Headed down the Rabbit Hole - 2020 Non B&O upgrade

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I have a 2020 801A without the B&O system. I decided I would just add a little more bass by adding a Kicker 10" hideaway. Nothing crazy, simple to install... Well Here I am 3 days later waiting for the Kicker plus a Kenwood 4 channel amp, Polk Audio 6x9 for the front doors, Polk Audio 6.5 for the back door, Dual amp wiring kit, PAC LPA-2.4 Active LOC, and the PAC LPHFD21 T Harness adapter along with a crap ton of miscellaneous other items to complete the install. I guess you can say I got a little carried away. Not wanting anything super loud and boomy, just good clean sound with clear highs and mids and a good low end. I am sure that there are better brands out there, but I went with brands that I am familiar with and at a decent price, I think it was around $850 for all of the equipment, wiring and accessories. I did up a schematic for the install to get it all straight in my head as well as a design for an amp rack behind the rear seat to keep it all clean and neat. Been a long time since I installed a system so I hope I have not bitten off more than I can chew.

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Recommend sound deadening of the doors while you're in there.
What I did...
80% coverage in strips on the inside of the door.(opposite of paint)
SoundSkinz Ford F150 precut
SoundsGoodStereo block-off plates
 
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Yeah, I may do that, but probably will have to go back and do it later. Wife is still wondering how I went from $350 to $850 for the upgrade already. Best I don't push my luck anymore :)
 

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Yeah, I may do that, but probably will have to go back and do it later. Wife is still wondering how I went from $350 to $850 for the upgrade already. Best I don't push my luck anymore :)
850 is great, normally folks are quoting 3500 and up. Send pics as you complete
 

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Yeah, I may do that, but probably will have to go back and do it later. Wife is still wondering how I went from $350 to $850 for the upgrade already. Best I don't push my luck anymore :)
Just tell her some of your friends on FRF are around 10k and you won't allow them to influence you into that kinda nonsense. ;)
 
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850 is great, normally folks are quoting 3500 and up. Send pics as you complete
Yeah, but again it is pretty modest and this is just the hardware since I am installing myself. Had a local shop quote me $900 for just the hideaway and install. Hell even Best Buy wanted $575 just to install the kicker and 4 door speakers and that did not include the hardware.
 

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Which Polk audios are you going with ? I had Polk in my f150 and I have them in my tundra, the raptor has kickers all the way around for the doors this time. I also went with focal tweets on the f150..the raptor is still stock on tweets.
 
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Which Polk audios are you going with ? I had Polk in my f150 and I have them in my tundra, the raptor has kickers all the way around for the doors this time. I also went with focal tweets on the f150..the raptor is still stock on tweets.
I went with the DB692 for the front doors and DB652 for the back. I had the 652 in my last truck along with an 8” Kicker hideaway. It sounded really good, but I didn’t have an amp so they really needed more power.
 

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Yeah, I may do that, but probably will have to go back and do it later. Wife is still wondering how I went from $350 to $850 for the upgrade already. Best I don't push my luck anymore :)
better to ask for forgiveness than permission
 
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