Yah, all of the installs i've done w/ kicker were either in limited space, or in a big ported box.. so they weren't in great boxes for them... and they sounded muddy and ported they didn't have near as much punch as they did sealed.. but they Ripped your head off.They are very over priced, espically around me. But u can find them for under 350$ if u look hard enough. They take a descent amount of power. L7s take alot of power. So they should bump hard. I never Said L7s dont Hit hard. But they dont have the best SQ. Ive heard alotta Kicker subs, None of them Impressed me SQ wise. But SPL they got r done thur.
As of tomorrow i'm going to be ordering a mag 12".. so i will be able to compare that to my HC (a buddies got that in the back of a crown vic now.. lol), my old diamond M5.. and an eD b2. I'm trying to make an SQL wrangler.. which isn't really going to work IMO.. but i've got the amps to do it, all i got to do is make some kicks for a good set of components..