[Securing Everything Down]

ya, i've heard of alot of people punching wholes in the cones with a screw drivew and such but not much i can do against that

i still think the most effective way is to be careful of where you're bumping and if you're gonna park in a neighbor don't go in there shakin houses

[Securing Everything Down]

IMO if someone wants your stuff bad enough they will get it.... But just securing it down i think the velcro would probally work.

yea for sure, but i got car alarm and stuff, but no doubt anyone good at what they do will get it no problem, i'm just thinkin average homo highschool/college/drug dealers that want a quick buck and are out to take it to be cool... i think if they tug once, tug twice, then want to get out of there by then

[Securing Everything Down]

nothin??

[3 W7 Or 2 L7?]

Sounds like a nice fair match up to be honest. Hes got a little more on you with Cone area and power wise, but should be a decently fair battle.

i'd say the L7's but looking at the power... 2,000 to 3,000's is a noticable difference with the cone area on top...

i say go find someone with a zx2500 laying around and borrow it for the day

[Securing Everything Down]

my buddy just got his car broken into, lost subs and deck, amp was screwed in so they couldn't take it

what have people done??? under my sub i have the third row seats folded down so i can't really bolt them in

here's what i was thinking, i've never heard of this before but think it would be effective, how about lay down a couple of strips of heavy duty velcro on the carpet, then on the bottom of the box??? my subs and box are pretty heavy as we all should know, but that weight then the velcro wouldn't slide and would be held down pretty good...

kinda crazy idea, anything else???

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Is your charging system up to par?

yes sirrr

h/o alt, and a decent battery, like 14-14.5 volts

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Double baffle!!!! Drill new holes

haha and what am i gonna tune this beast to??? haha

but if i drill new holes, that three different screw spots, in the same spot haha, it'll all be broken uppp

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Are you sure its not a whole new pc board?

I know tons of people that fried kicker amps, and like i said they just take the old board out and put a new one in it. less time consuming, and cheaper.

If it happened 3 times, i dont think its the amp.

Its maybe how it is setup, if your blowing capacitors (i think c17-1mf is a capacitor), there maybe a problem with your amps power supply.

otherwise you might have some bunk RCA cords ran in your car, maybe they are messing up somehow.

What about your sub coils? Do they read fine and rest at one ohm, and not jump around when you read them on a dmm. If your coils dont hold a constant number your sub could be frying the amp. I just had that happen recently.

Id really try some new rca cords since they are cheap and not hard to replace. Maybe find a better ground or make sure you have the best conductivity possible.

not sure it's a whole new pc board, the only thing i have documented from kicker on me is that they replace the c17-1mf, which is the capacitor, you're right) it could be the amp though... like i said that's all they've replaced, and my amp went out a third time, so i'm not sure what the problem is this time. that's why i want a different amp and if the same thing goes wrong, then i'll know it's something i'm doing

on the rca's, i'm running the kicker rca's, kinda expensive but they're nice, and i hooked my rca's into another car right next to mine, and still nothing

as far as checking the ohm load on the sub, haven't done that, but i ran it on my buddies zx750 for a couple of days and no problems with anything...

i'm out of ideas on what it could be, that's why i want to exchange for a different zx1500

another thing, i've put my sub into the box twice, first time drilled pilot holes, screws went in good, second time it seemed that probably 6/8 of the screws went in crooked... i'm afraid to pull the sub out then drill it in and have the wood fall apart on me and have them not grip... i'm using 3/4" mdf and know it splits sometimes... any ideas on how to fix this??? i have more slabs of mdf but don't want my sub up on a pyramid haaha

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Im pretty sure that if it is from an autorized dealer and under warrenty when you send them a broken amp in, they reboard it. So its like getting a new amp everytime in the same heatsink. Same as how RF does their warrenty program.

What ohm are the speaker coils, and how do you have them wired?

Its only a 2 ohm stable amp, after a constant beating on the amp, for 20 minutes like your saying could blow it, esp if your electrical is not up to par (big 3, alt, rear battery).

Seems like these amps are working fine for your 20-45 minute periods.

What headunit you using?

What is your gain set at?

How many subs and coil configureation?

Sounds like user error somewhere in here.

chea, everytime i ship it in, i get it back in a new factory refurbished box, blah blah, straight from kicker. like last time they had to swap out the part number c17-1mf, they're doing something evertime but it's still reoccurring

sub is one 15" L7 4 ohm, wired to 2 ohms, i know how the kicker amps work, headunit is in my sig

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Getting a lemon can happen with any company... shit happens but that many I would start looking at my install.

got it

i had the local kicker authorized dealor install, and we've pulled the wires out, and put everything back in, nothing's shorting out, power goes to the amp fine, just no output...

i think it's the amp... they keep fixing, and sending me back the same one. i'm saying it's a bad amp. (period) and they should just send me another, or just one that works, it's something internally with the amp

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

I had the same problem with an RF amp when I had the 4 1000 bds. every time I went to turn it on it went poof. send it in month later poof send it in get it back poof. Thought it was where i had it installed. switched amps around same amp poof. I sold them before I ever got to run all four at once.

for sure man, and it get's old... quick ha, like i've been staring at my sub in my garage thinking... wooooooooow, this is fucking gay, and i dont have a second amp to hook up

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

Kicker is a good company. Not everyone company is perfect with their audio gear. Then again, it could always be user error. I've had many a Kicker products with only a few mishaps. (Tinsel leads breaking on 02L7) At least they are helping you right away and sending you an entirely new amp. Best of luck to you...

