Did you just get your very own car? Wondering what you’re going to do to it first? Nowadays, the first mod that people are doing to their cars is installing high-end sound systems (massive 15” subs, loud speakers, tweeters, etc.). But sometimes people can go way overboard when they don’t even need to. I put subs in my car about 2 years ago. I thought I needed all this power and all I did was look at the wattage and how loud my subs were really going to get. But that’s were I went wrong. I soon found out that a lot of power isn’t necessarily the best thing to look for. My trunk would r
attle and it would sound like crap from the outside but sound completely different on the inside. Let me be the one to say that rattling trunks are not cool. Distortion is not cool and it makes you look stupid because people think you’re just this idiot who just doesn’t know what they’re doing. Here’s some simple advice that will help you make the right choice of subs for your type of car. If you love bass like I do you will want to defintiely have power, but you don’t need two 15s to get you that. A nice set of 12’s or 10’s will do (make sure though that you get a amp that will supply enough power, otherwise you could end up damaging your subs which you don’t want). Now, depending on what size car you have, you will want to fit the subs to your car. For example, don’t try to squeeze two 15 inch subs into a little sub compact. Save the 15’s for the big Tahoes and Expeditions. Yo
u will hear the same sound in your car, don’t worry about that. Now that you have what type of subs you want, focus on the frequency, ohms, and all the other little items that go along with it. Lower ohms equal more power, wider ranges of frequency equal more sounds coming from your subs, and look at the RMS of the subs not the peak power. RMS is how much power it can put out for an extended period of time. To sum it up, do your research. Subs can get expensive but you can a decent pair of subs that put out the sound you want for a fairly reasonable price.
attle and it would sound like crap from the outside but sound completely different on the inside. Let me be the one to say that rattling trunks are not cool. Distortion is not cool and it makes you look stupid because people think you’re just this idiot who just doesn’t know what they’re doing. Here’s some simple advice that will help you make the right choice of subs for your type of car. If you love bass like I do you will want to defintiely have power, but you don’t need two 15s to get you that. A nice set of 12’s or 10’s will do (make sure though that you get a amp that will supply enough power, otherwise you could end up damaging your subs which you don’t want). Now, depending on what size car you have, you will want to fit the subs to your car. For example, don’t try to squeeze two 15 inch subs into a little sub compact. Save the 15’s for the big Tahoes and Expeditions. Yo
u will hear the same sound in your car, don’t worry about that. Now that you have what type of subs you want, focus on the frequency, ohms, and all the other little items that go along with it. Lower ohms equal more power, wider ranges of frequency equal more sounds coming from your subs, and look at the RMS of the subs not the peak power. RMS is how much power it can put out for an extended period of time. To sum it up, do your research. Subs can get expensive but you can a decent pair of subs that put out the sound you want for a fairly reasonable price.
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