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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 08:31 PM
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Quick synopsis of my setup. 14 SGS with a rockford flash. Rockford tm400x4 running euphoria EPC6k components and wdx moto6x9’s in the lids ran by a Tm400x2.

I had the epc6k’s in the pods after some minor fitting. Sounded good imo for what I was looking for. A friend changed out his biketronics system and was not using his brackets so I asked to test drive them. Put those in and mounted up the EPC6k’s and well..... they seemed to lose all low end (or should I say warmth.) readjusted gains by ear and HPF, went for a short scoot. Very disappointing, those brackets are so easy to work with. I even put some dynamat on the inside of the faring.

Any tips I could do to get some warmth back other than the obvious (putting the pods back in?)

thanks gents
 
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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 10:27 PM
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Never mind, got pissed and put the pods back in....
 
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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 10:35 PM
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Some speakers, no matter what you do to the tune, just sound better in the pods.
 
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It's a shame. Those pods take up so much damn room. I lose any thought of changing front speakers, just because I don't want to mess with taking the pods out.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2019 | 01:43 PM
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It's a shame. Those pods take up so much damn room. I lose any thought of changing front speakers, just because I don't want to mess with taking the pods out.
With the proper tools they can be removed in a few short minutes. Easy peasy.
 
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The best way I found was a set of ball head extended hex bits. If you have a better way, please share.
 
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I had my son help me with his small hands.
 
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The toughest are the three lower fasteners and l use a short 7/16" socket, tight universal and some extensions. All 1/4"drive. Of those three fasteners, it's the forward upper one that is extra tough to extract/install because of the wiring harness that is close to them on each side.

The other remaining fasteners come out easily with a ball end hex wrench.
 
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Originally Posted by Covert Olds
The toughest are the three lower fasteners and l use a short 7/16" socket, tight universal and some extensions. All 1/4"drive. Of those three fasteners, it's the forward upper one that is extra tough to extract/install because of the wiring harness that is close to them on each side.

The other remaining fasteners come out easily with a ball end hex wrench.
And a set of nurse hands!
 
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just a 7/16 1/4 drive wobble socket and extension is all you need for that.
 
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