8" subs in truck need your opinion.

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Topic: 8" subs in truck need your opinion.

Posted By: stampzinger
Subject: 8" subs in truck need your opinion.
Date Posted: February 11, 2004 at 11:54 PM

I have a 1995 ford flairside. I want to put some 8" subs in there, i was thinking about having 4 8's in there. what would i need to power it, or could i make it sound good with less that 4 8's? thanks

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 12, 2004 at 8:19 AM

Why do you think you need to use 8" subs? What make/model are you considering?

Posted By: pegleg
Date Posted: February 12, 2004 at 8:48 AM

what brand of subs, how many ohms 2,4,8 , whats the RMS rating? It matters the type of sub because different brands of subs usually need a certian type of enclosure. If they are required in a ported box vs sealed box you'll need almost twice the space for each sub. You can't really choose an amp till you know what the subs require of the amp. First, is the amp brigable, 2ohm stable is all most required if your going to have more than one sub. If your going to add four 8" subs with an RMS of let say 200watts then each subs Max power handling going to be about 400 watts, that's 1600 watts all together. For best results you'll want your amp that would be able to handle this but its not nessisary, beening able to comfortably handle the rms should be fine.

Answering the questions that I've asked will help to give people who read your Post a better picture of your questions and mabye give you some solid answers.

Good Luck!

Posted By: stampzinger
Date Posted: February 12, 2004 at 9:14 AM

I wanted to go with 8's because my friend had 2 in his truck and it sounded real clean and threw some deep base. I was thinking of going with 2 kicker solobarics or like 3 kicker round 8" 's. I have a regular cab too. Or should i go with just 2 12's???