8" OEM replacement speaker

[creyc 1]

I posted this someplace else but you guys seem to know Parts Express pretty well from my brief experience here!

I have an 8" subwoofer from a 2001 Suburban with a completely disintegrated foam surround. Voice coil still works and spider is intact. The speaker is 2 ohms and sees about 50 watts from the amplifier. It sits in a small sealed box, around 0.5 cu ft. Thats about all I know of it. Parts express has many options to choose from. I want as cheap as possible since this vehicle is getting sold and I'd like it to have a fully working radio. If it was mine, it would be getting two 18s about now!

Any ideas guys?

[johnecon2001 82]

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=264-854

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=295-545

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_i...roducts_id=8348

[///M5 2,833]

I haven't seen much cheaper than the Polk built beast (lol) that John found. Since you are selling I'd buy on the cheap.

[creyc 1]

I was hoping I could pick up another 2 ohm driver, or at least a dual 4 ohm. :\

[johnecon2001 82]

Gonna be pretty hard to find. Not very many 8" woofers come in DVC anything let alone 2 ohms.

[fuzzyping 0]

Gonna be pretty hard to find. Not very many 8" woofers come in DVC anything let alone 2 ohms.

The RL-i8 sure did, hope it makes a comeback post-TC-bankruptcy.

[johnecon2001 82]

I don't think he's looking for an RL-i type woofer, just something cheap and Shallow that'll work off of a factory amp.

[fuzzyping 0]

I don't think he's looking for an RL-i type woofer, just something cheap and Shallow that'll work off of a factory amp.

Oh, I know. Your comment about DVC 8's at 2ohms just had me reminiscing.

[johnecon2001 82]

lol

[creyc 1]

Well I found a 2 ohm Kicker CVT that I think will do the job! Its local too, how can I refuse?

[///M5 2,833]

My only concern with that is how inefficient it will be. Perhaps a 4 ohm speaker that is more efficient will give you better output, those stock amplifiers are weak.

[creyc 1]

I know, I'm a bit concerned with that myself being that I only have around 50 watts to work with and the CVT is rated all the way up to 200.

Cone feels might stiff too, I'm going to hold onto the box...

[danssoslow 0]

If the Kicker doesn't work out, I found a Polk DB804dvc for $42.11 shipped. I assume that since you are selling the vehicle, certain things can be ignored; as such I'm only loking for things that will fit. The sub has a depth of 4".

Edit:

There is a pair of RF 8's intended for use in the Nissan Sentra system. Those enclosures are pretty tiny! I bet they would work out very well; and you could sell the other one to recoup some of what you spend.

Edit#2:

There is a seller on eBay selling an Acoustic Research 8" sub for $36 shipped BIN. He says it's intended for for an enclosure size of 1 cube (for what it's worth) and is rated at 100w rms (there wasn't a sensitivity rating, guessing your power will do).

BTW all of the subs listed have dual 4ohm coils.

Edited April 29, 2008 by danssoslow

[creyc 1]

The CVT works OKAY. Sounds clean but as expected not a ton of output due to the small amp.

Its my moms car so I'm just trying to restore that "factory" sound without adding a bunch of amps and wires. A little 200-watt amp would do wonders however. There's quite a bit of room back there behind the wheel well cover, if I could find a small enough amp.

[danssoslow 0]

sony xm-1s is pretty damn small.

[Brassler07 0]

I have an 04 Denali and I was wanting to replace my OEM 8" and power it with a small amp as well. How did you get to it though? Its integrated into the center console isn't it? Would you do me a favor and PM me? I'd like to talk to you about it.