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Hey there, in the next couple weeks I will be upgrading my stock system in my 00 ford explorer eb. I will be adding a kicker zx1500.1 running two Kicker S12L72 subs. I have a couple questions. Firstly, do you guys figure that I will have to upgrade my alternator or battery? Secondly, what gauge wire should I buy to power the amp?

thanks

If you run 1500 rms it is likely you will need a bigger alternator. Also you will need to upgrade the big 3 and I would recommend 1/0 gauge wire for all of it.

what do you mean by the big 3?

Battery ground to chassis, alternator to battery, engine ground to chassis.

Yeah I would upgrade the electrical. At 1500 watts your going to pulling over 100 amps just to run your subs. I am not sure what siize alt. is stock on the explorer but i am guessing it is around 100 amps. Run 1/0 for wiring and upgrade the big 3 like phthisis had mentioned.

yeah, you'll more than likely need to upgrade your electrical...

Or your going to be amping your other speakers as well?

Martin you might look into a diffrent sub than the L series from Kicker. Don't get me wrong I love kicker, but their L series sucks. The sound like wattered down dooo dooo and have a very high failure rate.

If you just want loud, then their not to bad, except the failure rate. If you want something loud that sounds good you can do better.

this years model is better and belive me its a pain to say cause im not a big kicker fan. if you want something that sounds better is louder than the l7 look at the hifonics atlas sq. "kicker killer"

Bwcad1 wrote:this years model is better and belive me its a pain to say cause im not a big kicker fan. if you want something that sounds better is louder than the l7 look at the hifonics atlas sq. "kicker killer"

kicker killer... I like that
What do you consider the Goliath series. Judge, Jury, Executioner, & Cemetery grounds keeper? :)

how much are those L7's? Cause isnt Justin Selling his Bravox's for $250?