Wow! What a difference new speakers can make!
#16
12-13-2010, 11:48 AM
My original speakers were beginning to add their own sounds to the music, mostly a loud flapping sound on bass notes.
I just installed 4 new JVC speakers that Crutchfield was selling off at a huge discount. The installation was easy and the results are amazing.
The only difficulty was that they sent the wrong wiring adapters. They do not have specs for F-450s in there database and the F-350 adapters they sent did not fit my factory connectors. No real problem, I just cut and soldered the wires.
I just installed 4 new JVC speakers that Crutchfield was selling off at a huge discount. The installation was easy and the results are amazing.
The only difficulty was that they sent the wrong wiring adapters. They do not have specs for F-450s in there database and the F-350 adapters they sent did not fit my factory connectors. No real problem, I just cut and soldered the wires.
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12-13-2010, 02:20 PM
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Casey,
Crutchfield tech support had the wiring diagram and gave me the color codes over the phone. For my truck the color codes are:
Driver door speaker:
-light blue
+orange
Passenger door speaker:
-dark green
+white
Driver side rear speaker:
-tan
+grey
Passenger side rear speaker:
-brown
+orange
NOTE: All of the wires have colored stripes. Crutchfield supplied the stripe colors but they are really not needed. Just look for the predominate color.
Crutchfield tech support had the wiring diagram and gave me the color codes over the phone. For my truck the color codes are:
Driver door speaker:
-light blue
+orange
Passenger door speaker:
-dark green
+white
Driver side rear speaker:
-tan
+grey
Passenger side rear speaker:
-brown
+orange
NOTE: All of the wires have colored stripes. Crutchfield supplied the stripe colors but they are really not needed. Just look for the predominate color.
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12-13-2010, 02:23 PM
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12-13-2010, 03:18 PM
You think that it made a big difference just changing the speakers?
A bigger surprise is in store for you once you run all of the speakers through a quality 4-channel amplifier (for the factory stereo, you'll also need quality high to low level converters, but they are worth it). The amplifier that is built into the factory stereo is a noisy one.
A bigger surprise is in store for you once you run all of the speakers through a quality 4-channel amplifier (for the factory stereo, you'll also need quality high to low level converters, but they are worth it). The amplifier that is built into the factory stereo is a noisy one.
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12-14-2010, 01:23 AM
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