I did not. I took the recommendations of several members and just stuffed it. I'm not that great at telling the differences in tones and quality on a micro level. I went with the generally accepted set up. I love the sound now.
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2023 subwoofer delete/aftermarket add
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It's also consistent with Kicker's own doc on intended use of that unit.
I can't seem to find any information on a query I have. Would a B&O subwoofer/amp be plug and play with the 2023 harness+amp enable?
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BeautifulI built my own. I really didn't care about the loss of space because I can still pile things on top of it.
Did you follow any guides for removing the panel or was it straight forward?I installed the Kicker Subwoofer and amp today. No need to fully remove the panel in my 2 door, just pulled it back enough to remove the enclosure and replace the dummy amp/woofer. Other than drilling holes to mount the woofer the whole project was plug and play. This was my first time using Forscan. I'm a Mac guy so I bought a $149 PC on Amazon and the cable. I followed the helpful tutorials on YouTube and made the change to enable the subwoofer. Nice to have bass in the Bronco.
Kicker amp with DSP will be my next project when available.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.
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Do you still have the amp and sub woofer? I’d like to purchase them if you do. Thx
So if Im just replacing the fake amp and sub with a fusion amp and real sub, do I need to remove a bunch of trim panels or just the speaker grate?
You will need to remove much more than the speaker grate. There are a lot of YouTube videos on it. I will say I did the exact same thing replacing the speaker with with a 6.75 Kicker and it was plug and play. I also replaced the amp with the fusion amp, plug and play there too. WELL WORTH IT!
I also have suffered getting Sub Delete on my '23 4 door with the factory speakers. From what I can see, there is now a dummy amp and speaker. Has anyone tried swapping out the dummy setup with a factory sub (amp/speaker) or the B&O sub (amp/speaker) bought used? I don't know the first thing about audio but I hope finding the amp & speaker together means I simply open the panel and swap it out? I assume all the plugs and cables are already there? I also assume the factory or B&O will work? Anyways, has anyone tried this as the simplest way to go from the dummy sub to a functioning one?
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From reading the 63 page thread about the sub delete in the Ordering forum and all the options to replace the B&O is not a plug n play because of the extra DSP module that runs the complete system. The easiest way is to buy the Fusion amp from Teamequip and the 6.75” Kicker 4ohm sub then reprogram with Forscan. I think you’ll come in under the $250 credit you got from Ford if you do the install yourself. I had read some were able to find complete takeouts but not sure how many were made so availability may be limited but those would be the easiest plug n play with only having to make changes in Forscan.
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4ohm? I was under the impression everyone was using the 2ohm? I just ordered the fusion amp and 2 ohm sub. I wonder if it will be an issue
@graham5david they were buying the 2ohm at first but some were complaining about the sound quality so the consensus was to go 4ohm for quality but lose a little loudness.
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So is everything pre-wired and already there on a 23 base with the sub delete? I ordered the 8" kicker and key kicker amp. I'm hoping it is plug and play also.
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I would like to add my 2 cents here. But I need some clarification. I’m assuming sometime after MY22-23 they gave people a fake sub enclosure rather than just leaving it out?
if that’s the case I wish I had one of those. I had to make my own out of mdf.
Which leads me to another point. Not to insult anyone’s intelligence here if you’re gonna add a new su bc to that box ensure that you meet the cu-ft minimum. If you can’t, stuff it. But if you can don’t stuff it. Don’t ask me the magic behind it just know once you meet that magic number anything you add hurts more than helps.
if that’s the case I wish I had one of those. I had to make my own out of mdf.
Which leads me to another point. Not to insult anyone’s intelligence here if you’re gonna add a new su bc to that box ensure that you meet the cu-ft minimum. If you can’t, stuff it. But if you can don’t stuff it. Don’t ask me the magic behind it just know once you meet that magic number anything you add hurts more than helps.
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