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As in a box made specifically for 2 8500's?

Also if there are any box makers here in Iowa i'm in Des Moines.

Will do, thanks.

Well I know a guy who builds them locally here. He told me $200. A lot better than $350, but still expensive.

Carpet and vinyl. I'd supply the vinyl. He's at a reputable shop. He said the supplies would be about 100 alone ... No idea about the rest of the details. I'm pretty new to the audio game.

Is this a reasonable price? Seems a little high. This would be for a box built factory specs for 2 8500 15's. I believe he said most, if not all would be 1". I wasn't thinking i'd be spending that much on a box, but I will if it is honestly worth it. If not i'll look other places.

My first system was 2 12" Type R's with a Alpine MRP-M1000. It was pretty decent in a slotted box. Once they broke in they sounded really good.

You could check out www.prohopper.com or www.blackmagichydraulics.com other than that i'm not sure.

Tell him to spend 2-3 hundred on a multi battery charger. The pumps are gonna run HORRIBLY slow on 12 volts. Also I'd recommend him to go from 8 to 4. If he's not hopping he has way too many batteries.

Lol, school was tooooo long ago. Not really, i'm only 22. But I don't remember many things like that. Alright, the positive to negative thing makes sense and is pretty much what I was saying so I guess I got it. Thanks.

What do you mean by parellel? I'm a total noob to car audio, just trying to learn lol. Can you give a good explination, or possibly a visual diagram?

I'm gonna be running my 15 inch MTX 8500's (2) to a Audiobahn A 1300hct which runs at 1200 RMS at 1 ohm. This means I need to wire my subs up at 2 ohms each, correct? I was looking at the wiring diagrams and trying to figure it all out. Pretty much what i've figured out is simple enough, running both of the possitives to the possitive terminal on my amp, and the same way with the negative. Therefor running the subs at 2 ohms, and it will run the amp at 1 ohm. If i'm wrong about ANYTHING please let me know, i'd love to do this right the first time!

I'd have someone build it for me, yes.

I don't personally but I have friends who build their boxes. Where would I find these plans then?

Would getting a custom box made to match the specs of my trunk be a better idea than buying a made box, then?

My trunk isn't enormous, though. It's not an SUV or anything. But it being as big as it is, even though they're 15's and take up a lot of room. Ported would be the way to go?

Like I stated, i'm an audio noob. I'd like to get into it and learn, though. I recently had a setup: 2 12" Type R's with a 1000 Watt Alpine amp but ended up selling it. I had those in a slotted box. (Slot was in the middle of the 2) I've recently upgraded to 2 MTX 8500 15's. I'm wanting to know whether I should run them in a ported box, or a sealed box. I have a 2000 Lincoln Town car if that makes a different on my choice. Any advice would be great, thanks.