Thread: Bed To Cab Connection

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I WANT TO CONNECT MY CAB TO MY BED SO I CAN PUT A SEALED SPEAKER BOX IN THE BED. AND STILL WANT TO KEEP MY FOOT ROOM IN THE CAB. I HAVE A 93 C-1500 STANDARD CAB...... I KNOW SOMEONE MAKES SOME TYPE OF RUBBER BOOT OR DOHNUT TO GO BETWEEN THE TWO.. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WERE I CAN GET ONE OR WHAT TO DO.... I KNOW I CAN'T WELD THE TWO TOGETHER CAUSE THERE IS TO MUCH MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO.........I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME...JEFF

any RV supply co. should have what your looking for or any auto parts store should be able to order a boot for ya

I gots a ideas cut 12"-18" hole in cab and bed to match then use either flexible duct for heating and air or they make boots u can get at the rv place, the blow up kind ,but whatever u use I would only use the size hole I needed for the speaker not just open both sides up !!Also bass has no direction meaning if u put a sub in a room its hard to tell if its in the front or back or pointed left or right u might be able to cut in the speakers into the bed like u want and not even connect them to the cab ,a pair of 15s with a few hundred watts will sound the same in ur truck or in the car next to u anyway , .U could use the boot to seal out any moisture from the speakers and if I am not mistaken most subs are plastic cones and rubber surrounds anyway u might not even need the boot !!!!Just cut em into the bed and see if u even need to do more,next are u going to use a sealed or free air set up or ported they all have a little diff characteristics or are u lookin for the cool factor of opening the bed to the cab?????also do u know theres a big difference on how they will sound(hit) from the shape of the box ?????a pair of 18s will need almost the entire bed to sound proper a pair of 15s will use a little under half and for what ur doin I wouldnt go much smaller or it will sound like 2 10s under the seat!!!U can slap anything together and get sound but theres a big diff in sound and sound that sounds good!!

Originally posted by shawnlee28
I gots a ideas cut 12"-18" hole in cab and bed to match then use either flexible duct for heating and air or they make boots u can get at the rv place, the blow up kind ,but whatever u use I would only use the size hole I needed for the speaker not just open both sides up !!Also bass has no direction meaning if u put a sub in a room its hard to tell if its in the front or back or pointed left or right u might be able to cut in the speakers into the bed like u want and not even connect them to the cab ,a pair of 15s with a few hundred watts will sound the same in ur truck or in the car next to u anyway , .U could use the boot to seal out any moisture from the speakers and if I am not mistaken most subs are plastic cones and rubber surrounds anyway u might not even need the boot !!!!Just cut em into the bed and see if u even need to do more,next are u going to use a sealed or free air set up or ported they all have a little diff characteristics or are u lookin for the cool factor of opening the bed to the cab?????also do u know theres a big difference on how they will sound(hit) from the shape of the box ?????a pair of 18s will need almost the entire bed to sound proper a pair of 15s will use a little under half and for what ur doin I wouldnt go much smaller or it will sound like 2 10s under the seat!!!U can slap anything together and get sound but theres a big diff in sound and sound that sounds good!!

I don,t think I would cut in to the cab if you ever decide to trade up they wont give you much if you have a camper shell on the back jst pop out your back window and the shell,s window then put your boot in you will still have your leg room and plenty of room to big speaker in back

Originally posted by Streets
Why not just go buy a full sized Van and use that instead of cuttin' holes in thangs... !::

Thats the easy way Streets ,never under estimate the lenghts a young feller and a truck will goto(lol) to be cool, logic doesnt come into play untill u have made atleast 30 or 40 mistakes,like cuttin holes in ur ride fer a pair o speakers,It took me awhile to find good doors fer my truck seems everyone thought the doors were a good place to hack in a pair a 6 by 9s

Originally posted by Streets
[ [/size] BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM crap that will deafen ya in yer later years...[/font][/color] hehehe

HUH.....Whatjasay...........?

Originally posted by Streets
The 6"x 9" speakers and the two tweeters in muh pail are mounted inside the foam backin' of the rear of the seat betwixt me'n Indi, great sound and they are hidden from sight with the new upholstery fabric.. and the radio/CD player is mounted in the 4" high seat frame... I am also of the age that doesn't care for the BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM crap that will deafen ya in yer later years... hehehe

I don't like the BOOM BOOM much ither in a car, I got used to it back when my brother still had his Ranger and every weekend to work the old Stock ford speakers were compleatly maxed, but that don't mean I like it.

Yeah the boom boom is everywhere I am 33 just a little too old for the boom boom, but I sure missed the bus shoulda been a ear doctor theres gunna be alot o def and hard hearin kids real soon/Also the military exsperimented with low frequency sound as a wepon ,it was found that low frequency sound is not very healthy for us at all.