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Thanks for the advice everyone. Now if I did do the big 3 and added a battery in the back would I still need to upgrade my alternator? How much do you think doing all 3 would run me? With those upgrades, what wattage amp would you guys recommend to use the BLs to their full potential?

So I just got two 12" daily Bl's and was wondering what type of amp to run them with. I have a stock electrical system on a 2001 Elantra and do not want to mess around with the electrical so I want to know what type of amp to run them with without having to upgrade. The subs are dual 1 ohm and I will be using a ported box. I also need a new head unit but i only want to spend $100-$250 on that. On the amp i'm open to spending up to $400. Thanks for your opinions/suggestions.

Sorry! But thank you for the recommendations Duran you've been a great help. I'll pay more attention the the forum rules and guidelines next time.

That sounds perfect. That's what I will probably do then. Now the only thing I need to know now is what options to put on the subs. (Dual 1 or 2 ohm, cooling, P chamfer, heat ring)

To be honest I am not sure. I will have to look that up. To keep things simple however, lets say that I keep the current battery. What type of amp/specs would you recommend? And if I did spend $200-$300 on a battery upgrade, would the amp/specs be drastically different? If so, what amp/specs would you recommend with a battery upgrade in that type of price range?

Once again thank you for all the help. So I have nothing upgraded electrically yet but I wouldn't have a problem with upgrading the front battery. Now i looked up the XS Power and there are quite a few different ones so could you help me pick one out? And which amp and specs would you recommend for my situation? I can go a little over my budget up to about $1500 but I just want to make sure I'm getting the right stuff. I'd like to get as much power as I can without having to spend too much on electrical upgrades so how much more juice can I get with just a battery upgrade?

Thank you! Now what kind of amp do you think I would need to power those? And the Q's have quite a few special configurations. Would any of those benefit me or is that for a more technical set up. I'm talking about the spider, cooling, P chamfer, High QTS, Heat Ring, etc.. And what about the OHM? I don't really know much about specs so am I going single or dual?

Ok I've had subs before but nothing too fancy just some 12" kicker cvxs in a ported box and running a 1200W (i think) MTX amp. Well i sold that and now I want something new. I have a 2001 Hyundai Elantra and don't care about trunk space so if the subs take up the whole trunk so be it. The thing is my budget is $1000 and I don't want to upgrade my electrical or get very technical with my system. I listen to mainly electronic music (trance, house, etc..) and rap/hip hop once in a while. Now i've read here that if your going for a SQ setup your not going for loud. I understand this, but since I do listen to rap/hip hop does this mean I am not going to be able to enjoy the lows of this type of music? How loud will SQ subs get? I want my bass to be as clean and clear as possible and am not trying to just rattle the neighborhood but at the same time I do want my bass to get loud inside my car when I want it to. I'm not trying to impress anyone outside of the car or win any competitions I just want to be able to play my music with some extra bass without it overpowering the music. I like my bass to have a punch to it and be crisp and I do hear a lot of people with two 15"s that just rattle everything and thats not what I want. So does this sound like a SQ system that I am going for? I was looking at the Fi Qs but that's only because I assumed I was going for a SQ sub. It would be awesome if someone could school me on SQ though because like I said, im pretty new to this. Now once I get that established, what type of subs do you think would be best? 3 10"s, 2 12"s, 1 12", 1 15"? And what about ported vs sealed? Sorry for the book I just wrote here but I am pretty noobish when it comes to this and I don't want to just waste 1k on a system and be disappointed by it. Thanks for any help and advice you guys have. Oh and by the way, I already have aftermarket (Alpine) speakers and the wiring for the subs so all I really need is new subs, an amp (please suggest one) and a new head unit.

Ok I've had subs before but nothing too fancy just some 12" kicker cvxs in a ported box and running a 1200W (i think) MTX amp. Well i sold that and now I want something new. I have a 2001 Hyundai Elantra and don't care about trunk space so if the subs take up the whole trunk so be it. The thing is my budget is $1000 and I don't want to upgrade my electrical or get very technical with my system. I listen to mainly electronic music (trance, house, etc..) and rap/hip hop once in a while. Now i've read here that if your going for a SQ setup your not going for loud. I understand this, but since I do listen to rap/hip hop does this mean I am not going to be able to enjoy the lows of this type of music? How loud will SQ subs get? I want my bass to be as clean and clear as possible and am not trying to just rattle the neighborhood but at the same time I do want my bass to get loud inside my car when I want it to. I'm not trying to impress anyone outside of the car or win any competitions I just want to be able to play my music with some extra bass without it overpowering the music. I like my bass to have a punch to it and be crisp and I do hear a lot of people with two 15"s that just rattle everything and thats not what I want. So does this sound like a SQ system that I am going for? I was looking at the Fi Qs but that's only because I assumed I was going for a SQ sub. Now once I get that established, what type of subs do you think would be best? 3 10"s, 2 12"s, 1 12", 1 15"? And what about ported vs sealed? Sorry for the book I just wrote here but I am pretty noobish when it comes to this and I don't want to just waste 1k on a system and be disappointed by it. Thanks for any help and advice you guys have. Oh and by the way, I already have aftermarket (Alpine) speakers and the wiring for the subs so all I really need is new subs, an amp (please suggest one) and a new head unit.