyer will have to drill or port the wires for the subs as none are pre-installed.
Pictures show both the DB Drive subs installed, and the current Orion ones. Some information for the interested, my system has twin Orion XTRPRO12.4 wired to 1 ohlm and powered with an Orion XTR5500.1Dz with a birth cert just shy of 6000WRMS. This is going to be carved down to 3000WRM in the future as it is hard to find a good mount after the seat lift. The box tune of 34htz matches well with the subs and with some care these babies play tones to 20htz and below. The impact from the bass above 40htz can take your breath away! I haven’t shattered a window yet, but the year isn’t over. Good clean sound from the ports and no hints of chuffing issues at any frequency. Bass heads take note though, these are not “windy” ports. No hair tricks without modifications.
Although I prefer the Orion subs, the WDX ones perform excellent as well and I would expect any decent sub that plays around 1.5-2.0 cu. ft for optimal box size will be impressive in this enclosure.
Well done Fox! Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
