96 Firebird...sub help, please
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Bronze Member Username: Dustin507Post Number: 42 Registered: Nov-04 | hey everyone. I am getting a 96 Firebird, and I presently drive a 95 grand prix. I have 2 12" Alpine R type subs at the moment in a sealed box, and it is pretty heavy. I noticed in my grand prix that it weighed the back down quite a bit and made me bottom out easy, but I simply did not care knowing I would be getting a new car. But, now that I am getting the firebird, I do not wanna weight down the back like that, so I plan on selling my subs and getting just one for the firebird, my question is, what sub should it be? It needs to be rather light weight so I don't have the weighing down problem, but I also want it to slamn hard. I know it wont take much in this car because it is a hatchback with a small cabin a sub can sound loud in there pretty easily. So how bout it guys, which sub would fit my situation? thanks in advance |
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Silver Member Username: CenusHicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 319 Registered: Jan-05 | mabey a kicker cvr, they only weigh like 12 pounds i think and can get pretty loud in a firechicken. |
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New member Username: BassssPost Number: 9 Registered: Jul-05 | make a ported box 13h 24w 17d fits perfect an it wont weight it down an just put 1 12 in it. it will b go0d if not g0 what u want 2 do |
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Silver Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 770 Registered: Nov-04 | ha ha ha ha ha fire chicken lol...u could go with like 1 12 inch DD 2500 series, cant wiegh over 20 pounds. www.ddaudio.com |
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Silver Member Username: Dominirica012Charlotte, North Carolina US Post Number: 622 Registered: May-05 | damn if your car cant take the weight of 2 subs and a box then idk what to tell you..yiou could keep one of the Type Rs that would cut the weight in half and youll only lose 3db and SQ wise itll be the same thing |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 3316 Registered: Aug-04 | Get new shocks. |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Wilton, Ct Post Number: 3723 Registered: Dec-04 | thats exactly what I was gonna say! if your car is bottoming out with 2-12's and a box its not the car its your shocks/suspension. you should not have any problems in the new car with handling that weight. |
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Silver Member Username: Riebread77Post Number: 394 Registered: Jun-05 | dude...don't worry about weight...its less than having a person in your car...i have had a '94 and a '97 firebird...plenty of torque to still get muscle out of the engine |
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Bronze Member Username: SpyderEglin AFB, Florida USA Post Number: 30 Registered: Jun-05 | actually 2 subs won't matter....i drive a 2001 firebird.....had 2 w'3s in it....3 amps a second battery and all the wireing and it didn't really affect it. if you want i got a ported box for a 93 up firebird i had built i don't need anymore....only askin 100 bucks shipped. tuned at 32hz and it's 3.25cubic foot. but i have a 58 pound W7 sub and a 50 pound speaker box in it now....it don't notice a diff. |
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Silver Member Username: CenusHicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 328 Registered: Jan-05 | awwwwwwwwww that w7 looks nice, but my brother has a firechicken and he has two 12inch cvr's and his car doesn't squat or anything. |
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Silver Member Username: FfxdevilarmsDubuque, Iowa United States Post Number: 721 Registered: Jul-04 | the RE series from RE is EXTREMELY LIGHT WEIGHT. Each on of the 12's weigh around 6 pounds. When they shipped all four it said 24lbs. Just figured i would mention it since CVR's weight was given and said light. |
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Silver Member Username: CenusHicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 329 Registered: Jan-05 | only 6 pounds, damn i thought my COMP's were light and they weigh like only 9 pounds, i think. |
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Bronze Member Username: SpyderEglin AFB, Florida USA Post Number: 36 Registered: Jun-05 | Damn 9 pounds? and just think i almost had a hernia triin to put my sub and box in the car. 100 plus pounds......i could have put 10 re's in my car and had the same amount of weight! |
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Silver Member Username: CenusHicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 332 Registered: Jan-05 | thats just the sub with the box and everything it came to a little over 50 pounds. |
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