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Thanks everyone for the thorough testing, photos and reviews! Wanted to add a few notes here for good measure:
When you pull out the factory driver, if there is a grey gasket pre-attached to the factory enclosure, then you won't need any additional gasket materials at all to seal the sub into the enclosure. Our woofers have the same surface as the OEM subs do to press against the seal. You do want to make sure to not tighten the screws down too much also - just make them snug, and then compression of the OEM gasket will do the rest. Tightening them down too much could warp the basket of your new Ghost Subs.
If there is not a factory gasket, or the factory one is damaged at all, then you would want to use the gasket we provide on the mounting surface of the enclosure to provide a good seal between the woofer and the enclosure. So, not necessary in most cases, necessary in some, and simply determined by what you see when you remove the factory woofer.
I also couldn't agree more that some Dynamat never hurts when it comes to preventing rattles here and there. Since the GhostSubs are giving you more output, there is certainly going to be more vibration, which will translate differently from car to car - you should really never hear any inside the vehicle, but the extra vibration could certainly cause the exhaust heat shield or plastic underbody panels to rattle a bit depending on how your specific car was built that specific day.
There's no harm whatsoever in completely removing the seat and enclosure, Dynamatting the floor pan and the inside of the enclosure, as well as adding more of a seal between the enclosure port and the car, but these are all additional steps that are entirely personal preference. The standard install works out excellently, but these above and beyond steps can never do anything but make the situation better! Every bit of energy that comes from the sub goes somewhere, so reducing the amount of energy that is vibrating either the floorpan or the enclosure will bring more sound energy to your ears...
We always appreciate our customers who go beyond to get the absolute best performance, whether it's with audio, engine, suspension, etc. There's the right way, and then there's the really right way. Both work, but the latter gives you maybe just that extra 1% and the piece of mind that you've gone to the utmost to squeeze out every bit of capability.
Let us know what you think!
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