[hatfield009]

Is Kicker Good I Just Saw A Truck With It And It Sounded Great I Was Wondering How They Werer He Had To 12 L5's How Are The L7's Are They Good?

[ex_03]

I personally would not go with L5 if your looking for tons of bass, both sound the same, the L7 is higher power handling. If you got the bucks go SOLO-X 10",12",15".I got my SOLO-X12" for $600.00. Has a rms of 2000 sealed,5000 rms spl.

and before someone disputes this, I got this from kickers site:

http://www.kicker.com/05/05kicker.html

[hatfield009]

well i dont wanna go solo x i got the bucks but i dont wanna spend 1000 for a sub.... so they both sound the same but the L7 is louder i guess?

[ex_03]

Not really, just will handle more power. If you have a small amp. go L5.This also depends greatly on what enclosure you build for it as well. for the L5/L7 the ported enclosures are the way to go, If you the space. You can check it out at there site.but the ported enclosure is quite large. And I will admit when I called kicker techs on how big I should go with my solo he told me as big as possible, So I was like 3.25 he said yes, and thats sealed. He said not to follow the manufactor specs. And he was right becuase it sounds great in a large sealed box.

[hatfield009]

i dont have an amp im going to buy the whole system real soon.... what amp you recommend for the L7

[ex_03]

again I have to give you my opinion, I guess depends on how important this is to you. If dont want to go thru upgrading the entire cars electrical, go with a class d amp for your sub, there cheaper and way effecient when it comes to making big power. there are alot of threads covering brand names. Most companies make class d amps, so I guess its preferance. I can name a hundred of them, you have to match the subs voice coils with the amps resistance allowance. If you get the dual 2ohm you can almost get any class d amp that runs at 1ohm mono. If you get the dual 4ohm you would have to get an that runs at 2ohm mono. The difference isnt really the issue again its more or less what you want. If you decide to get the kicker sub just go with the dual 2ohm and any class d amp. L5 go no higher than 750 rms, L7 go no higher then 1500 rms.

[ex_03]

just keep in mind that a cheap made amp is cheap for a reason. Do a little research. Youll see that JL makes great amps, Rockford used too I dont know about now.Kicker makes decent amps, earthqauke makes some decent class d's. MMats audio used to make some sick class d's.

[hatfield009]

what do you mean about upgrading all of the cars electrical? well i just want what would be the best that would make the subs sound best they could im going to get everything like mids n highs and everything

[ex_03]

Well thats what I mean, Are you running two amps? Are you changing all the inside speakers? If you plan on running two big amps you'll have to do something on the electrical side of the car, The stock electrical is made too handle the vehicle and maybe a sub amp. But it depends on what you get, If you get a 1200 watt rms class D amp and 400 rms 4 channel for mids and tweets your definitly going to have upgrade..Batt..Buy a cap..Best thing to do is buy what you want install it and go from there!

[hatfield009]

yeah im going to do 2 amps n the door speakers... how much would be a cap be? how much would that 1200 watt class D amp cost for a good one?

[ex_03]

look around ebay good place for caps and amps. just look for those specs as for the cap you'll need at least 1 to 2 farad. Shouldnt need more than two farad.

[hatfield009]

alright.. i was lookin at your cardomain site couldnt i just get an extra battery just like you did?

your car looks good too

[ncirom2003]

id say go for rockford fosgate amps, if they are still good. my RF amps are seriously 10 years old my bro bought them in early 95 and they work wonderful. he said in their day they were some of the best and people were using them for competition level

[hatfield009]

ill look around to see if those fosgate amps are good still...

[04trinicivic]

Look man i work @ circuit city doing nothing but installing shit in cars all day. get the l7's the hit hard as hell but u jus have to get a good amp. if u want em to hit real hard drop em in ur tirewell and get and amp for each. i promise u there will be no disapointmentsssssssss.o and the solo x hit real hard i had a pair in my civic but i sold em cuz they blew out my back window 2 times.......