Soooo, after tons of researching and trying to figure out what I want to use in my boys truck....I think I have settled on getting 2 10" IXL's.....one question though, and I do apologize. I am very new to all of this and usually pay someone to just do all my stuff, but this time I will be building the box and such, which I can figure out. My question is power, at the moment I have a RF10001...1000 watts at 1 Ohm, will this be enough to push these subs or do I need something better/bigger? I would love to stay with just this for power reasons, but I will do what I have to obviously...may just have to get a bigger underhood battery and alt, which I am trying to avoid.

They will be sealed with roughly be 0.6 cubes

They can take more, but don't even need that much. My IXL 12 has 1kw of an amp on it, but never really even sees 250w.

You will be fine with that amp. A rough rule for alternators is ~70 amps for every 1000 watts of amp power. So whatever size alt you have make sure it has enough to power the rest of your car as well.

Excellent choice on sub. But am I missing something here. The amplifier is ratted for 1000 watts @ 1 ohm, (but usually does 1400 from birthsheets I have seen), and you are getting a pair of dual 2 ohm sub woofers. So will you run the amplifier at 2 ohm mono, as I don't think it will like .5ohm?

nope, you are not missing a thing....like I said, I usually get people to do all my installations so I was trying to find out if that amp would work or not, if not, I could get a different amp....what amp would you suggest would be great for pushing 2 of those? Any input would be fantastic. esp from you denim and m5....THANKS.

You could use that amp until you find one that does power at 2 ohm mono. Like PG RSD1200.1 etc.

okay....i think i just screwed up i hope not. Here is the box I was looking at...from Supercrewsound.com.

Fits two 8 or 10 inch subwoofers

Subwoofers fire down

MDF Construction

Air Space = .60 cubic foot per sub

Mounting Depth = 5.25 inches (optional 5 7/8" available below)

Box divider with two speaker terminals

Jack must be removed

Hole cutout for 8" Sub = 7"

Hole cutout for 10" Sub = 9 1/8"

1 1/4" clearance under box

Soooo, if there is only 1 1/4" clearance under the box, I am probably pretty screwed on using the IXL10's aren't I? I really wanted to put in some seat risers and make it so I can fold the seat up, but I dont think the seats will fold up after I install the lift, but I will find out and update this as soon as they get back to me.

Edited November 19, 200816 yr by Mathman

Ok, so Mark from Supercrew Sound just told me that it only has 1 1/4" clearance under the box, so I am going to have to install some seat risers....at this point, not to sure how I am gonna do this. I might just stay to my original plan and install the lift and build the box myself, with upfiring subs and little leather "pillows" around the box to prevent any wear/tear on the bottom of my seats when they are down.I will almost always have my seats up, so if I can just get a little, like 2" lift somehow, I figured I can keep them from hitting with the seats down (just wont crank it as loud). Only other option available is using some 8" subs or shallow subs.....and I have no experience with either of these.

Edited November 19, 200816 yr by Mathman