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Personally I would use an Icon over any other sub mentioned copper coil....smooth sound .....digs really REALLY low in a well designed enclosure I ran Xcons too , the 10" Icons literally destroyed the 15" Xcons for low end extension output with the same amplifier and the Icons were much more musical

If budget is a concern, I'm surprised no one has suggested an icon and SCV 1500, then you would have money left to make sure your electrical is where it needs to be for the "let 'er rip" moments. If you are trying to run a 2000 watt amp, you need to be factoring in electrical upgrades to your budget. "A lot of watts even if I can't feed it properly" is a recipe for disaster. With that being said, the 4" coil probably isn't in your best interest at the moment. Sure it will take major abuse, but it will also take more power to get it moving. At the power level you are talking about here, a 3" coil will be just fine.

That's a pretty popular model of car so finding them will be extremely easy.

update time! So back in October I accepted a job offer in Illinois so over the course of about 5 days I tried to do as much as possible to get things functional. I would lose access to tools and work space so finishing the FG was the biggest priority. these are the pods mocked up. missed some pictures here but the "finished" product. a wide angle shot from the dome light. based on my testing i preferred the midrange drivers off axis. In the driver seat the mids are approximately the same angle off axis and the tweeters are aimed to clear obstacles/blockages like my leg and the E brake. I'm not too happy with how they look (performance is fine but forming that opinion will take more listening time). I jumped the gun on upholstering the pods and should have used bondo to form the pod's edges to give a more seamless transition between the pod and interior. I need more practice with vinyl as you can see... those tight corners are a real pain. Some additional info on the pods. There are some holes cut in the back side of the pods to vent the enclosures into the carpet/through a hole which goes to the frame. I might cut the carpet at some point. The pods are also stuffed with polyfil. Moving on to the big ass holes in my doors. skip a few steps.... And that's as far as they went before I left. Assuming I'm happy with the midbass running IB in the doors I'll move ahead and finish these up in the spring. Otherwise ported door enclosures will be next I still have some work to do with deadening the doors. A few small rattles will need to taken care of. Something I tried but didn't take pictures of was adding about 5lbs of ductseal to the rear side each door trim panel. In the pic below (not my actual door panel) I circled the areas where the ductseal was applied. once the weather warms up I'm planning to do some more sound deadening. MLV from firewall to rear seats and rear doors, thinsulate acoustic in the headliner, and the other stuff i mentioned above concerning the front doors. Till then i've got a few problems to sort out. turn off pop due to the usb dac turning off before the amps scratchy sound from mids/tweets (not sure which yet) in cold temps (<20 degrees F). rear view mirror rattleIf you have any suggestions let me know.