Alpine are normally cleaner sounding while kicker is know to be loud both are quality built

 

Yea the L7's are lacking a bit of quality but they sure are loud.

 

My 2013 came with an Alpine sub, is this normal for Jeeps now? My 2007 had a factory el-cheapo in it.

 

My point was not to buy a 500 watt max sub, and use an amp that pushes more than that at the given load, like 700 watts...

 

I just used 500 as a example but my point was that a amp should be able to Max the sub out at around 70% power. A lot of people try to save their subs from blowing by getting a amp that can't blow them but it is still harmful on the speaker by under powering them so its best to Max the speaker but watch the volume

 

Thanks guys now it is making sense, hopefully I'll get around to getting all this stuff in soon and I'll report back on results. If anyones interested during my search I found this sub recommended as a direct replacement to the factory unit

Pioneer TS-SW841D Shallow-mount 8" 4-ohm subwoofer at Crutchfield.com

From what I've read the alpine sub will require a spacer to get in the stock box, I'm also going to dynamat and polyfill the box for good measure

 

Yeah but most people don't know to watch the volume and that is the problem

 

Lol thats true but that's the kind of person always at the stereo shop spending more cash or pleading for a quick warrenty swap instead of waiting for factory warrenty shipping. I did competition for many years and I rarely burn up anything. I even held the Mississippi state usac DB record in the 0-15 class for 3yrs with a 153.7 on dash and was pulling mid 170s in the outlaw class at the port

 

Are the stock sub wire harnesses the same as the stock soundbar harnesses?

I'm trying to cut as few wires as possible.