Kicker Solo X question

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

My friend has a 93 Toyota Celica and he has a Kicker Solo X. He is not running the sub at full rated power. The question is at what wattage can his stock electrical system keep up with the power? 2500watts, 3000watts, 4000watts, or 5000watts

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[Savstyle 10+ year member]

any over a thoussand is gonna big draw on ur electiracal system, if u only have 90 amp alt. but not possitive id wait for a more educated person to anser but thas my gues

 

[ugaboiii 10+ year member]

yah ive got an 140 amp alt and im running a 1200 watt amp and it kills my electrical, so im sure ur gonna need some major upgrades when using a solo x

 

[MasterBlast 10+ year member]

hum first time ive heard someone actualy having a solo x on here. how does it sound?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

like poop id imagine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

must be in a sealed box, or a gigantic ported box. they can take an ASSLOAD of power.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

you need more power, but in order to feed that, you need more juice...

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Im not familiar with the size of the stock alt on that car, but yeah most people who run a solo x at full tilt have upgraded their charging system quite substantially. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

Here is a quick but crude way of finding amp draw. Take the recommended power of the solo x, we will say the 18" for example. 5000 watts rms. You divide 5000 watts by 12 volts and that will give you a ball park figure. Now that is more accurate with AB amp designs so I don't know how much power todays class D amps draw compared.

 

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

Okay thanks for the help guys sorry I couldn't reply quickly because I was busy with school.

 

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

hum first time ive heard someone actualy having a solo x on here. how does it sound?

Sounds pretty f loud for having that sub not at full power. He came down my street one night and I thought it was an earthquake. Then I see my friend driving down the street with the windows rolled down vibing. It is a loud sub. It rattled my windows from a block away and when he was exactly across my house my windows was actually shaking, I could feel the bass pound my chest. When he is comming to school one day he stopped and let me cross at the sidewalk and he was playing his stereo, not at full power and you get a little blur vision. And when you talk, It sounds like when you put your face by a fan thats turned on and talk. Its a great sub problem is that it doesn't sound too great. Its just a sub that is just pure loudness and the sound quality is a little awful. my friend got this sub for Christmas and he got it powered with a Boss 3000 watt amp.

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

Sounds pretty f loud for having that sub not at full power. He came down my street one night and I thought it was an earthquake. Then I see my friend driving down the street with the windows rolled down vibing. It is a loud sub. It rattled my windows from a block away and when he was exactly across my house my windows was actually shaking, I could feel the bass pound my chest. When he is comming to school one day he stopped and let me cross at the sidewalk and he was playing his stereo, not at full power and you get a little blur vision. And when you talk, It sounds like when you put your face by a fan thats turned on and talk. Its a great sub problem is that it doesn't sound too great. Its just a sub that is just pure loudness and the sound quality is a little awful. my friend got this sub for Christmas and he got it powered with a Boss 3000 watt amp.

oh....so your only feeding it 500w. ya, a stock electrical system should be fine for a 3000w boss amp

 

[aphinney 10+ year member]

Dude..i Have Been On Here For Like Ever And I Have Had My 18" Solo X Since Last May...

 

[aphinney 10+ year member]

i have asked many questions about it!!

 

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

Oh cool, The Solo X vibes

 

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

oh....so your only feeding it 500w. ya, a stock electrical system should be fine for a 3000w boss amp

My friend is feeding it 500w not me, boss is such way too darn overrated