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Nice to meet you mane, nice setup. When those subs break in they'll get so much louder I cant wait for vids!

Those are some beefy little things, look amazing though.

Sweet mane, let me know if it slumps hard.

Anyone heard this one? if not check out Steve's myspace page. If you dont I'm sure Steve could provide us a way of listening. Its an awesome song.

You know, that last line there isnt neccessary at all either. He no noob, he knows what hes talking about. He has a great point, re-coning them is pointless unless they're blown. But like everyone else said, Install is everything in getting loud. Port the box for the L7's, I'd bet money that you'd change your mind. Why spend 1000's of dollars for new equipment when a new box would cost you probably $150 or less.

x2, where are you at?

The man is right, the flex on dem subs are downright nasty.

well shit, thats a big problem, cuz thats the biggest that box can be, raising the seats isnt an option and I've only got 7" to work with, so I'll be needing to find a different sub, any suggestions? I need it 10" and could handle 1000 RMS, at least thats what I'd like, I could handle a little less, so yeah, thats a bummer.

The port is 5x4x21, so I've got 24 sqin of port, is that enough, or should I go 5x5x21 which would be around 30 sqin of port?

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And why is it in 2's? But anywho, I'd go with a box too, my mother has one exactly like that except its a sport version, I'd take out the last row of seats and stick a nice box with 4 15's if you got the room. Edit: FAIL for not reading.

Edit, I'm looking at 32 sqin of port, is that to much? Edit #2: I'm gonna go with a 10" Q... Also, how do you upload files from google sketchup to photobucket?

I have the design, I'll post it here in a minute, I'm just needing port dimensions

Okay so the new car was a no-go (sorry for wasting everyone that helped me times) But now I'm back to working in a restricted area under the back seat of my pickup. I'm looking at a Fi SSD or a Q, I know the Q's are the sound quality subs of Fi, but I was wondering if anyone has worked with the SSD's also, I know the Fi subs can take alot more, as its rated at 800 RMS, could I run it off of a 1000 watt or even a 1200 watt amp safely? Oh, and for reference, I'm building a custom ported box that is 1.8 cuft., which is what Fi suggests for the ported enclosure on the website, but I'm wondering how much port area I should use, and also how to tune the box.

How cruel. That is all.

I know where Pismo Beach is!! I went dune-ing there. great place.

If his peaked at 1000 watts, and the Q is 1000 RMS, the Q would slump so much harder hands down.

Peak doesnt really mean anything, the RMS is what you should be paying attention to and thats also what you should run it at, but with that Fi sub you could probably run close to 1500 to it if set up correctly. but seeing as you're pretty new to car audio, I'd stick with running it at 1000 watts. Edit: got beat to it.

I believe my '98 F-150 is basically mechanically the same to a V8 explorer. Its got 117,000 miles on it and havent had any major problems yet. Had to replace the brakes about 2 months ago but thats it.

I've been this a couple times posted here. 3x repost = FAIL!

IMO it'd look better with the engine covered, but the exhaust still showing.

turning out beautiful. While we're on the subject of shaving shit, I'd say get rid of the "escalade" on the back, so its just the caddy logo, that'd look clean. (and its not that much more work =))

I forgot to mention, that box looks WICKED!!

beautiful!! how much did doing those cost extra??

I like the dustcaps Nice plate too!