what you got?

[ridered92]

hey whats everyone have for sound system in there truck? pics would be sweet

[LTRracer4]

my dad went out and got what he though to be the best of the best... i dont know any of specs to it, but he droped $2700... 10" JL sub, Kenwood Amp, Boston speakers with their own amp, and an alpine head unit... i thought it was weak but he let me drive his truck one day and i cranked it up... it is a badass system.

one of my buddies has a single cab chevy with 2 kicker L7's and a 1200 watt amp... you gotta open the doors so they can move enough air, but it will rock you *** off... i dk what ohms (sp?) hes running, but he said when he puts it on 1 or something ( i dont understand it) he said its too much for you to be in the truck... just on a regular setting it makes your hair stand up. sick

[ridered92]

yeah i just bought cheapy subs at advancedauto i only really bought it for the box the subs sit in so it would fit under the seat of my truck which it barley does im going to hook it up tomorrow

the higher the ohm the more power you can push through it because its resistance. Speakers with a amp are usually 4ohm, speaker with a factory head unit or lower power are usually 2ohm. Speakers at concerts and PA systems like that are like 8ohm. I believe running it on a lower ohm just makes it louder

[LTRracer4]

thank you for clearing that up:)

"the more ohms, the less power, but the more stability, and less heat and amplifier has." i had to look it up after to see if i was in the right direction

[LTRracer4]

yeah i thought it was more is less... i think he runs 4 usually, and could go as low as 1 but 1 was really hard on his stuff, and unbearable in the truck.

[gcart2]

brothers truck.
"The superman truck"


this truck was his everyday driver,

4 kicker 18's
door speakers cut out and replaced with 6x9's for a factory look.
2 2 channel 1500 watt kicker amps
1 4 channel 875 watt kicker amp
Pioneer flip up head unit


truck hit 155db at a show with him in it. hes nuts

Originally posted by gcart2
truck hit 155db at a show with him in it. hes nuts

thats crazy! I didn tknow Kicker made 18" speakers?

[ridered92]

yeah i have a pioneer head unit. what do you guys recomend for sub after i blow those cheap ones up? btw i have a 97 ford f150 ext cab

[gcart2]

Originally posted by FoxHondaRider
thats crazy! I didn tknow Kicker made 18" speakers?


i dont think they do anymore.

[LTRracer4]

Originally posted by ridered92
yeah i have a pioneer head unit. what do you guys recomend for sub after i blow those cheap ones up? btw i have a 97 ford f150 ext cab


when it comes to subs you cant go wrong with any kickers. How much you are looking to drop determines what you get... an 8" L7 (square) is the same as a 10" round. 2 L7's and a sizeable amp is a pretty reasonalbe kickass setup.

[brian76708]

i got a sonoma that i put a pioneer head unit then i got 2 sony explodes 6X9 for cheap off of a friend i made a box and put them in the back of my truck it makes it sound much better since it didnt have any speakers in the rear before.

[ridered92]

well 8' rounds is what will fit in the box i have under my back seat i hear rocksford fosgates are good? but there expencive. i want it loud i just dont want to blow out my rear window:p

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by FoxHondaRider
thats crazy! I didn tknow Kicker made 18" speakers?

Yes the Kicker Solo X 18"

so bad ***



My Lightning is all stock other then my Alpine :p

coming soon.
Kicker KS650 door speakers
Kicker KS680 rear speakers
2 Kicker CVT 12s
Kicker 750.1 amp
2 gauge wiring.

[ridered92]

can any one give me a quick run down on how to wire my subs up im going to run a wire from my cd player back thanks

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by ridered92
can any one give me a quick run down on how to wire my subs up im going to run a wire from my cd player back thanks

Cant run a sub off a headunit.

need an amp.

[907Rider]

2 dual illuminate 130 watt 6" in the doors:( still sounds 1000x better than the old mono speaker in the dash

[ridered92]

so i have to have an amp. can i run the wire from the speakers in the doors? im new at this if u cant tell

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by ridered92
so i have to have an amp. can i run the wire from the speakers in the doors? im new at this if u cant tell

Yes you need an amp for subs.

The head unit can only power small speakers well. Doesn't put out enough power to power a sub/subs


What car/truck and what all do you want. I can help you out.

I have 6.5" front door speakers, 6x9 rear deck speakers, 12" subs in the trunk. Still working on the subs but the speakers sound really good you can turn them up and its so clear easily heard away from the car with the doors closed. Stil working on better radio reception I wanted a HD head unit butI got a good deal on this kenwood. my problem is reception theres something wrong with the antenna its really weird somehow it must be grounding out because if you put the 1 screw in its bad reception, take it out and its good, we tried gasket sealer rather than using a screw and it got worse. I think I need a new antenna stock reception was terrible i got 1 station. this head unit i will get a few stations that i want but not always clear. I really hate electronics when I dont understand it and what could be wrong

[ridered92]

Kickstarts-suck its going in a 97 f150 ext the subs are cheap ones i just only got them for the box which thought would fit but they it really dosent so im going to build my own this summer but i live in maine so its to damn cold to be in the garage haha. but there 300watt subs

[greenblood01]

I've got a '98 F150 extended cab with a Sony Xplod head unit, Xplod 5x7 speakers, 2 10" 1200w Xplod subs powered by a 1200w 2 channel Xplod amp. As far as the subs go, they are facing down under the rear seat with a box from www.hifi-soundconnection.com and the amp is under the driver seat so I haven't lost any seating area.

I had 2 15" Kicker Solo-Barics in my extended cab ranger facing down in a huge ported box that took up every bit of the back seat powered by a 1200w Sony. In bridged mode they were at 2 ohms and sounded awesome. I miss them, especially after buying these Sony's.

[XCRacer236]

i have a 2000 Ford Explorer, Alpine CDA- 9884 headunit, Hifonics 1208d amp, a 12inch Fi SSD in a custom ported box at 33 htz.

[ridered92]

i finaly got a real system 2 12in kick vr comp subs 1000 watts a piece and a 1000 watt sony xplod amp the subs are in a q logic box