Kicker SoloX 18

[QuinnyGT 4]

Well lads I went to strip a friends walled install on Saturday as he want it rebuilt. It was installed by a "professional" installer over here in Ireland. Now the problem lies with the SoloX 18 Kicker sub he had. Its the first generation Sub made by kicker, when being installed the installer dropped a hammer through the original dual 1 cone, so it had to be replaced. since the sub is in the car it has been smelly, like Kicker is, so the installer said he would replace the cone. Now on stripping the car I seen the Spagetti of wiring, will get pics of this off the owner tonight hopefully to show you, but basically one run of 0, stepped down to 4 gauge, into a distro block that had 7 runs of 8 gauge off it to power the 5 amps and "charge" the 2 Oddesy Pc2250's in the car. One removing the 18 I noticed the coil was fried, but aswell I noticed an unusal notch in it, upon inspection of the motor part of the sub I seen a piece of metal in the area where the coil would be, fished it out, turns out it was a staple, which matched the notch in the coil. Myself and Rookie were trying to figure out exactly what caused the coil to burn, the fact the wiring was so bad in the first place, or the staple that somehow found its way into the motor

some pics of the coil, will get pics of the wiring tonight hopefully:

[RAM_Designs 25]

In for wiring pics.

[QuinnyGT 4]

Just waiting on the owner of the car to send them to me, I would imagine the amps were clipping from lack of power, but the staple didnt help affairs at all I would imagine

can you tell me if the recone in the new model, more specifically the coil, would it be a different diameter to the first type of coil?? Because the installer is trying to say the staple had nothing to do iwth it and infact its the coil diameter was slightly too big for the motor

[bassahaulic 155]

Just waiting on the owner of the car to send them to me, I would imagine the amps were clipping from lack of power, but the staple didnt help affairs at all I would imagine

can you tell me if the recone in the new model, more specifically the coil, would it be a different diameter to the first type of coil?? Because the installer is trying to say the staple had nothing to do iwth it and infact its the coil diameter was slightly too big for the motor

All Solo X motors have the same coil. The new cartridges should slide right in.

[QuinnyGT 4]

well I smelt BS off him when he said it, but I said I would ask around before I confront him about it, he was such a well respected dealer but fuck me he screwed my buddy over BIG TIME

[bassahaulic 155]

well I smelt BS off him when he said it, but I said I would ask around before I confront him about it, he was such a well respected dealer but fuck me he screwed my buddy over BIG TIME

Not respected by you guys. lol

[QuinnyGT 4]

You can be sure of it, that Staple could only have gotten into the motor during installation like

I dunno I never really dealt with him, only my HU is the only thing I bought off him, cheaper for me to buy in the UK

[Dictator 39]

Yeah some people are so ignorant. Im not the best person when it comes to installing stuff but common sense should of clicked in his mind

HAMMER WTF

8GUAGE WTF )

Seems like that installer went to tard school.

Edited April 6, 2011 by Dictator

[scotty b. 0]

That sucks man..but just remember just because its a stereo shop does not mean the installer is a professional !!

[Kanaworm$ 292]

That Solo X didn't stand a chance when the staple was in the gap. But looking at the coil I would say clipping was the biggest culprit. Sounds like the cheaped out and went with 8 gauge since it was all concealed.

8 gauge for main power and ground to a battery bank is screaming voltage drop.

[Notorious97200 339]

You're in good hands, here, to get things running good, this time !

Do it yourself. Lots of very good installers will be able to help you on THE forum !!