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Old Apr 15, 2016 | 09:56 AM
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Been awhile since I started on this and lots of info and help from folks here..
did not see it happening this way but I ended up with 2 Cerwin Vega B2 stealths...500 watt each front driving some BT 7.1's and rear pods added with Polk 651MM.. Still needs some tweaking but they fit and sounds great.
 
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Been awhile since I started on this and lots of info and help from folks here..
did not see it happening this way but I ended up with 2 Cerwin Vega B2 stealths...500 watt each front driving some BT 7.1's and rear pods added with Polk 651MM.. Still needs some tweaking but they fit and sounds great.
Nice job getting those two amp in there.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2016 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by HotVrod
Been awhile since I started on this and lots of info and help from folks here..
did not see it happening this way but I ended up with 2 Cerwin Vega B2 stealths...500 watt each front driving some BT 7.1's and rear pods added with Polk 651MM.. Still needs some tweaking but they fit and sounds great.
Very nice set up! The Polks and the Moto's sound better in the rear pod location than any speaker I've had in there with the possible exception of the BT 7.1's back there! But yeah for 6.5 speakers you can't beat the Polk MM651 and the Moto 602's in that location.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 01:53 PM
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Nice job getting those two amp in there.
funny thing...the amps sit about an 1/8" too high and just hit the inside fairing...I got it together but it is flexed a bit. I am tearing it down and modifing the 2 side breckets to drop them that 1/8". Then I will be real happy.
 
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Very nice set up! The Polks and the Moto's sound better in the rear pod location than any speaker I've had in there with the possible exception of the BT 7.1's back there! But yeah for 6.5 speakers you can't beat the Polk MM651 and the Moto 602's in that location.

I got the sound pretty darn good...but I still say the Polks sound better than the twice as expensive BT7.1's. Either you can hear anything you want at 80mph.....

Thanks again for the help..
 
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I got the sound pretty darn good...but I still say the Polks sound better than the twice as expensive BT7.1's. Either you can hear anything you want at 80mph.....

Thanks again for the help..
I would double check the speaker polarity then. The large connection on the 7.1's is Negative.
 
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I would double check the speaker polarity then. The large connection on the 7.1's is Negative.

Doing some tweaks this weekend..I will double check once again....
 
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Doing some tweaks this weekend..I will double check once again....
BTW, what are you using for a HU?
 
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BTW, what are you using for a HU?
It is a sony....cant tell you the model right now...but a newer style...one year old
 
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funny thing...the amps sit about an 1/8" too high and just hit the inside fairing...I got it together but it is flexed a bit. I am tearing it down and modifying the 2 side brackets to drop them that 1/8". Then I will be real happy.
Got it...Just took out the 2 rear mounting screws..drilled 2 new holes in the mount and got it tilted down about 10 more degrees..fits perfect now.
 
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