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First put a Ohm meter on each of those subs and make sure they read 4ohms, make sure they aren't blown. Wire the subs to 2 ohm load.

The box looks to be missing terminal cups, not gonna find those at wally world. Try partsexpress.com, ebay, or local radio shop. Not gonna get much money for a used sub box, maybe $25 if lucky.

The 700w amp should be plenty of power for those subs, run the amp bridged(single channel mode) for maximum power output.

Edit: That's a 500w amp, 250 per channel, still be fine, manual says you still get 500w at 4ohm load bridged. 4ohm load be fine.
http://www.manualowl.com/m/Kenwood/K.../Manual/243863
 

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First put a Ohm meter on each of those subs and make sure they read 4ohms, make sure they aren't blown. Wire the subs to 2 ohm load.

The box looks to be missing terminal cups, not gonna find those at wally world. Try partsexpress.com, ebay, or local radio shop. Not gonna get much money for a used sub box, maybe $25 if lucky.

The 700w amp should be plenty of power for those subs, run the amp bridged(single channel mode) for maximum power output.

Edit: That's a 500w amp, 250 per channel, still be fine, manual says you still get 500w at 4ohm load bridged. 4ohm load be fine.
http://www.manualowl.com/m/Kenwood/K.../Manual/243863
I'll have to find an ohm meter to test them because I don't have one. But alright, I wasn't looking to get much out of the box cause I'm not using it anyway.

And amazon must be wrong dealing with this Kenwood amp cause it says 1000w and there's two different kinds:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...qid=1363969041

But alright, if mine is a 500w amp, that'll be good then since my subs are only 150 apiece. How'd you find out mine was a 500w amp? Amazon must have all the wrong info or something now adays. Thanks for the manual though.
 
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And amazon must be wrong dealing with this Kenwood amp cause it says 1000w and there's two different kinds:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...qid=1363969041

But alright, if mine is a 500w amp, that'll be good then since my subs are only 150 apiece. How'd you find out mine was a 500w amp? Amazon must have all the wrong info or something now adays. Thanks for the manual though.
Retailers use the peak power rating to sell amps, that's not the true power rating of the amp tho, RMS constant power is the true amp power rating.

The amp is 1000w peak
and 500w RMS

If you look at the link to the Kenwood manual I posted, or the Amazon link you provided, it says in the specifications it's a 500w amplifier.
It will still power those P1's just fine.
 
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Alright thanks for clearin stuff up. I'll probably put them aside for now until I order my custom box for under the backseat. And when the snow stops fallin.. I want to order an amazon capacitor too sometime.

It sure is a nice winter we're having this spring...
 
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Alright thanks for clearin stuff up. I'll probably put them aside for now until I order my custom box for under the backseat. And when the snow stops fallin.. I want to order an amazon capacitor too sometime.

It sure is a nice winter we're having this spring...
You wont need a cap, they are a gimick, dont do anything that youll notice.
Get yourself a 4guage or 8 guage (smaller wire) amp wiring kit.
 
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Alright I'll keep my eye out for a kit. When it gets all hooked up, I'll try and remember to post about it. Thanks for the help.
 
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+1 on the cap. You won't need a cap on your truck unless your running 2,000 watt or above. Those caps are made far little tiny chick mobiles with garbage alternators. I was running a 900 watt ken wood amp, 500wat power inverter and charging my laptop all at the same time while idling. Now I am running a big boy system and am running a cap cause I may end up running two audio systems. One for the cab and one for the bed. Both 2000 watt.
 
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Alright thanks for the input guys. I went to walmart and got an 8 guage amp wiring kit for 26 bucks.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scosche-68...-Amps/14667122

It comes with everything so now all I need to do is install everything. Custom box comes today too! Some weekend it gets warmer I'll start on it.
 

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Custom box came today. I test fit them p1 subs i have and they didn't perfectly fit. Both of the mounting depth is 5.25 so that's probably why.

My buddy said he'll make spacers so they will fit though. Either this weekend or next I'll have it all in my truck hopefully. I'll update everyone with pictures when it gets done.
 

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