yea 17' worked for me and yes thats it..

 

TY. I'll stop hijacking the thread now. :) Back on the subject of kicker. :) I still don't know if I should go with a single 12 or grab 2 8l7s or 2 10l7s. I think I'll go with the 750.1 anyway I go.

 

go with the 12 L7 but get it in a dual 4 ohm load so that you can get a 2 ohm final load. it will be plenty loud and will hit all the ranges of bass. im not a big fan of 10's, the just dont hit the low stuff like 12's or 15's. 15's dont hit the tight bass like 10 and 12's. 12's are the perfect, they hit all ranges.

as for the box, i had one custom made by an Alpine dealer here in cincy. with subs in i have a cubic foot a space per sub, it is pretty big.

rant time - i hate fedex with the greatest of passions right now. everybody else delivers at 330 - 4 pm but no they come at 2 pm and they wont leave stuff with the front office here, so i asked them for first am delivery since i have been waiting over a month for this amp. they said they would try, what kind of crap is that?

i ran all of my wires today, which is a breaze. you can run rcas and remote along drivers side, it isnt that hard at all. it tucks up under the plastic side moldings real nice and easy. once i finally get this amp, get it installed, and tuned, i will get pics.

for the ground how did you guys do that, i grounded mine to the negative battery terminal since it was right there. i would have used the ground where the battery is attached but i would have had to open that hole up alot more than i did. it is all secure where i put it and none of the terminals on the battery move, so i guess i will see tomorrow when this amp finally gets here.

 

i would also change out the head unit, im not the biggest fans of rca converters, if you dont have the premium head unit. for one the inside will sound 1000 times better than the stock headunit, and if you get a headunit that has 3 rca's, front, rear, and sub, some of them allow you to control the subs volume, as in you can turn them off or go full tilt with them. of course this is after you tuned the amp. for example alpine has a sub menu to where you can mute them or you can go 1-15 on them, sometime you dont feel like alot of bass or sometimes you want all the bass you can get. or heaven forbid you guys have cops like we do that will give out tickets if you are to loud. this feature has saved me plenty of times witht these tickets because i muted my subs and when they said i was to loud i said what do you mean and turned the stereo up with no sub, there was no bass, no ticket.

 

I second Jaydoog's comments on changing out the head. The stock HHR head does not have a very good frequency response. It is kind of "muted" in the highs and dull in the midrange. Installing a good aftermarket head will give you tighter bass, clearer mids, and more detailed highs - and it will really improve the sound!

Just my $0.02

 

LOL. You guys make me change my mind SOO MUCH. But i know its for the better so I'm okay with that. I'll go ahead and get the kenwood dpx-301 I wanted. It's only 200 so its not that bad. Its a double din so do i need to order a mount kit or what since its the same size?

 

Which Headunit do you guys Recommend? I gess i should not get the 6 Disc Changer then if i am jst going to rip it out, but still get the 7 speaker system.

 

Whatever one you like and can afford.

 

I really like this one

http://www.kenwoodusa.com/products/L...k3=173&pr=2378



this one is nice. Has 2 sets of rca outputs and an aux set of outputs for an ipod or whatnot. Supports XM and Sirius and even supports the new HDRadio, which is pretty much same as regular radio just digital, but not many stations (atleast where i live are broadcasting in it) Plus I like the look of it. Not to mention its double din so your not going to have to use the scosche adapter, this will actually fill all the space up.

 

A 10" can extend as low as a 15" will.

A 15" can be just as tight as a 10" can be.

It's all about alignment...box, power, tuning, etc.



P.S.- may want to look into the CVX's...will work just as well as L7's and don't require as large of an enclosure as the L7's do