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Thanks a lot this was a lot of help. I am going to upgrade the wire, the fuse, and I already added the battery back. It seems the battery is helping already I notice the amp is a bit cooler.

No I'm going today to buy a new volt meter since my old one disappeared. i tried lowering the gain alot and still cuts out. Im going to run to walmart and get a voltmeter.

Lately my 1000/1 amp has been cutting out while playing loud music. right after it cuts out it starts back up in a few seconds. I looked at the amp while it shuts down and its giving the thermal protect light. for the last week it has been cutting off more and more often. Finally last night it bumped the volume up and it shut down and did not turn back on. I checked out my main power fuse from the front battery and it was blown? I have a 05 4-runner 1000/1 v1 powering a 13w7 wired @3 ohm stock head unit/speakers Big 3 stock alt no extra batteries 4 gauge power wire Had a extra optima in the trunk but took it out thinking the amp didn't need it since the 1000/1 has the voltage/ohm advantage but ever since i took the battery out the headlights dim horribly. Any ideas? maybe power wire is to small?

Yeah If the 3500D's don't make that much of a diffrence in db or spl than I will stick with the single 4500D. I dont need the system for competition, but for personal enjoyment and a little bit of showing off here and there. lol Thanks for the help guys. Mike. P

This is going to be a build from scratch. So electrical will be adressed.My goal Isnt anything crazy. Just want a daily setup that I can beat on with low hertz music (rap/bass test). I just don't want to regret later on not getting something that will truly make the btl's shine since I'm already spending a bunch of money .. Is the electrical upgrade of two 3500's way more drastic than one 4500? And I really didnt think about the life of the subs! Thats a good point! Does it really beat the subs up that much more? Well I guess the most important question is will it be much louder that its going to be worth the more money for amps,electrical etc? If not than i have my answer and i will stick with the 4500D. Thanks for the fast replys guys

I'm trying to decide If I should go with one SAZ-4500D or two 3500D's to power (2) 18" FI BTL's fully loaded. I had my mind pretty set on the saz-4500D, but Ive read that plenty of guys are running the fully loaded btl's way over 3k each so I dont think that the saz-4500D could get the most out of the two btl's running at normal volts of 12.8-14.5 So what amp do you guys think i should go with or whats the better idea? Thanks, Mike P.

Ok cool thanks guys

Can anyone else tell me a more specific answer?

Can someone please tell me when the last day to preorder the 4500d will be? Thanks, Mike

Thanks for the info hdrox88. That makes the most sence, but by any chance would you happen to know roughly how many cubic feet the box would need to be for the 2 18". I mean it says on FI that the 18's need 5-10 cuft so the bigger the box the better? If you tune the box with the port why does it matter how big the box is? I dont want anything crazy just only what is needed.

Depends on the box. But really? 15" or 18" whats louder? Please ask yourself that question again. I did ask myself that question, but since its going to be the same rms maybe the 15" will have an advantage and move more freely and create more spl since its smaller while the 18" would move slower due to more mass??? the confusing part is not the size of the subs. its that they will be using the same rms. idk thats why im asking. And its going in a 2005 4runner.

I'm trying to decide if I should go with (2) 15" BTL's or (2) 18" BTL's? Its only about $60 more to go with both 18's over the 15's but i would be using the same rms going to them. what size sub would sound better/louder being they both are getting the same amount of power/rms? Pre-orderig a Sundown-SAZ 4500D

Damn! So one big alt and 0/1 gauge wire and how many batteries??? Wouldnt one big battery be enough?

What electrical setup do i need to power a sundown 4500d at 1 ohm? What size alt? what wire size? what size battery? how many batteries? what battery brand should i get? Thanks, Mike

Thanks alot guys! I'm starting to understand all this now. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go with the 4500d. btw here is the guy that i was talking about thats running his 12" btl sub at 3k.