'07 F-150 System Revamp

[mblouir]

They are 10" subs. I had (still have, but not installed) an MTX Thunderform pre-loaded. It's 12". I decided to get a bigger box and go 2x10" subs instead. I think I'll get a lot more low end out of something a little more custom than a pre-loaded box, which I bought for convenience, anyway.

 

[Bigredmariner]

Nice looking project Matt.

 

[Z71 Kris]

good deal, sux about the amp.....whens it show?

 

[mblouir]

Thanks J-Rod.


The amp should be in early next week. Here's how the deal worked:


Sonic has a 2-year warranty on this particular amp, so it's covered. They were going to have me ship it back for them to test it. Since I'm in a hurry to get this installed I asked if they would ship me another one now so I could get it put in.

He checked and said since it was within the first 30 days that they could do an "advanced replacement". They are sending me a new one (at my cost) but they are covering shipping. He said that I can send the bad one back and they will credit my account. If, however, it tests out fine (doubtful) that I will be charged a $25 testing fee and shipping charges on the new one.

So it should ship out today and get here early next week.




I'm about to go finish up some wiring, take out the bad amp, and re-install the seats for now. (Don't worry, Jeff--I'll take pics.)

 

[Fordfanatic101]

i really like that HU its awesome but it cost a lot of coin sounds really good too exhaust and stereo



when i upgrade i will most likely go to the P4100 the newer model of mine

 

[CJ Hungus]

I wish I had room to put some sick stereo equipment in my truck..... nah, that's just extra weight.

 

[mblouir]

Ross.....go big or go home!

Carl, we really don't have a lot of room--just enough to squeeze by. People have slowly figured out how best to fit audio stuff in F150s.







On to some more pics. I went ahead and put wire loom on the power wires running under the truck. Better safe than sorry. Also had to relocate the amp for my components because it was in the way of reinstalling the seats. A small metal bracket couldn't get into place. So I pretty much switched up the amp locations.

Also reinstalled the rear seats. Zip-tied a little clip so it's not so hard to take them off next time. Should only have to pop off the back section and install the subwoofer amp when it gets in.

The sub box doesn't go back as far as I would like it to, but that's my fault. When I put my deadening in I also put in 1/4" carpeting from Lowe's (to help with road noise). That adds quite a bit of thickness to the contours of my floorboard, so when I try to push it back all the way it just won't go. It's not too bad, though. Plenty of foot space---even I crawled back there and I'm 6'5".



Anyways, on to the pics...


Wire loom on power wires:

Starting to install seats. Clip on left (zip-tied) couldn't go in place because of amp:

Torx bolt locations (I think T50--not 100%). For relative locations look at first pic of seats:

Clips that are a B**** to release when trying to get off upper half of back seats. Zip-tied for easy removal next time:

For metal bar with brackets and lower rear seats, four bolts are used to hold in place. Far left one is a long bolt---other three are nuts that go on built-in bolts coming out of floorboard. Here's the left bolt. It's also a B**** the first time you take it out due to the loc tite:

Amp relocated, seats back in place, sub box almost pushed back all the way. Managed to get it back a little bit more:

Upper rear seat. Be careful with metal spokes in 2nd pic. Clips in 3rd pic go in top three holes on back wall. 4th pic shows the little hole you have to hit when you poke a screwdriver in there. I'll take more pics when I pull it back off:

Almost finished:

Scooted back all the way--would like more but nothing I can do:

Went to grab some Dominos in case of power failure tonight (expecting heavy ice). Can say one thing that I learned today:

The dog loves having "her" seats back.

 

[Carolinaboy]

Looks great Matt, thanks for the re-install pics

Bet it will sound great !!! Hope you get that amp soon

 

[mblouir]

Thanks, Jeff. FYI if you ever take yours off I'll try to make a list of stuff to have on hand to make it easier. One thing that I would call non-essential but would help tremendously would be a 6-10" ratchet extension for those bolts that hold the metal bar and lower seats in place. There is not much room at all back there. You also probably need to take a 10mm socket and remove the clips that hold the upper portion in place (the ones I zip-tied).

It becomes much easier to see once you get the top half of the seats out.



Oh and during my nap I got an email notification--amp has shipped!!

 

[KillaF150]

, AWESOME job matt!