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I wish I had taken a photo of the factory 6.5 speaker. It has a much higher quality cone than the 4"s. I think that is partly why the stock ones produce most of the sound in the front. From what I have seen others say, replacing the stock 6.5 without adding an amp doesn't really change the sound any?
Nice set up. Very clean install. I too am curious about rattle in the tailgate?
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I wanted to build a down firing box and put it behind the seat, but my friend who works at the truck/audio shop suggested it, he said they put all the jeep boxes on the tailgate and that the sound would be good. I feel like the down firing box would probably sound better with the top off. He did say that on the Jeeps they rino line or dynamat the tailgate, but the Bronco tailgate has a lot of bracing inside and there were no big panels for me to get dynamat on. It does not rattle too bad, a little bit by the handle so I may try to put some dampening there.I may steal your idea to mount the sub on the tailgate
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Yes...any rattle from the sub???? I'm looking at that solution also!
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Yeah, this is my first JL sub and it does hit pretty good for such a small box.
The amp is 4 5/16 wide. So I would estimate that there is about 6" of depth ( I know I measured it before I built the board for the amp, I want to say it was 5.875 or something?) in the outer fender area. If you remove that storage pocket you will be able to go towards the rear more. Then if you stepped the box inside the inner fender well there is probably another 5-6 inches of depth back there.
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Yes, we don't plan on ever getting it wet on purpose. We kept the top off all summer, but it stays in the garage and doesn't get driven if there is a chance of rain. So unless we get caught out in a storm it should stay dry, hopefully.
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It has been a little over a week since I got it going. The inside of the bronco tailgate has so much bracing welded in there. It actually got in the way of my t slot nuts I built so I had to cut them down. I originally planned to line the inside of the tailgate with dynamat, but there is hardly a flat surface you can get to due to all the bracing. There is also a large plastic brace section towards the handle end. I tried to photograph the tailgate with the trim pieces off so you guys could see some of this.
With everything closed up and my wife and daughter jamming out inside I stood behind it and the only real vibration/rattle was coming from the handle and the area right around it. I was able to make it go away by leaning on that area so I think I will try to apply some dynamat there. I feel like all the bracing and the weight of the tire really dampen the tailgate surprisingly well. The only other options I am aware of would be spray in dynamat or just filling the tailgate with polyfill, but I don't know if that is water proof?
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I also looked at doing one of those, but mounting it to the seat back or side panel. I just wasn't sure if it would provide as much bass as I wanted. I also looked at some larger powered boxes by Rockford Fosgate, but they were deeper (so they would stick out further) and heavier than this JL box, which is why I chose it.
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Surprisingly not bad. I think all the internal bracing and weight of the tire help. It does rattle a bit by the handle. I may try to put some dampening in that area.
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Iāve installed an Audio Control LCQ-1, Punch 400 to drive the dash, kick panels and rear pods (all of which are new Kickers), and an Audio Control 300w mono sub amp for the downward firing shallow 10ā Kicker sub. The Bronco doesnāt like my plan. I had sound for minutes, now silence. Still have power to everything, no blown fuses. Then installed the blue LGD from Audio Controlā¦still silence. A kicker LGD is in the mail as the recommendation from Crutchfield. I may have to try that Wavelink LOC if this doesnāt work. (Yes, my connections are right). Anyone else have issues with the Sync 4 being picky with the LOC they used? Crutchfield didnāt have a definitive answer.
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Once they're old enough to go larger chunks of time less attended, they'll get a lot from you tackling these sorts of projects. Even if they aren't interested or really watching you, just knowing it's possible, that you have other interests, that you get shit done.. all great lessons.I get a kick out of these posts. I think these folks are doing amazing things, and Iām a tad jealous, but with four kids I canāt even imagine having the time to do this kind of stuff. The best I can hope for is no one leaving chip crumbs all over the back seat,.
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I was able to get the amp used from my friend and the sub I found lightly used on FB marketplace. Plus that same friend works at the audio shop so I got some pretty solid discounts on everything else. I am into this for $1,150 and a few days of work. If you were to buy everything new it would be around $2K.
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