You are exactly right, I should have painted all the wood black. It is not that noticable in person, but you can still see it. The enclosure is bolted to the sub frame of the amp rack, and will never come loose. I will get that RSDC sub in this week sometime. I will post some pics after fully instal...

I just got a RSDC102 sub. I will be putting this in shortly. Not sure what box I am building yet. I am thinking about a bandpass box. I will post pics when I am done.

Here are some pics of my civic install. What do you think.

I am looking at building a bandpass box for 2 of the 10 inch rsdc subs. just wondering if anyone has any experience in this area. Thanks