I am very impressed with this sub i went with the evl18 because of it s value. I read reviews saying it sounds even better than other brands which cost even more. Now that i have the sub i second that. My last sub was a rockford punch 15 and this sounds cleaner and gets much louder too in the picture i have the skar 18 next to my rockford 15 and the skar towers the rockford i have the skar in a 4. 5c ft box tuned to 31hz and this gets low the box takes up most of my trunk but that s a trade off for killer bass. Definitely worth it in my opinion i will definitely be getting more skar products in the future

Some pics to go with my review

So originally did a build for 2 sdr 18s 4ohm on a skar rp 1500 at 1ohm with a custom birch box. Pics and review under sdr18. After a 3mo trial i decided to step it up a notch. So i built another custom birch box and bought 2 evl 18s 2 ohm and another rp 1500. Box is 10cu ft and tuned to 31 hz. Now i m running 1 amp per speaker at 1ohm. Also built a custom amp box for under the back seat of my tahoe. And why i know i could be running 2x rp 2000 instead of the 2x rp 1500s but it still hits hard af. You would think i m running 6x 12 s or 4x15 s with the way it sounds. Clear crisp and mind shattering bass. I also decided to go with 1 round port instead of 2 slot ports from last build. I didnt wanna do the norm and buy an aero port like everyone else does. So i built the port myself outta 50x pieces of 3 4 x 3 4 popular and glued them all together and sanded and beveled the end. Also decided to theme my box from one of my fav bands slayer. Made a custom slayer inspired skar logo and used keda wood dyes for all the stain colors. No paint what so ever on this box. All stain also stained the inside of the port and the back wall of the box the hell awaits album cover colors to give it a 3 d effect. Topped everything with some triple thick polyurethane. I m loving the evl 18s. I will definitely be a skar consumer for life. Thanks to all the guys at skar for making a quality product at a fair price.

I got the evl 18 d2 and the rp2000. 1 d. . I love it. . Best sub amp combo i ve ever owned. Planning on buying another evl 18 and 4 6. 5 door speakers real soon. . . 5 stars don t cut it skar audio deserves 10 star rating. . .

I just purchased two evl 18 d4 three 2000. 1 amps and the ofc 0 gauge. I with purchase one more amp and six more 18 s. Skar audio products are awesome and i wish they would send decals and banners when i show the vehicle off. Everything will be skar audio accept the head unit.

Okay this might be a bit long winded lol first off the fact that this sub woofer gets such fantastic reviews here on the skar website tells me that pretty much all of the reviewers here understand that the enclosure is everything pretty dumb that on amazon their are only 7 ratings for this sub woofer with like a 3. 5 rating. All that tells me is that half of those reviewers have no idea about the importance of a good enclosure. Kills me to see people blaming the sub woofer for their own shortcomings. But i digress. . . I ve been into car audio and building enclosures for more than 30 years. So this time around i wanted to do something different. . . . Passive radiators. I decided to build a 5 cubic foot box with two dayton 15 passive radiators and i used 150gms of weight on each of them for a tuning of 30. 48 hz. I m giving this sub woofer right about 1300 wts. So the morning before i put it in the truck i told myself okay if this sub only hits really deep bass or bass heavy music well. . . . So be it. I can always get my sq fix in my car with my little 8 sub. But right from the moment i fired it up i was absolutely stunned not only does it make ridiculous low constant bass notes as one might expect from an 18 sub with good power but much more surprisingly it also plays such tight snappy kick drums guitar bass old school rock and stuff that doesn t even have much bass every other sub woofer that i have ever built would start to sound like garbage if you pushed too hard where there was not a lot of bass signal but not this one so in spite of the fact that this thing plays techno electronic 20 25hz bass so well fun for demos i ve actually been listening to more old school stuff. . . Just because i can the point is though it plays everything great whatever my mood this sub woofer is down with it i can see this sub woofer setup staying around for a long time while i work on several other aspects of my system. . . Sound deadening electrical upgrades dsp tuning etc. So long story short out of probably 30 enclosures i have built for everything from 8 s to 18 s this is absolutely the best most musical setup i have ever created but i mean really who uses an 18 sub woofer because they are shooting for sq so freaking ecstatic with the outcome thank you so much skar

Even though these 18 s hit i think am gonna go back to 15 s

Love them getting to more great buy

Purchased the evl 18 along with a enclosure from skar. The 18 has done good during break in period. The box came with the front piece crooked leaving gaps inside the box. Once installed several panels came loose sounding terrible. Ended up removing box and sub. Once box was realigned screwed in place and resealed it didnt sound horrible but wood qaulity is lacking.

Subwoofer looks amazing. I ran the vvx15 and enjoyed it but decided to go back to a 18 subwoofer. With skars pricing it s really a no brainer. The 18 i had ran before was a fi btl n2 18 and it was amazing but also around 650 bucks. I grabbed this evl for 269 and it s a beefy subwoofer. I havent built the box and finished the install yet however i can already promise you for 269 its going to be worth every dollar. Putting it in a 6 cube tuned to 30hz with a port area of 96. 25. Cant wait until i get the new ride next month and finish this build

These 2 subs hit so hard and sounds great too

Awesome sub and 4th or 5th skar product i ve bought maybe 20th i ve recommended. Hits super hard even with the rp800. 1 amp i m using on the zvx 8 and the makeshift sealed box in the photos. Great product at a great value.

2 dual 2ohm evl 18s powered by 2 rp2000. 1d amplifiers in a dodge charger. You really should feel this.

279 a piece for this price before coupon its a worthy buy. Plenty of base from my 18s. Omg my system slams gave me goose bumps when i was driving and its was like 85 degrees out that wasnt from being cold that was from my 18s that hit a certain note that sent chills through my arm im talkin like the most exteeme goose bumps ive seen on my arm ever and im from alaska lol. Buy the subs already. Just the sealed 18s in a 8ft cubic box. Video is of day 2 breaking in subs just lettin em jump a little they can jump so much more

1 evl 18d2 and 2 evl 12d4s on 2 skv2 1500. 1 d s

Awesome sub goes well paired with rp2000. 1

Extremely impressed with these woofers two and a half months old and abused daily and holding up well 2500 watts per woofer soundstream power

These things pound and only get better as the brake in i m so glad i got these

Just got my 18 inch thursday built my box can t wait to hear this bad boy

I have for 18s in the typical vented slot enclosure. I took my time and used a box calculator to spec out my enclosure. I have my box tuned to the fs of the of the subs 31. 2hz. I hooked one amp up and did my normal bench test in the garage to ensure all my wiring was correct. This was the loudest box i ve ever designed at just 50 watts. At 250 watts items in my garage started moving. Subs weren t even moving at this point as i have the box configured to 4 ohms to keep the power low keep the amp cool and keep from cooking the subs. Inside the vehicle with my gain set to 0 and the box still configured at 4 ohms it wants to rip my truck apart on volume 10. Subs are still only moving last that 1 millimeter. Being near 40 i ve retired from my db dragging days but this skar audio system gives me flash backs. I ordered 2 amps even though i only need one i m going to install them both for aesthetics and have one hooked to wires that go no where for looks. So i can lie and say i m running the amps strapped at 7k lol. It it will let me upload it i ll post my whole build video. Welp the video is too big so here is the youtube link https youtu. Be aer nzxm qz wa