The Official 2014 audio upgrade thread
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Installed my new amp and Polk mm651 speakers and boom grills. Who ever the sadist at the factory is that tightens down those 3 pain in the *** bolts I curse him lol. Thought I would share some pics. As montycop stated in the opening post I had to do some counter sinking to get the screw heads flush and used some longer screws also. As many have suggested I did lightly pack the pods with polyfil. These are the boom grills which are much deeper and thinner. And these are the tools I used which are similar to tools montycop posted the handiest to get at those PIA bolts is the flex head ratchet box wrench.
Nice assortment. Close to what I used. I found that the stubby gear wrench with the flex head was the most handy...
Also I put in the poly fill but ended up removing it. It had a good effect on the stock speakers in my testing, but I actually felt the polyfill stifled my titans once I got then installed. It could just be me, but they seemed to be a little "muddled" with the addition of the polyfill.
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Ejvette,
Nice assortment. Close to what I used. I found that the stubby gear wrench with the flex head was the most handy...
Also I put in the poly fill but ended up removing it. It had a good effect on the stock speakers in my testing, but I actually felt the polyfill stifled my titans once I got then installed. It could just be me, but they seemed to be a little "muddled" with the addition of the polyfill.
Nice assortment. Close to what I used. I found that the stubby gear wrench with the flex head was the most handy...
Also I put in the poly fill but ended up removing it. It had a good effect on the stock speakers in my testing, but I actually felt the polyfill stifled my titans once I got then installed. It could just be me, but they seemed to be a little "muddled" with the addition of the polyfill.
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Ejvette,
Nice assortment. Close to what I used. I found that the stubby gear wrench with the flex head was the most handy...
Also I put in the poly fill but ended up removing it. It had a good effect on the stock speakers in my testing, but I actually felt the polyfill stifled my titans once I got then installed. It could just be me, but they seemed to be a little "muddled" with the addition of the polyfill.
Nice assortment. Close to what I used. I found that the stubby gear wrench with the flex head was the most handy...
Also I put in the poly fill but ended up removing it. It had a good effect on the stock speakers in my testing, but I actually felt the polyfill stifled my titans once I got then installed. It could just be me, but they seemed to be a little "muddled" with the addition of the polyfill.
Yes I was toying around with the idea of installing an acoustical vent in each pod, but decided against it for now. Being that the MoCo is having such problems with the flashes, I really just want to wait them out and see what a (working) flash will do for me before I start hacking up my pods. Bill has said the CVO 4 speaker flash sounds amazing but it's not viable yet for all of us consumers yet. The guy that is tinkering with the flashes for him has access to them and can remove and reinstall as he has problems. None of us can do that without countless trips to our dealer(s).
I'm also having a noticeable fade issue with my set up. The rear speakers, (Kicker CS67s) are noticeably a wee bit louder than the titans in the front. It's undoubtedly an issue with the internal DSP. I have to fade two notches to the rear to balance. This is another thing I'm waiting to be resolved before I mess around some more. At Bills suggestion I'm going to pull the fairing and switch the front and rear RCAs and see if the problem migrates. That will 100% confirm my suspicion that it's the workings of the DSP.
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Here is the setup I suggest for those 3 bolts every one complains about, makes it so easy.
1/4 drive and a 7/16 wobble. 11mm for those who prefer metric.
1/4 drive and a 7/16 wobble. 11mm for those who prefer metric.
Last edited by barrygreen; Jan 12, 2020 at 08:47 AM.
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depending upon how deep the speaker is you will install into the rear trunk pods, a spacer may be needed so that they will not bottom out inside (((see http://www.jmcorp.com/ProductDetail....URK-6652TW-RXX ,,,,,,,