2017 Stereo upgrade

[The Car Stereo Company]

I just reread this. Why do you recommend the fronts crossed over higher than the rear? I would think the 6x9 fronts would be able to handle lower than the 6.5 rears.

well considering you have 6x9 you may be ok at 90hz. but generally your front speakers play louder than your rears so with that volume, your front speakers will distort sooner than your rears

 

[Brenford2005]

Looks sweet!! i wish we had a local shop that could do something like this to my 2019 . just incase someone knows someone im In Salmon Arm British Columbia . these stock BO stereos really suck if you want anything loud enough to drown out your passenger ! LOL

 

[melvimbe]

Hours
Sound deadening 10 hrs
Build amp board 3 hrs
Build sub box 15 hours
Wire system 3 hours

10 hours to remove everything from the interior and apply sound deadening? Or is that just the sound deadening? I am impressed either way, just curious. I would imagine it would take me 2-3 times that long, with a couple hundred in damages along the way.

 

[crash457]

10 hours to remove everything from the interior and apply sound deadening? Or is that just the sound deadening? I am impressed either way, just curious. I would imagine it would take me 2-3 times that long, with a couple hundred in damages along the way.

10hrs from beginning to end.

 

[crash457]

your distortion might be from too low of crossover settings. try setting the fronts at around 100hz and the rears to 90. raise the sub to 80 as well. on a 12db slope, your speakers are dropping quite low into the sub level

Changed my crossover to 90hz front, 95hz rear, and sub to 85hz and it sounds much better thanks for the advice.

It allowed me to uncover a new issue. A very low hiss. It's audible even withe the radio off. I checked the RCAs and even after unplugging them it's still there. I assume it is a ground issue. My ground wire is run straight to the battery. I ran a second ground from the battery to the factory body ground on the inner fender and it improved but is still there. I suppose it's time to upgrade the ground from the engine to chassis. Any other ideas?

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

Changed my crossover to 90hz front, 95hz rear, and sub to 85hz and it sounds much better thanks for the advice.

It allowed me to uncover a new issue. A very low hiss. It's audible even withe the radio off. I checked the RCAs and even after unplugging them it's still there. I assume it is a ground issue. My ground wire is run straight to the battery. I ran a second ground from the battery to the factory body ground on the inner fender and it improved but is still there. I suppose it's time to upgrade the ground from the engine to chassis. Any other ideas?

what happens when you turn the gains down on the amp? the rockford amps arent the quietest. and with those mini amps, you could be getting noise from the output channels due to the gains being too high.

 

[ReconReggie19]

10 hours to remove everything from the interior and apply sound deadening? Or is that just the sound deadening? I am impressed either way, just curious. I would imagine it would take me 2-3 times that long, with a couple hundred in damages along the way.

I'm right there with you

 

[crash457]

what happens when you turn the gains down on the amp? the rockford amps arent the quietest. and with those mini amps, you could be getting noise from the output channels due to the gains being too high.

Even with the gains down it's still there.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

Even with the gains down it's still there.

try grounding one of the rca grounds to a chassis ground. also can try unplugging the rca one at a time and see which one(s) are giving off the noise. make sure that you components arent near any high output high current devices

 

[crash457]

try grounding one of the rca grounds to a chassis ground. also can try unplugging the rca one at a time and see which one(s) are giving off the noise. make sure that you components arent near any high output high current devices

The noise is present even with all the RCAs unplugged.