OP
Law luck 1
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You've spent a lot of money to be running all that off a factory head unit. I'd be curious what the voltage is. Factory head units aren't designed for people like us. They're budgeted down to be good enough for the majority of buyers, who frankly wouldn't notice or care for it to get loud. I have no idea about how a 17 honda head unit is, but $120 deck is usually better.
Before you go spending money on subs and boxes. You should start here (in reverse):
You should go and measure the AC voltage coming off your sub amp's terminals/wire. Do the math, and see if you were getting the wattage you want.
Gladen lists 2 1ch amps that do 1300w RMS. Both are at 2ohm (3200c1, 1800c1)
Then I see for Ground Zero lists 3 subs in that power range:
I hope this is the one you have:
GZHW 25XSPL-D1 1200RMS 1ohm DVC
not
GZHW 25XSPL-D2 - 1200RMS 2ohm DVC
GZRW 10XSPL 600w RMS 2ohm DVC
If it's that first one, there's still quite a bit left on the table. If it's one of the others, then we have a problem.
I get the head unit *****. I use a dsp. My install guy told me that the head unit is designed to only go down to 50hz etc. So he put a dongle that attaches at the helix amp to use bluetooth straight to the dsp. Maybe it is two ohms. I believe the sub is wanna say iridium but that doesnt match the spechs. I believe 750 is the rms if you will. I swear he said 1 ohm. Cody the guy who put it all in thinks I should first get a better box. He also recommended a 12inch sub. But he did explain to me that different subs do different things. Even when I use the blue tooth straight to the dsp. I still dont feel like the sub is putting out the volume. I really trust css. I want to avoid a head unit so the car appears stock. Hope I am making sense.