Brand new car

[Lubega 10+ year member]

Okay, guys. My wife and I bought a brand new Hyundai Elantra last week. Yay for us! Now, do we still need to do the big 3? Everything is new, and should work just fine...

 

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[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

depends how big the alt is and how big of a system your planning on installing. Dosent matter if its new or not. We need more info.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

^ exactly. what all are you going to put in it?

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

No matter what you buy, Cars are designed to work together as a unit. This means the alt was not built to be used to run a small motor home, it was built to adequately run the vehicle it is in. This allows for about a 20 amp grace over what the car will draw itself so whatever you add to it should not pull more than 20 amps continuous without proper upgrades.

 

[Lubega 10+ year member]

Wow. Well, I'm not sure how powerful the alternator is. I'll go read. Meanwhile, I think the factory sound is not bad (don't flame me) but I do want to add a sub. I was thinking about a 10" Alpine X from Meyer Emco. They would do the install. What do you think?

 

[starkfu 10+ year member]

alpine x type with a factory system..... OVERKILL.

If you plan on keeping the stock deck and speakers, add something that will compliment it, not overpower it. Type S with a mono amp or something.

 

[mjf 10+ year member]

alpine x type with a factory system..... OVERKILL.
If you plan on keeping the stock deck and speakers, add something that will compliment it, not overpower it. Type S with a mono amp or something.

far from overkill.

Type x is a MUCH better sub than the type s.

Even on the lower power it will sound much better than an S.

 

[Lubega 10+ year member]

Okay, guys. Since the Alpine X is too powerful, what about this combination:

 

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16411

 

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=18461

 

After all, this is a Hyundai...

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

How about an RSd12d in a smaller sealed box (around 0.8-1.2cf) on about 500-1000w rms of clean power? Scour the for sale section for a mono amp that does that kind of power at 2 ohms. Would sound sweet.