Looking to upgrade my pair of 12" Pioneers.

[Fi-brations 10+ year member]

1 or 2 good subs in the right box is better than 1 or 2 "better" subs in too small of a box

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

Ok op you'll need 4.5 ^3 for the xfl subs tuned to 33 hrtz. Also 2 of them should fit easy in your trunk. What I can tell you is that all Internet dealers who sell Ab products are not authorized to do so ie no Ab warranty I know this because I'm the west coast distributer for them

 

[gramser57 10+ year member]

If your planning to keep your amp go get yourself a pair of SSA Dcon's, had a pair off 500watts and it was ridiculous.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

You will need a spare batt and 1/0 OFC wire to run it for those... Plus we still dont know if you have enough room for those

No offense but he does not have to have 1/0 wire or OFC. For 1k he would probly be ok on 4gauge cca. Just sayin since hes pushing his bugdet.

 

[Stonecold12321 10+ year member]

My trunk is only 30in. x 48in. x 16 in... ugh

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

I have a pair of rockford fosgate punch HX2 12's. dual 4 ohm 500wrms each. sell both for $250 shipped and will get plenty loud.

 

[Stonecold12321 10+ year member]

That'd be good but i'm still looking for something louder. Im going against a buddy that has four 12" rockfords... they might actually be what you have if I remember right. I just need something as loud as that but obviously smaller. Hes got an upper hand with his Astro van...

 

[nkrell11 10+ year member]

If it was me I would go with 2 sundown e-12's, a custom built ported box, hifonics brz-1200.1D, and some 0 gauge ofc to do the big 3 with if you haven't done so already if you can build your own box you can come in under budget and have a nice sounding decently loud system not saying you'll be louder than your friend that has double the cone area but it should be a substantial upgrade from the sounds of things.

 

[Stonecold12321 10+ year member]

Ill have to look into that. Ive been interested in building boxes myself and selling them out so this may be a good time to test the waters.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

No offense but he does not have to have 1/0 wire or OFC. For 1k he would probly be ok on 4gauge cca. Just sayin since hes pushing his bugdet.

He was talking about running 2000+ so.....

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

He was talking about running 2000+ so.....

oh my bad. i thought i seen 1k. but again ive ran 2k with 4gauge before of course with rise and voltage i wasnt actually getting 2k tho and the wire never melted of fried. more and likely he is not going to see it either.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

oh my bad. i thought i seen 1k. but again ive ran 2k with 4gauge before of course with rise and voltage i wasnt actually getting 2k tho and the wire never melted of fried. more and likely he is not going to see it either.

If he runs a second batt though he would need 1/0...

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

If he runs a second batt though he would need 1/0...

in that case yes. i didnt know if he would have the room for it

 

[Stonecold12321 10+ year member]

I think i'd have enough room, just a little tight. If I had to run another battery it wouldn't be the end of the world, just more chances of me getting creative. My co-worker said I wouldn't need another battery but another alternator. Idk which would be better in this predicament. If I did run a 2000+ amp i'd definitely be shakin my little four-door

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I think i'd have enough room, just a little tight. If I had to run another battery it wouldn't be the end of the world, just more chances of me getting creative. My co-worker said I wouldn't need another battery but another alternator. Idk which would be better in this predicament. If I did run a 2000+ amp i'd definitely be shakin my little four-door

A good batt should do fine for ya...