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Thanks!!! Amp rack turned out pretty good for the space. Those XCONS you got are going to pound! If I ever get them going haha! I got my enclosure on Saturday (late at night) and I had camping reservations for Sunday. I got the Xcon's in and somewhat sealed from the trunk, but I was going to hook up that amp at the campground. Then I realized I forgot my drill and the ring terminals on the 0 awg don't fit my battery screws in the back without being drilled out a little bit. Needless to say I am a little disappointed and excited lol. Be on the lookout on Wednesday, hopefully I'll have a vid up or something lol. Sorry for the slight thread jack.

Nice work with the build! I really like the amp/battery rack. I know mine isn't going to look that good haha.

Marc, I did indeed get the sub yesterday morning. I've played all day with it yesterday and have been doing at shit load of reading. My concern was that I installed the sub and went in town to see a customer. Ride was about 45 minutes, of course I blasted a couple of songs. When I got there I got out of the car and went and touch the sub and amp and they were both hot. The sub had a little smell (I guess this is normal?) So on I went searching and found shit on clipping. Boy have I read a lot the last 24 hours... Anyways, I found that I need to adjust my amp and this is how I did it: Downloaded a 0db 40hz test tone. Plugged my digital meter in the speaker leads of the amp. (I don't have an oscilloscope) Put volume at 26out of 35 and let her rip. BTW my system has 0 distortion at full blast volume (35) I adjusted to 34volts ac. (1200watts connected to 1ohm) anyways, that's what I read to do... Boy what a difference in sound...very clean! BUT Shit... no power!!!! It is so much lower in volume...I guess I need a stronger amp? Anyways I'm very happy with the sub...it sounds better than my Orion 12D I had. (Quality wise) Of course I'm comparing a 12year old sub to brand new!!! I will put pictures up with a small review soon. Thanks for everything but I may not be done buying shit from you. A happy Canadian (old man) customer... Now that you have a reference point try adjusting the gain by ear to a level just below the distortion point (unless you want it set differently). It may take a little bit of playing around with it on different songs to get it right, but most songs are not recorded at 0 db, they are usually at like -5 or -7. Just keep an eye on it and make sure it's not clipping/distorting. Impious beat me to it lol

Thanks! Yeah I just took out the spare tire and jack for now, I'm getting AAA for my car so I'll still be covered if I pop a tire or something. Had to put heavy duty springs on the car to deal with the weight because that is a weak point on this car. I think it's definitely going to be worth it though! I'd give you a demo but you are kind of far away haha.

Ok so it's been a while. Finally the Xcon's came today (Thanks Aaron for dealing with me asking when they would be here lol) and they look amazing! I can tell this is going to be awesome before I can even listen to them. Here are some pics of the sexyness. Oohhh... The magnet is HUGE and heavy. It's hard to get a picture of it, but the voice coil looks awesome too. Definitely top notch quality. The iconic dustcap. Looks great it real life, I think it will look better with a little excursion. I was trying to get a pic of the voice coil but you still can't really see it that well. Pole vent. Going to have some fun with this tonight!! Haha j/k One last pic of the beasts. Also here is some stuff I did a couple days ago. I ran the 1/0 wire from front to back. It was actually really easy which really surprised me. The 1/0 fits right through the stock grommet. I have to wonder why that was in the design, but it was pretty awesome. This is where I cut the hole for the ground run of 1/0. Again, a surprisingly easy place to do this. I love seeing all of those connections . GM terminals are way better than the posts IMO. Just a pic of the fuse holder. Wire was really easy to get in there which was nice. Sorry for the huge delay, but this volvo is going to be bumpin in just a few days. Dave the box guy is building my box and he'll be done either Saturday or Sunday. Keep on the lookout for my next update!

You could try doing two 12" btls sealed from the trunk facing forward. This way the back wave is completely isolated from the front wave, so there is no cancellation (for the most part). That's more surface area than a 15, with a lot more motor force. I wanted to do 2 15's for the longest time, and my trunk actually has enough volume, but it would just be way to much of a challenge to fit them in there.

I love the lights on the amp (kind of like a spectrum analyzer only not), that looks awesome.

Not a fan of kicker at all...not really going to go into it but i dont care much about their products...not going to hate on someone getting/using kicker, just not going to buy it myself. as far as cost...all i care about is quality. i could care less how much it costs (within reason). its the same principle on my truck, do it right or dont do it at all...its always the little things that makes the difference. but between the RF and sundown, i think the sundown amp would match better in my truck than the RF..though either amp would do the job fine. I'm not much of a kicker fan myself either. If you don't care about price then I'd go Sundown all the way, I wasn't sure if the budget was part of your concern. Good Luck with whatever you get!

Have you considered the Rockford Fosgate 1000-1BDCP? Its the constant power version of the 1000bd, and it does 1000 watts rms at 2 ohms I believe. I think Kicker amps are rated for 2 ohms mostly as well, might be worth it to take a look. Sundown is awesome though, just seems like it may be cheaper to consider some other options. Hope this helps.

I like the idea of green... I'd like to see how it turns out, looks amazing so far.