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ok... i thought i knew how i was going to wire it but now i'm not sure...
sub= http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_5527.html
amp= http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio ... ctID=15324
am i going to wire my sub to a 2 ohm load or is my amp going to give it to much power if i do that? did i fuck up and order the wrong sub? should i have bought the http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_5351.html sub which is 2 ohms? please help me on this one.

Note: i only have one sub

Wire the sub to a 2 ohm load. It can handle 400w RMS, that amp is only going to give it 200w RMS. It is going to underpower that subwoofer. Looks like a dual 2 ohm sub would have been better, you could have wired to it 4 ohms and bridged the amp to give the sub 400w.

could i wire it to a single voice coil 4 ohm load or will that break my sub? or in the long run will it not be worth it?

do you think i should try and notify the company before they send out the sub and get the 2 ohm sub?

You can not run just one VC of a DVC sub, it will damage it. Try calling the company, I'm sure they can switch it.

crap... i just noticed that the amp is stable in 2 ohm... is this going to matter since the sub i'm going to change the order to is going to be 2 ohm's?

again
amp=http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio ... ctID=15324
change my order to this sub?:http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_5351.html

Gte dual 2 ohm. the amp puts out more power at 4 ohm bridged then 2 ohm

Well it looks like they shipped the 4 ohm's already :angry10:
the problem is that these assholes said i can ship it back, but their shipping cost is $25 each way for one sub.(thats $50 for shipping alone plus $10 more for the upgrade to 2 ohms) i'm pretty sure i can just mail it back to them for cheaper then $25.

On another note one of my friends (obviously doesn’t know much about car audio) said that I could use a Y connector to bring the AC wires together then split them up again into two wires and connect them to the sub… is this possible? or will it not in anyway work?

Note: should i just send back the amp and get a diffrent amp that can handle this?(free shipping :) )

If the amp is two ohm stable then keep it. Run it bridged at 2 ohms.

well this is my question is my extra $50 or exchaning the amp worth the 200 rms watts that i'm losing? Cause 200 watts rms isnt going to be load at all.

?? I thought the amp runs 400rms at 2ohm isn't that what you said lol, I'm confused