Blown speakers
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Blown speakers
Anyone else having issues with the stock speakers? Took my truck in the morning after I bought it for the passenger side rear speaker cracking. Yesterday I noticed the passengerside front speaker is cracking. I don't turn my stereo up loud and I can't believe they are this bad????
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Factory speakers are crap. Several people have had the same issue, I replaced mine with 4 of these Rockford Fosgate Prime R1682 6"x8" 2-way car speakers at Crutchfield.com
For ~ $140 I got great speakers that sound awesome and will last. It says they are not for the rear but I talked to a tech there and all I had to do was shim them out away from the inner panel. I just cut the screen out of the old speaker and shimmed them out about 1/8" or so. Careful with the bolt behind the rear ( if SCrew) door handle, both sides had the clip you thread that bolt back into fell into the bottom of the door. They are still there...
The door closes fine w/o them in there and appears there are no issues w/o them.
Also be careful with the adapter wires, I bent a prong over rendering it useless in the connector so I had to order another set. They are small and fragile so use caution when connecting them.
For ~ $140 I got great speakers that sound awesome and will last. It says they are not for the rear but I talked to a tech there and all I had to do was shim them out away from the inner panel. I just cut the screen out of the old speaker and shimmed them out about 1/8" or so. Careful with the bolt behind the rear ( if SCrew) door handle, both sides had the clip you thread that bolt back into fell into the bottom of the door. They are still there...
The door closes fine w/o them in there and appears there are no issues w/o them. Also be careful with the adapter wires, I bent a prong over rendering it useless in the connector so I had to order another set. They are small and fragile so use caution when connecting them.
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I have an issue with the front drivers side speaker. It doesn't always work, so I have to goose the volume dial to get it going. I should think about swapping mine someday, too.
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Its weird that as many great things as there are about these new trucks something as small as the speakers would come up as a quality issue. I haven't personally had any issues in my FX4 yet but I've been considering a speaker swap to just avoid future headache's.
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I had the same problem with my truck, here is my old thread about it here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-new-11-a.html
The first time it happened it was a rear speaker, instead of taking it in under warranty I bought an OEM replacement over the counter for roughly $20. Thats how cheap the OEM speakers are. The second time I said forget it and bought four aftermarket Alpine speakers and couldn't be happier.
The first time it happened it was a rear speaker, instead of taking it in under warranty I bought an OEM replacement over the counter for roughly $20. Thats how cheap the OEM speakers are. The second time I said forget it and bought four aftermarket Alpine speakers and couldn't be happier.
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Crutchfield has directions with pictures included. It was pretty easy except getting the small plastic piece from behind the inner handle. I used an old drum brake adjuster with the funky curved tip to get in behind it and pop it out
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Ordered the Rockford Fosgates today. Thanks D8. Should be nice when I am done. I already have RF amp and subs. Like I said I don't crank it up loud but it'll be great to have good sounding system. Stockers are junk. (weird cause my SD I kept the stock speakers in it for ten years, and the amp and subs came from that truck)
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Btw.... Are you guys running an amp with the new speakers or just from the stock head unit? I only have the amp powering the subs and I feel that should be plenty. Just curious what you guys are doing
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I'm running stock radio, no amp with my Alpines. To be honest you can turn them up as high as the oem radio can go and there is no distortion. I know people say tuners and exhaust systems are some of the best mods for these trucks. IMO the best thing I did for my truck was replace the terrible oem speakers. Good luck