Sub for a ranger

[MemphisLove. 10+ year member]

My friend has a ford ranger, regular cab. the box will probably be about 1.2 cubic feet and its ported. the amp is 140 rms. we were thinkin of puttin a memphis PR 12 back there. the box is already cut out for a 12 and everything. So anyone have any suggestions. willing to pay up to 150$ for the 12.

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[BassFreak01]

hmmm, i have a JL 1v2 in my extended cab rated at 150 rms at 100 rms right now and it sounds great, its about in the 110-120$ range, or he could get a kicker comp also rated at 150 rms for under 100 most of the time which i havent heard but read good reviews

 

[ryanbssc29 10+ year member]

You really cant go wrong with that truck b.c of how small it is its going to get pretty loud no matter what you do.

 

[BigEM 10+ year member]

Yes i would recomend a Kicker Comp for it, i also have a regular cab ranger, second set-up i installed on my ranger was one 12" comp and it sounded pretty nice.

later, em

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

1.2 is way to small to port a 12", i would go with a 10" sub

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

If I were you I would go with a 10 or 12. Invert it between the seats and build a nice box. I dont know If you would have enough room to port a 12 tho.

 

[BigEM 10+ year member]

My Current set-up as of now is a 1.65 ported box for one 10" l5 and it sounds so **** hard second to the best as the last set-up of 1 sealed and one ported sounded louder, but took too much space.

later

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

You really cant go wrong with that truck b.c of how small it is its going to get pretty loud no matter what you do.

Trucks aren't super easy to get loud compared to other vehichle types.

 

[draarong2004 10+ year member]

Trucks aren't super easy to get loud compared to other vehichle types.

this is very true. people forget that even though its a much smaller air space your trying to put bass in, normally your left with firing the subs directly at the backs of the seats....unless you have a larger than normal reg cab like me, which if i really wanted to, i could do 4 10" drivers downfiring which would be louder than the 2 12's aimed at the backs of the seats with the same amount of power, but oh well....

 

[BigEM 10+ year member]

Yes that is so true, i have tried some of my subs on different cars that arent my ranger and they sound a little louder, but believe me when i had my 2 10" l5s on th eback they sounded real hard!! not it sounds pretty good as well but not as much as it did wen i had both subs hooked up.

later, em

 

[MemphisLove. 10+ year member]

Well the box was built by a car audio store that sells, kicker, planet audio, and rockford fosgate. the box is already built for a 12. Another store that stoped selling memphis like 2 weeks ago said that a 12" PR would fit behind the truck and get pretty **** loud. i have a memphis off the same power and it really suprises people when i tell them its only 1 12. We looked into comps and the kicker guy said that wouldnt be the best choice. and my friend ended up buyin a planet audio 12" M2 SVC and it really didnt impress me or him at all. So now he is really leading towards a Memphis PR like mine but im just makin sure there isnt other things out there that i have over looked.

 

[BigEM 10+ year member]

Get A Pioneer ShallowMount, i wanted to get 2 or maybe 3 of them soon, but i still need to do some other projects, and then ill do it, check em out, bu ti dont know if the amp would give its right power but i think it would sound good.

later,em

 

[draarong2004 10+ year member]

well since it's already built for a 12, if you don't mind trying something different, power acoustik is making a shallow mount sub

http://www.cardomain.com/item/POWSTW12

and its not much different in price from the pioneer(mind you power acousik under sells all their products)

http://www.cardomain.com/item/PIOTSSW3041D