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http://www.mralternator.com is good as well.

For alternators, check out http://www.motorcityreman.com

For batteries, optima's are a good choice.

High Society wrote:I dunno if you already have, but don't forget to upgrade your electrical system. You don't want to waste 500 bucks on your new amp just because you don't have enough juice.

I know its something i need to do very soon, but does a place like les swab tires have the battery and altinator i will want, or are there special places that have better altinators and heavy duty batteries for car audio??
does anyone know what would be a reasonable price for a better altinator and a battery?

I dunno if you already have, but don't forget to upgrade your electrical system. You don't want to waste 500 bucks on your new amp just because you don't have enough juice.

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/wiringwizard.asp

that should steer you in the right direction.

O belive me, i understand how good zapco is, and totally agree its not crap, but its used so i mean if its crap, like broken or been abused then it is returnable. But all in all im excited to get it. And 485 is a good price considering i bought my 200.1 reference for$300 new, and i just got a 1100.1 for only 485

im sure it will all be good.

But something i need to know before i do buy my type r's. If i am running them to the amp (which is 2 ohm stable) and i have put the dvc in parallel on both, since im connecting them to a mono block that has only one positive and negative terminal, does that wiring confieration cause them to be wired in parallel to each other sine they are sharing the same channel.
For example, i buy both at dual 2 ohms, wire the vc both in series up to a 4 ohm load, and then parallel into the amp to drop the total load back down into 2, does the parallel occur naturally when i wire the two positives and negative together in the one channel. If not then i would need to buy dual 4ohm, wire the vioce coils in parallel, and then strait into the amp if it changes no ohms load (but im surethat probably cant work, but thats why i am asking)
thanks

[quote="Elvinlord05 i just bought a zapco 1100.1 reference amp for 485
sigh, and if its crap it returnable. [/QUOTE"]

Zapco is NOT CRAP. Zapco is an awesome company for amps. And 485 isnt a bad price for one either. I think you will be plenty happy with the Zapco.

well, now that is jsut dandy
ok so i gues now i dont have either of those amps but in fact i just bought a zapco 1100.1 reference amp for 485
sigh, was only seeing how high it trully was, ive always been outbid in the past, but this time i won. o well, i have a 200.1 and it is simply amazing so i cant wait to see how much better this one does. kinda shaking right now at the fact that i am now in debt 485, and i havnt even bought my subs yet, hah. was planning on spending 500 total for subs and amp. o well, ill be happy with this amp, and if its crap it returnable. might do that anyway since i just spent so much. now im just rambling. o well

Well if it helps any, I am running 2 jbl 1200.1's that I bought used and I have been using one for over two years and the other about a year. I have been running them at 2 ohm the whole time and haven't had a problem with them. Good amp IMO. If you dont mind giving them a little extra power, go for it. :happy055:

But because its cheaper i am also missing out on the extra features that the alpine has, plus the JBL is used. however id prefer the stronger power from the JBL. Idk if i feel all that comfortable buying a used amp with less features. And yet again every review i have seen on these subs say that they are good but power hungry, and i dont like the fact that the alpine would only give enough power when there is a 14.4 volt feed. Still some more thinking to do, dont want to rush into it. If the JBL was new i would have already bought it, but there isnt a garantee that it trully works and will keep working.
Thanks to you all for your thoughts.