So gave her a birthday present, a new stereo system. For awhile my front drivers side speaker was dead, the buttons on radio were (well used) and I was only using the rear speakers. Initially removed the front drivers door panel to checkout the speaker - wiring. Ended up the speaker itself was shorted (zero ohms), never seen that before. That in turn damaged the separate factory amp (premium sound system) on that front channel.

Anyway I said screw it and purchased a new system from Clutchfield, recommended on here. I must say for the cost, free 3 day shipping and free factory conversion cables it certainly made my day. It actually took 4 days but guess the order day is not included ... but that is pretty good considering shipping across country.

I am now an expert removing door panels and can have one off in about 5 minutes, without damage. One issue was finding correct push pins as aftermarket are available but with different style heads. Finally just did the Ford OEM thing and each front door required 5 so $1.00 each was a deal, probably spent more than that trying different part store styles for just 1 door panel.

All in all system sounds great and since she received a nice upgrade should treat me well for the next 100,000 or so miles.

 

Nice present, I'm sure the truck will pay you back in good performance. LOL

 

Your good to go! You take care of her she will take care of you! 304,275.2 here with the occasional bug here and there.