What online dealer did you buy from?

that's what i though, but look at what i'm seeing, this is the third time i've had to send it back... dont remember what was wrong with it first time, but the last reason was 'cracked capacitor' and then the part number for what they replaced...

i've thought about user error but nothing's wrong... gain is properly set, bass boost was no more than a quarter up, pushing like 14.2-14.5 volts... i've run other amps in my car with no problems also, and i've hooked my zx1500 up in other cars and it just doesn't work

i mean if something goes out on it, and they fix it and it works good, i'm happy, but everytime i send it in, it's 3 weeks... and this is the third time...

and like we both said, i'm glad they're helping and talking to me... but nothing's getting done, and i'm not happy til i get an amp that works flawlessly haha

[What Is Wrong With Kicker?]

bought my amp new online, ZX1500.1 through a kicker authorized dealor, brand new, not B stock.

hooked it up the first time... didn't work, sent it in

got it back, hooked it up, ran for 45 minutes, cut out, didn't work, shipped it back same day i recieved it

got it back again today, ran it for probably close to 45 min to 1 hour, thing cut out again.

i called today bitched my brainzzz out, and the lady that took all my info for my return/warranty fix said she understands why i'm frustrated and wrote in the notes for the return to send me a new amp.

we can hope ha, i've had everything hooked up for no more than 2 hours, and i bought this thing on august 1st, it's litterally been in the back of a ups truck sense then.

i'm pretty fed up with this, and always thought kicker was a good company, i can't ever see myself purchasing there stuff in the future, although i must say i'm glad everything's warrantied and they are taking care of it... well not really fixing anything, but they can think they're doing something ha

anyone else had anything like this happen???

[Ever Just Felt Bleh?]

Well over the last few weeks ive had alot of shit going on. Just today have i started feeling coo again.

First Audio wise, i have just been through with car audio from the explorer getting broke into and them just taking the deck ...which wasnt a big deal, to last weekend my crackhead brother breaking into my storage shed (a derrells mini storage) and stealing 4 SE 15s a RF t4000, 2 XXX's and a few other items that were pretty irreplacable for me.

Anyhow im pressing charges on little brother rather then being happy with just whipping his ass, and after a call from the detective yesterday, im pretty happy considering it was from a Derrells mini storage they were responsiblew for watching my stuff it seems and thier insurance will be paying for anythign that came up missing as my lock was cut.

So in a matter of 2 weeks i have went from not even wanting to see somethign audio related to being alright today.

Thats just the Auddio related side of the coin thoguh, Thursday i got a call from Child Protective services that my daughters mother has lost her due to domestic violence and methanphetamines.

i guess its looking up now that i been looking for her to fuck up for months now so that i can take my kid from her.

now i just need to find a job and everythign will be alright.

damn man i feel you on what you're going through, car audio wise at least your getting it replaced just keep fighting it and make sure you get what you had, i've just been looking at my sub, ampless in my garage for the past two months... then on the drug use, my girlfriends sister last night was arrested on domestic battery, she was swinging golf clubs and shit as she was coming down from her meth high, 5 cops and the patty wagon came down and her husband just got out of prison 3 days ago, while his wife was out on the streets. pretty much my gf and her whole family are just done and don't know what to do, my gf's sister also has 3 kids who my gf takes care of and they're going to be taken

life's rough man, just think of everything you have to look forward to and smile, life's good just look for the positives

[Capacitors...]

two of my friends just asked about capacitors... i said don't waste your damn money and caps are for fegssss

what are peoples views on them??

[Choosing Subs...any Comments?]

x2.

i'd add maybe consider BL's some lower power subs if you only have 2k rms to throw around.

glass the whole ass end/hatch below windowline and you should have 8~10cft if ur lucky.

haha the two 15", but like the guy above said, check out the BL, rms would be 2k, instead of 4k, and all your other sub combos were right around 2k

two 15" BL fl FTW

[Looking For Some 15's]

the guy your calling does he have a store or are they used? and are you sure its not 400 a pair?i dont know the prices of them but i do know 800 for a pair of lvl3 15s is crazy

haha it's the local autorized DC dealer, called and he said $800 for the pair brand new...

i'm saying this price is a little over done as i think we can all agree haha

[Looking For Some 15's]

thanks guys, i just called and he said $400... ima shoot rusty something and see if he can help at all, thanks alot

[Looking For Some 15's]

lvl3 for 400 each docent sound right did you pm rusty for a price

ya that's what the guy told me... i thought that was way ridiculous also

is rusty on here??? i'd love to shoot him a pm and see what he says if you'd shoot me his username thing, thanks

but it was either get two 15"s or do two 12" L7's instead of the one 15"

[Looking For Some 15's]

really liked the DC Audio Lvl 3's i heard today

any body have any reconmondations for two 15's running 1500 watts to both???

i'm prefferably looking for something i can get for cost, the level 3's were $400 a piece... looking to spend $400 total