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Old 10-05-2011, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by powerranger262
Now go sound deaden your front doors. Makes a HUGE difference!
May have to do that. I do not want to deaden the whole cab. Too much $$$ and time for my needs. But I can see doing the front doors.
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Here's a way to do it for much cheaper. If you have any friends in the construction trade, see if they can cut you a 6ft. piece of this, make sure it's the same kind. That will do both front doors.

https://www.f150forum.com/f30/poor-m...dening-114315/
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Originally Posted by powerranger262
Here's a way to do it for much cheaper. If you have any friends in the construction trade, see if they can cut you a 6ft. piece of this, make sure it's the same kind. That will do both front doors.

https://www.f150forum.com/f30/poor-m...dening-114315/
Will have to check in to that. Thanks. I know Dynamat is expensive but found door kits for around $45 which is doable.
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Great info. Can you tell me what power amp you have and did you have to use a pac unit to in stall? Thanks.. Chili
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Great info. Can you tell me what power amp you have and did you have to use a pac unit to in stall? Thanks.. Chili
I am powering the door speakers off the factory HU and it has plenty of power for my needs. I am using the PAC for input to my sub amp (powered sub now but moving to RF and Kicker). You need the PAC or something similar to power any amp when keeping the factory HU.

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I screwed up. I ment what powered sub you have. Im thinking of getting the Infinity Basslink. Good revews on Amazon and good price. I planned on Infinity kappas all around, but you have me thinking components up front.
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If you want ease of install go coax all around. If you want better sounding music and a little more involved install go components in the front. If I were to do over again I would go component/coax from the start. I am running a Boss Bass 1200 powered sub at the moment. It works pretty good but it just does not seem to be that clear. Tried to tune according to what I could find. I am thinking of going to a separate amp and sub. All coax is better than stock but component/coax is better than all coax IMHO.
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Maybe I missed it, but where did you mount the x-overs for the comps? Any install pics?
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No pics sorry. I mounted the x-overs between the outer panel and the door. Just looked for an area where it looked like there was room for it and not interfere with the panel going on.
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So you removed the entire door panel? I've pulled my grilles just to poke around and was hoping for an easy mounting solution Do the Polks come with any mounting hardware? If not how did you mount the crossovers (self tapping screws, zip tie, etc)?


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