Audio Question

[Rich S03]

I needed a little help with adding a subwoofer to my '03 Sport Trac. I have been looking for a while now and I think I have made a choice of the Kicker L7 8 inch. The question I have is if anyone else has one installed and their opinions on that subwoofer and how much power they are running to the subwoofer. I was going to just spend the money up front and buy a Kicker IX 500.1 which I know is more than enough power but I like the small footprint of the amp. It is also a nice one for other subwoofers down the road. I just saw online though that someone suggested not running more than 250 RMS to the Kicker L7. I didn't know if the 8 inch could handle the true 450 RMS it is rated for or not. Any help would be great.

 

[josh ryan 3]

I WAS thinking of installing a shallow mount ten. Where did u plan on putting the amp and what kind of box . I highly doubt a 8 inch could handle that I would go with the 250-300 but I never had an 8 so I may be wrong.

 

[josh ryan 3]

I WAS thinking of installing a shallow mount ten. Where did u plan on putting the amp and what kind of box . I highly doubt a 8 inch could handle that I would go with the 250-300 but I never had an 8 so I may be wrong.

 

[Rich S03]

I was planning on building a custom box to go under the 60 back seat. The is kind of the best option for putting a subwoofer in unless you want to pull of the things behind the back seat. The amp I was going to maybe put on the 40 side but I was going to wait till I had everything and maybe put the amp right behind the seats out of view. I didn't know about the 8 inch Kicker L7 with the RMS but I have read places that it will produce an take a true 450 RMS. I have also seen people putting close to 1000 RMS to them on youtube with the grain and everything turned down.

 

[Evan Lipinski]

Try checking on ebay they have custom boxes with subs matched to the box, i got one with a kicker c10 and love it.

 

[Jacob Dryer]

The kicker site says it will take 450 rms, and I'd venture a guess that if you are using a sealed box you could get away with even more than that without an issue at all.



I have some experience with the L7 12" but not with any other sizes. They were loud for sure, and stood up to the abuse my buddy gave them competing a few years ago.

 

[Rich S03]

I emailed the guy who sells the boxes on ebay and he said that they do handle the power. He normally puts the Kicker 400.1 mono amp to the Kicker 8L7. I think I will be fine with the Kicker IX 500.1 and just keeping the grain turned down.