yeah man. ive ran everything from 10s on up to 15s with good and bad choices along the way. this 18 was a really good choice. Fi Car Audio has 4 different models available in the 18. the 18Q is their sound quality oriented woofer. not sure how they made a 1000w woofer with 27mm Xmax sound this good but they succeeded. i love it, especially for the price. they also have the lesser model SSD which sounds good, and the BL and BTL are geared more towards total output. The designer at Fi (scott) has been designing for years and is responsible for the RE line that everyone was raving over before US amps bought RE out.

i bought it because my buddy is probably about your age as well. telling me about the good ole days when he ran some kicker 18s. i got an suv and he's been bugging me about using the extra space wisely. so i tried a pair of 15s, 4 12s, and finally settled in on 1 18. all have had about the same output but this one hits very low and with a 30hz tuning, sounds awesome. i listen to mostly rock and it fits my music and tastes very well. strong output, great response, and solid kick drums. give it a shot if you got a mere $300.