[510jatt]

Hey fellaz,

if you remember i was looking at some sony xplod setups but you guys suggested not to get those.. So i stayed away from all that and im going to pick up my Kicker L7 with a Hifonics Brutus 1500 watt amp today. Got a pretty cool deal, 200 for the actual amp and sub and 65 install including line out converter. Good deal?

[wraitherx]

yeah, good deal bro. The L7's can hit pretty hard with the right amp.

[510jatt]

thanks man will let u know the results by tomorrow, with a video..

[Drew S.]

what size l7 the 12's retail for 499... are u getting this from somone u know? and a l7's rms is only 750 the highest i ever run mine is 1000 anything aove that ur risking throwing the cone out of the cradle

[ajm]

Sounds like a pretty good deal. You should be pretty happy with it. Im running 3 l7's in my truck and love them.

[510jatt]

well i dont know the guy but he is selling it on craigslist and he needs the money.. yea its a 12 inch l7 and yea ajm im happy but i'll be happier once its installed tomorrow

[wraitherx]

you doin the install yourself or paying someone?

[mxnate116]

i put a 12" l7 in my friends 300m in a custom ported box i built for him.

it SLAMS with 500w this summer im putting in a higher rated amp for him so it will be even better.

[510jatt]

Im not knowledgable enough to do it myself so im going to a shop = (... but yea i picked it up rite now that dam box didnt wanna fit in the trunk so we had to take the sub out, slide the box in, and install the sub like that.. had to take my spare out too... gonna have the shop face it towards the back seat so it knocks a little harder.

[01 RED GT]

there you go man much better set up lol, well figure out if the L7 your getting is a dual 4 or dual 2 ohm sub and if the hifonics amp u got is the txi1508 then get the installer to run it at a 2 ohm load if the sub is a dual 4, but if its a dual 2 then thats up to you if you run it at 1 ohm you will be overpowering that sub by a lot but if you run it at 4 ohm you will be underpowering it a good bit, just let us know how it goes, good luck

[mxnate116]

a little tip of advice, a study i saw showed that generally in cars sub back is louder more consistently then sub forward

Aiming Part 2

its the first test/graph

[510jatt]

Originally Posted by 01 RED GT there you go man much better set up lol, well figure out if the L7 your getting is a dual 4 or dual 2 ohm sub and if the hifonics amp u got is the txi1508 then get the installer to run it at a 2 ohm load if the sub is a dual 4, but if its a dual 2 then thats up to you if you run it at 1 ohm you will be overpowering that sub by a lot but if you run it at 4 ohm you will be underpowering it a good bit, just let us know how it goes, good luck

lol thanks bro ill make sure i let the installer know all of that. This shop generally does a pretty good job with all their work.reps

Originally Posted by mxnate116 a little tip of advice, a study i saw showed that generally in cars sub back is louder more consistently then sub forward Aiming Part 2 its the first test/graph

very interesting. thanks for that, reps to ya.

[510jatt]

Man the stereo shop are fkcuing a'holez.. so on the phone they said 65 and when i went today he started making up all this shit about wires and said it gonna be 115.. i said come on man thats not what you said over the phone.. i said let me make a phone call.. went outside for a few minutes and then told them that i might come back when i have the money. He said he will do it for 80 so now im waiting for them to finish the install.

[01 RED GT]

ah yeah that does sound a bit strange, I mean sometimes its legit that they really do need to charge you more for parts you may need to get the job done, but that does seem wrong especially since he dropped it to 80 when he thought he was going to lose your buisness, but oh well hows it sound

[Drew S.]

the l7's are actually super good for our cars... on the aiming i used a meter while moving my box around in my trunk and i found are cars resonate best at a 45 degree angle back and to the left.(really odd spot) also if u pull off your rear deck cover the rear window bounces sounds toward the front a good bit.( measured with directional decibal reader) also if u have the option ask the dealer to tune the box to 63hZ i took a flat tuned box and put in my 2001 coupe and a 63hz note definately resonated the most. so matching your box note with your car note should net u some super booming sound

[510jatt]

yea those guys are known for doing that kind of BS to their customers but then again i didnt have too much of a choice because all the other shops were chargin at least 100.. so i got it installed and this thing SLAPS!!!.. it was worth the money definitly. total for everything came out to about 275 with install.. i had to take my spare out but now i got a clean look in my trunk plus beat.. and Drew, thanks for the positioning info, ill definitly try that out..

i had the bass to the lowest level and i was setting off alarms in the Wal Mart parking lot (where i work) haha.. kicker l7 FTW!