$1900 budget for friend's stereo.

[goku87]

Well maybe I'll go with the 18" then. And yeah, the amps go down to 1.5 ohms. I'm just disappointed I didn't get to work on the SUV as I had hoped. Such a disappointment.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by goku87

Well maybe I'll go with the 18" then. And yeah, the amps go down to 1.5 ohms. I'm just disappointed I didn't get to work on the SUV as I had hoped. Such a disappointment.

dude... you will crap yourself when you see an 18" woofer... they are nuts.

Anyways, I still think you should think some more about taking on a big woofer like that in a yaris. Buy the yaris, save up the money, and then start a new thread and we'll see if it still sounds like a good idea.

side thought.... how is it you have almost 500 posts on a yaris forum... and you don't own a yaris? You got a GF, or family with one?

[goku87]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

dude... you will crap yourself when you see an 18" woofer... they are nuts.

Anyways, I still think you should think some more about taking on a big woofer like that in a yaris. Buy the yaris, save up the money, and then start a new thread and we'll see if it still sounds like a good idea.

side thought.... how is it you have almost 500 posts on a yaris forum... and you don't own a yaris? You got a GF, or family with one?

I've seen an 18" before, it was actually a XXX. They wanted more than $1000 for it (and it was a display model, not used, just hella dusty) so I quickly lost interest. I've been known to stick big subs in small places amungst my friends. In my cavalier I have two 15"s, although no trunk space lol. If I take on the huge sub project for the Yaris it would be more for fun and most likely not permanent. More or less a "because I can" thing.

And as for the # of posts vs. my current ownership status of a Yaris, I would like to direct you to here:

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23770

[sqcomp]

I think it would be fun to do a big woofer project...

Although I'm the one that is forcing myself to go from ID 15s down to IDQ 12s.

Big woofers are the $hit.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by goku87

I've seen an 18" before, it was actually a XXX. They wanted more than $1000 for it (and it was a display model, not used, just hella dusty) so I quickly lost interest. I've been known to stick big subs in small places amungst my friends. In my cavalier I have two 15"s, although no trunk space lol. If I take on the huge sub project for the Yaris it would be more for fun and most likely not permanent. More or less a "because I can" thing.

And as for the # of posts vs. my current ownership status of a Yaris, I would like to direct you to here:

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23770

ahhh.... the horn that wouldn't go off.... I remember that post. Ok... I understand.

Yeah, the new XXX uses LMT instead of XBL^2. RE has gone downhill a bit since they got bought out by US AMPS... still decent product, but much more expensive now. The XBL^2 XXX 18 used to cost around $450 brand new, and had a higher sensitivity rating than the new one.

I'm personally not a huge fan of LMT, but that is only because the drivers that use that type of voice coil winding tends to cause low sensitivity ratings and a high qts value which isn't very good for ported designs. They also cost more too. If I was looking to do infinite baffle designs, i'd look hard at the LMT subs on the market.

[goku87]

He hasn't given up on getting an SUV just yet. He has been prowling craigslist for something. He found a couple that he almost bought, they weren't exactly what he wanted, but each time we go check out a car it's a little better than the last. I've got high hopes lol.

As for me I'm going to hold off on getting a Yaris until all the snow melts. I don't want all the nasty shit on the road getting all over my new paint job.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by goku87

He hasn't given up on getting an SUV just yet. He has been prowling craigslist for something. He found a couple that he almost bought, they weren't exactly what he wanted, but each time we go check out a car it's a little better than the last. I've got high hopes lol.

As for me I'm going to hold off on getting a Yaris until all the snow melts. I don't want all the nasty shit on the road getting all over my new paint job.

good idea.

[goku87]

If everything goes well tomorrow, my buddy will have a new SUV.

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