Kicker S18X VentedEnclosureApplications, RemovalMountingAssembly, BoxBuildingNotes, Installation

VentedEnclosureApplications

The SoloX was designed for a vented enclosure. Throw out every experience you have ever had with a vented speaker and prepare to be blown away! Our engineers have designed boxes that will intimidate and irritate everyone within a 3 mile radius. These enclosures incorporate massive slot-loaded (rectangular) ports with ultra low air velocity for ground pounding street bass that will make your “skin bounce on your bones!”

These boxes are the enclosure of choice for outrageous street bass and high performance SPL contests. If space is not a problem and you want to get the most from your SoloX, try one of these ported designs. You will not be disappointed.

The ported Compact design increases bass efficiency and fits in many space-limited applications. Although it is the smallest recommended ported enclosure, the output from 30 to 80 Hz will be considerably higher than that of any sealed box. The SUV design is the one to do if you have the room.

The SPL is the largest and most efficient enclosure design. The SPL delivers the sonic output needed to

If you prefer an ultra-smooth bass response, you should loosely fill your SoloX enclosure with

poly-fil stuffing. Ported designs will require covering the end of the port (located inside the box) with grill cloth, chicken wire, or expanded metal to prevent the poly-fil from exiting the port. The use of poly-fil will slightly decrease efficiency, but will deepen and extend the low frequency output.

For more advice on box building, refer to your Authorized Kicker Dealer, or click on the Support tab on the Kicker homepage, www.kicker.com. Choose the Technical Manuals link and then download or view the corresponding information. Please E-mail support@kicker.com or call Technical Services

(405) 624-8583 for specific or unanswered questions.

RemovalMountingAssembly Figure 5

Please follow these instruction to insure proper installation.

With assistance, remove the SoloX from the cardboard box. See Figure 5.

INSTALLATION	win SPL contests and it produces bass notes in a “Livin’ Loud” manner. This design is intended for test
	tones above 56Hz; playing music with frequencies below 56Hz will result in subwoofer damage.
	Model:	VentedCompact (MinimumEnclosureVolume)	VentedSPL (MaximumEnclosureVolume)
	S18X	5 ft3 (142L) + port displacement, Fb=35Hz	10 ft3 (283L) + port displacement, Fb=56Hz
		Port: 60 in2 (387cm2) area x 14.5” (36.8cm) long	Port: 300 in2 (1935cm2) area x 9” (22.9cm) long
		Power Handling = 5000W Peak	Power Handling = 10000W Peak above 56Hz
	Model:	VentedSUV (TheOneToDo)
	S18X	10 ft3 (283L) + port displacement, Fb=35Hz
		Port: 150 in2 (968cm2) area x 21” (53.3cm) long
		Power Handling = 4500W Peak

Acorn
Head	Then remove the four (4) Acorn Head
Bolts
	Nuts and washers, and the eight (8) Acorn
	Head Bolts securing the SPAIR (Simple
	Pull Apart Insertable Replacement cone
	assembly) to the BAM (Basket And Motor
	assembly) and to the wood “template”.
	Place the SPAIR in a safe and
Acorn	clean location. See Figure 6.
Head	Figure 6
Nuts and
	SPAIR
washers

Install the Gap Cap around the BAM’s pole-piece to protect the motor assembly from debris during the installation. Metal shavings would be nearly impossible to remove from the gap. Please protect your purchase, use the Gap Cap. See Figure 7.

SoloX

Box

Install

Gap Cap

BAM

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The Kicker ZX line of mono-amplifiers make it easy to upgrade to rock-solid bass.

Please ask your dealer about the Kicker ZX Amplifier upgrades.

BoxBuildingNotes

Use 3/4” (1.9cm) or thicker MDF (medium density fiberboard) and seal the joints with silicone. Use the wood “template” inside your SoloX’s shipping carton to mark the mounting hole, then cut directly on the line. These designs need internal bracing. Add 4 x 4” (10x10cm) triangular bracing between each of the larger unsupported panels.

All the cubic feet (L) measurements in this manual include the displacement of the woofer. For the vented enclosures the displacement of the port must be calculated and added to the internal volume of the final design. Use the outer dimensions of the port and multiply “X x Y x Z”, convert to cubic feet, for example the SoloX18 vented compact design’s external port dimensions (60 in2 port area could be a

15 x 4” port by 14.5” long) are, using 3/4” (1.9cm) MDF:

[15” x (4” + 1.5” total MDF thickness) x 14.5”] x (1 ft3 / 1728 in3 ) = .692 ft3, and add this number to the internal volume of the enclosure, SoloX18’s 5 ft3 + .692 ft3 = 5.692 ft3. See Figure 4. Due to the necessary length of these ports, you may want to fold the port along the bottom and back walls. It will be impractical to use round ports for these designs.

Do not install a port opening against a solid surface, such as an internal brace, back-panel or trunk wall, seat or interior panel of your vehicle. The port opening must remain unobstructed. Use the smallest dimension of the rectangular port as the minimum amount of space between the port opening and any solid surface to insure unrestricted airflow.

4 SOLOXSUBWOOFER

Remove the	Locator Hole
1/4”-20
double-end	(on the Back
threaded	Side of the	Locator Pin
studs	SPAIR)		Figure 7
	With the Gap Cap installed, remove the four (4) 1/4”-20 double-end
	threaded studs that lock the BAM to the wood “template”.			INSTALLATION
	See Figure 8.	Wood Template
		BAM	SPLAT
Figure 8	SPLAT
	The SPLAT (Speaker Precise Location
Wood Template	Alignment Tool) and wood “template” will
	now come free from the BAM.
	See Figure 9.
	Place the wood “template” on the enclosure
	baffle and mark the holes for mounting
	hardware and for the woofer cutout.		Figure 9
	See Figure 10.
Figure 10	Enclosure Baffle
SoloX Subwoofer and SPAIR - Covered by one or more of the following patents: U.S. Pat #'s 6,611,604, 6,731,773 D473,216, D456,386,				5
	D449,293, D355,193; Taiwan Pat. #162,154; Other U.S. and foreign patents pending.