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I am looking to upgrade the speakers and overall sound system. I will start with the dash speakers and continue the process until it sounds decent and is loud enough to hear with the top off.

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The speakers are mounted with 7mm screws and the grills are held by metal clips. Didnā€™t take much persuasion, just use small tools and go slow.
 

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Are you replacing with marine-grade/waterproof speakers?
No, they are well protected on the dash. I decided to go with some Infinity 4" coax speakers. I ordered the Ford speaker plug adapters too. They should just fit depth wise and they were 3ohm (factory is 4ohm) and 92DB sensitivity, so they make a silk purse from a sows ear with the factory electronics. If they sound decent and produce a bit more volume, I may try replacing the rest of the speakers before I add an amp. I will update when I get them installed. Heading to Off-Raodeo this weekend, so it will be next week.
 

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Mind posting links to the gear you use along the way, including the adapters?
I couldnā€™t find the factory speaker adaptors but I just cut the wires leaving enough length in case I wanted to splice them back in.

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I couldnā€™t find the factory speaker adaptors but I just cut the wires leaving enough length in case I wanted to splice them back in.

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How do the Focal's sound? did you also replace the 6.5 kick panels with Focals?
 

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Curious on how the focals and the infinities sound. The 92db rating on the infinities should help out quite a big from an output standpoint. Much more efficient compared to most that size. I was also thinking about ordering the infinities.

OP- did the speaker wire adapter work or did you need to cut and splice?
 
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Anyone know about the B&O system amp? Are there pre-outs from the head unit that you could switch out to a better amp or is this proprietary? I know you can do a high\low converter for RCA, but that can be a pain and induce sound issues. (from previous experience)
 
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Well, the Infinity 4ā€ ā€œReference Series ā€œ sound more clear. They have slightly more volume and fuller overall range. I didnā€™t expect much additional bass and was not surprised there. My goal was to get enough volume and clarity to listen with the top off without getting agitated. I will let you know if it meets that goal after the weekend.

Note- I did need to cut and splice. The factory wires had enough to length to leave good pigtails on the factory plugs to reuse them if needed.
 

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Booyah. Doing good work @Mattwings! Thanks for bringing us along and giving feedback ā¤
 
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Well, I have been driving around, top off and on and listening to the stereo. It definitely was worth the $60 and 1hr. of time. It is listenable now at all speeds and much less annoying. That being said, I see a small 4 channel amp and subwoofer in the passenger side roll bar area in my future. I don't think replacing the other 4 speakers will provide enough incremental difference to make the stereo sound "good".
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