johnecon2001

Easy killer..

I know for a fact that Nate at Excessive can build alts for Toyota's and Lexus.

^ you'll have no problem sounding better than the BL you currently have with the ICON's You didn't really mention whether you have the BL in a ported or sealed box (I'd hope ported) and what it's tuned to if ported.

Try swapping the good amp in place of the bad amp. If it works, we can rule out the wiring in your car. If the good amp doesn't work, then the problem is somewhere in your car.

Have you tried a local alternator shop to see if you can re-wind yours to a higher amperage? Another option is to find a larger Lexus or Toyota alternator and see if it will fit on your car. Although, 130a seems about as high as I've ever seen a stock Toyota alt.

If you're worried about hearing the low end in the car, I would vote for the ported option, and use an Aero port up to the deck and into the car.

It's probably run its course by now.

If you thoroughly checked all the connections and tested the sub on another amp (and the sub was fine), it might be a bad amp. When you tested the sub on another amp, did you swap the new amp with your old amp, or did you take the sub out of your car and move it to the new amp?

Told ya you'd like it

220v Dryer outlet next?

You want the next setup to be louder than an 18" BL on 1200w, and you want it to sound better as well. If you end up going with the 12" ICON's.. I'd use a 5^3ft, dual chamber box tuned to 30-33hz. They should get plenty loud on 1200w each.

What camera/lense?

More than likely its just because its inverted. Try running it in the box and see how it sounds. And btw.. "gain at halfway" isn't a really good measuring point. You need to set your gains using an Oscilloscope to prevent clipping the amp

Which subs are you trying to compare here?

Post count is overrated. As soon as people find the IHOP.

I'd check them very carefully for dead pixels.

I wish we had the option to ban for stupidity.

One 12" BTL should destroy those in a proper ported box.

I believe that harness controls other things as well as the door chime harness. I know the older models had airbag control as well. I wouldn't chance it. Do it right the first time.

I know you don't have more than a cube.. which is why I recommended the MAW-10. It only needs a cube ported. Hence why I wrote 1^3ft. not 1.3^3ft.

Yeah, that would work great.

The point Jacob was bringing up was that yes, the amp is stable under 1 ohm given you have perfect electrical. But how many people can actually afford that kind of amperage to supply the 1500D or a 3000D under an ohm. Too many people buy his amps that think they can just hook them up and go without the electrical backbone. To protect his company and I'd assume his reputation, he changed the warranty to 1 ohm stable. Because even at 11v the amp is still functioning in a reasonable manner.

Cool, we don't need this here.

that thing is sweeeeet though.

Well, pick something better than the xsites if you want to load a ton of subs into the van. Those just look all bling to me.