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this is a good looking build. wish i could hear the sound quality in person. how do the kids like it so far with all the goodies?
The sound is pretty dang impressive if I do say so myself! I am actually considering a few changes/upgrades and I have run into a few roadblocks.
1. Kids love DirecTV in the truck! SO DO I! If you can do it...DO IT! Buy the thing cheap on Ebay and do it JUST DO IT! You'll never miss another football game!
2. Sound is awesome, but the second row sounds a ton better than the front row. There is so much more space in the doors for resonance. The speakers love it back there. I need to upgrade the front two speakers to push the sound quality up a few notches in the front(in my opinion) rather than only adjust the fader. I am considering a set of two way or three way component speakers in the front for that purpose. Thinking about Focal/Hertz/Morel.
3. I am having major rust problems on my roof so the sat dish came down and the truck is going to my local body shop where they will strip the roof to bare metal and mediate the problem as best as possible. I want to keep my baby as long as possible (I only have 171K miles on her) so I am willing to bite the $1000+ bullet to keep her skin healthy.
4. The rust in my hood is so bad, I'm replacing it with an aftermarket hood and will have that done at the same time. I am buying a Goodmark hood (Steel with a 2" cowl effect) and it is being shipped to my body shop as we speak. It appear to look like this:
5. My front bumper also has a couple of major dents, so I'm replacing the steel section with an aftermarket steel part off of ebay...same look as factory.
6. From what it looks like: the body shop quoted me around $2000-2200 for all this stuff, but I'll feel better and she'll look better in the morning!
Great looking and sounding X you have there. I just wanted to thank you for posting the pic of the bare interior roof. After seeing were the roof rack screws are mounted, I've changed my plans for my roof rack mounting locations. Those crossbars look like much better support for the weight I'm putting up there.
OK, so here's the real reason she want to the Body Shop to begin with...the roof strip and repaint has begun:
I pray that this is the last bodywork I need on this truck for a long time! I am also literally praying that the hurricane swirling in the atlantic does not come and hit Daytona! I just hate leaving my baby with strangers for a week!!!!
OK, so here's the real reason she want to the Body Shop to begin with...the roof strip and repaint has begun:
I pray that this is the last bodywork I need on this truck for a long time! I am also literally praying that the hurricane swirling in the atlantic does not come and hit Daytona! I just hate leaving my baby with strangers for a week!!!!
I had the rear wheel well cladding come off like that when my tire blew and ripped whatever holds it on on the bottom of it.
I also experienced the same cladding problem. I agree with your diesel theory because all the rest of them are perfect. In my case I had my Local ford replace that section with new.
I put a set of Hertz MLK 165 components in the front and it sounded so good I sold the rears and just run the fronts with a JL 12 w7 sub in the JL engineered box behind the 3rd seat.. The rear speakers just muddled up the sound, probably because I don't have the skill to adequately adjust them with the cavernous ex.
Seriously over engineered box that take up a lot of room. But it puts out the beats. LOL
I would like the sub in the barn door but the 12w7 would probably blow it apart.
[QUOTE=pirate4x4_camo;15602937]I put a set of Hertz MLK 165 components in the front and it sounded so good I sold the rears and just run the fronts with a JL 12 w7 sub in the JL engineered box behind the 3rd seat.. The rear speakers just muddled up the sound, probably because I don't have the skill to adequately adjust them with the cavernous ex.
Seriously over engineered box that take up a lot of room. But it puts out the beats. LOL
I would like the sub in the barn door but the 12w7 would probably blow it apart.
Those W7's are amazing! I'm running a 13w6v2 and it is powerful! I wish I had the airspace for the w7!!!
I had 2 10w7's in the trunk of my Mercury Marauder and it was beautiful!!!
I would like to upgrade my fronts and have been shopping hertz and morel!
If ever there was a vehicle that almost has enough room for a w7 its the Ex. LoL.
Damn thing takes up a 1/3 of my cargo area.
You mentioned the hertz and that is why I posted. I am sure you have heard them and aside from the price what's not to love ?
I am far from a audiophile, I just like my music load and clean. My only advise if you go with the hertz is to give them the amp and power they deserve. I had them hooked up to a run of the mill Polk audio 500x4 amp and it just didn't do it, replaced that with a Zapco 750.2 reference amp and... Ya that's what ya want. The real deal.
I'm kinda glad I don't have my truck right now, since that blasted Hurricane is coming our way here in South Florida. I'd hate to get a new set of bodywork done and then run headlong into a tropical storm/hurricane!
JL Audio makes some fine fine equipment. I wish the head unit manufacturers would just step up and make some quality stuff. It's been so long since there was an audiophile quality head unit. They keep putting out just enough to barely satisfy people and they suck! It's crazy! Oh well...rant off! Ha!
LoL I almost threw my pioneer out the window the other day !! the controls on it are just plain dumb... made to look sleek on a show car I suppose but almost completely useless while driving. Jitter Bug ( you know, the old people cell phone commercials ) needs to make a head unit for us sight impaired old farts.
05-13-2015, 12:43 AM
