Audio Upgrade for 2015

[2010 Infantry Vet]

All done, Worked out pretty well other than my jig saw cut out just melt right back together

Had to cut a little and hen go through it with a utility knife



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Good job man, looks good.

 

[BWL]

Looking good. I'm really curious to see how your sub works out.

 

[Witch]

Yea, me too ...... lol

Called the shop I ordered it at, he said it was on back order, If I would have know that I would have gotten it on Amazon Prime

Wanted to give the local guy some business, He claims it has shipped so hoping to see it towards the end of the week

Plan is to heat up some 1/16" ABS so it will contour the the box , then epoxy them together. Then use a body filler on he outside to add strength

Got some 1/8" ABS if I need to make a speaker ring to raise the sub a little for some clearance.

 

[Witch]

Picked up the rear fill speakers and the sub today, still waiting for the Amp to come back from RMA, they e-mailed me and said it should be shipping this week.

Both seem to be of very good quality, and the entire mounting ring has a rubber surround, real feels nice and is pretty beefy for a 8"

Looks like I can have some fun getting these in the truck in the meantime









When I center it looks like a 1/8" ring will work nice to give it a lttle more room but not so high the ecursion will hit the fold flat


going to have to heat the box up a little and push the shallow curved side out about an 1/8" to give it just a smidge more clearance in side

 

[BWL]

Picked up the rear fill speakers and the sub today, still waiting for the Amp to come back from RMA, they e-mailed me and said it should be shipping this week.

Both seem to be of very good quality, and the entire mounting ring has a rubber surround, real feels nice and is pretty beefy for a 8"
Looks like I can have some fun getting these in the truck in the meantime

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When I center it looks like a 1/8" ring will work nice to give it a lttle more room but not so high the ecursion will hit the fold flat


going to have to heat the box up a little and push the shallow curved side out about an 1/8" to give it just a smidge more clearance in side

I did a 1/4" load floor lift with 1/4" X 1.5" aluminum flat bar. Really easy job and would give you more excursion room without risking wrecking the box. Anything more than 1/4" and the floor gets hung up on the seat trying to fold it out though.

 

[Witch]

Thank for the heads up, if I run into any clearance issues this is good to know

Hoping to get started on this tomorrow

 

[Witch]

Got rolling on this project today, made a 1/8" ring form the sub, made a huge difference, heated the enclosure up and pulled it out just a little for some additional clearance
Seems to fit nice now, was able to start sealing the enclosure up and get the rear door speakers in

 

[Witch]

Hera are the rear door speakers

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[Witch]

Buttoned up the sub this morning, a body guy I am not , but seems really strong

With a little work you can use a mid depth sub, jury still out on how it will sound, it is almost the recommended volume.

Now just waiting on the replacement amp to get back from RMA so I can button this up once and for all, seems like I have been working on this forever

 

[TomT]

Looks great!

 

[Witch]

Thanks man, can't wait to get this job done

 

[BWL]

Had to do more tuning on mine. Had a song with a tambourine and it sounded like it was in the back seat. Turned out the rear tweeter being different than the front ones it was stronger in the 6to8k range. Few adjustments and dialed up the eq in the front in the weaker range and the front speakers up a bit more. Also dialed up the rears, but there's no audible difference with the rears on or off now with the same song. Tambourine is back in front of me where it belongs now. Funny how certain songs start to point out weaknesses as you run through the music collection.

 

[TomT]

Also, higher frequencies are much more easily localized. Most rear fill doesn’t include tweeters for that reason.

 

[BWL]

The rear fill speakers make a huge difference sitting in the back though and around the fire pit it sounds better with the back doors open vs the front. My rear door speakers still hugely impress me with their sq for the money.

 

[Witch]

That's why I replaced the rear fill with the same type of speaker in hopes they blend well

Good to know I can turn them up or down with the DSP to balance the sound right

Unfortunately I am still waiting for the return on my amp. It is taking forever

 

[Witch]

Finally got the amp back and was so happy I put it in right away

Everything thing when straight away. Unfortunately once again nothing on the middle channel pushing the mid range and tweeters when set to 6 channel input

but the mid base and the rears work flawless

What a buummer, but think I know what is going on, the Focal 165F 3 way crossover is not designed to be bi-amped , shooting self in forehead ........... lol

Tomorrow I am going to hook up a mid base to the cross over to confirm my suspicion, if the case not sure what I will do, will come back to this



Set the gains, the factory head unit goes up to 38 and clips at 35, so 34 is max volume with out clipping.Not sure if this is the case for just mine or all 8.4 that have this model number ?

But a good barometer if you don't have anything to test it with

Set gains on the amp and they went to the halfway mark until they clipped. So you can imagine this system is insanely loud

Setting the system to 2 channel input just so I could hear it, all I can say is wow, just jaw doping and my main concern was the sub in the factory box,

This thing hits so hard it hurt's, super impressed with this 8" and is everything and way more than the expectations I had.

the front stage even know they are only 6.5" drivers hit exceptionally hard as well, the sound deadening has seemed to have paid off big

The mids and highs are breathtaking, and surprisingly not as harsh as I thought they would be, but the clarity even on 320KBS data is super sharp and detailed

Can't wait to try a WAV file on this, This is all just flat, no tweaking out of the box seeings with all crossovers set to 80

So I am really happy with the choices, just have to get this worked out up front.

Some input would be appreciated, the caveat is if I test and it works with the mid base in the cross over then there are choices to be made

Better off running the 3 way set on a single channel and leave one channel un-used or do I run the entire front stage active and buy a cheap brick amp to push the rear's

However the latter means I could not control the rears with my DSP , just the six front channels and the two sub chanels would be able to be controlled by the DSP

Any thoughts ?

here are a few pics of the finished sub, sound deadened the interior and exterior for some extra strength and really deadened it up nicely

 

[Witch]

been working on this all week, No luck at all testing this, breaking down and taking it to a pro tomorrow, I am hoping he can get this working properly for me.

 

[mondo]

been working on this all week, No luck at all testing this, breaking down and taking it to a pro tomorrow, I am hoping he can get this working properly for me.

Where are you taking it to?

 

[Witch]

Elite Car Customs

https://elitecarcustoms.com/

 

[adrianp89]

I know it's not where you want it yet but how is the output on that sub compared to factory?