Kicker upgrade issue
02-10-2015, 04:30 PM
#11
02-10-2015, 04:51 PM
#12
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Alright thank you. I will have to pull it in the shop at work tomorrow and look at it. It's hard to concentrate when you are trying to do it in 21 degree weather in the driveway. I will chime in again when I get it figured out.
I figure if I can't find it there I can pull the center counsel and hook into it where it comes out of the amp but that looks like a pain in the *** to get out if there. Thanks for the help though!
I figure if I can't find it there I can pull the center counsel and hook into it where it comes out of the amp but that looks like a pain in the *** to get out if there. Thanks for the help though!
02-11-2015, 08:38 AM
#14
I had a hell of a time trying to follow the directions to find the correct wires. Save yourself some hassle and cut the tape on the big bundle of wires in the door sill. The wires will be twisted together. I never could find the wires in the kick panel.
02-11-2015, 10:04 PM
#15
I just installed my kicker, got the green power light on amp, I just tucked the green connector to the Sony sub under the carpet. I hooked up the speaker wires correct since the LED light can in but when I turned radio on the sub at low volume sounded very distorted! At high it worked fine but low it's distorted, I have the bass at -1 and the treble at 2-3 and the mods at 2, did I get a bad sub? Someone please help!!!!
02-11-2015, 10:58 PM
#16
I'm not saying this is the problem but I have read where people crossing the wires up per fords instructions gave a muddy sound.
02-11-2015, 11:10 PM
#17
I hooked the green wire to the white and orange and the brown wire to he white and purple, I saw a pic on forum where guy had it hooked this way, ford says the other way so maybe that is the problem?
02-12-2015, 12:03 AM
#18
They say the kicker instructions are correct. Not the ford.
02-12-2015, 05:30 AM
#19
Using Kicker's recommendation for the wires does help but at low levels expecting a sub to deliver what might be normal sound is unrealistic, the sub is meant for one thing, hitting the low frequencies.
Low volume levels are always going to sound muddy as a result, crank it up and listen to what it's made for.
One can always fade to the rear to sort of balance it out and/or turn down the bass level, since installing mine I have become accustomed to always changing the factory eq settings per song and/or volume level to attain the best sound.
Low volume levels are always going to sound muddy as a result, crank it up and listen to what it's made for.
One can always fade to the rear to sort of balance it out and/or turn down the bass level, since installing mine I have become accustomed to always changing the factory eq settings per song and/or volume level to attain the best sound.
02-12-2015, 06:38 AM
#20
Using Kicker's recommendation for the wires does help but at low levels expecting a sub to deliver what might be normal sound is unrealistic, the sub is meant for one thing, hitting the low frequencies.
Low volume levels are always going to sound muddy as a result, crank it up and listen to what it's made for.
One can always fade to the rear to sort of balance it out and/or turn down the bass level, since installing mine I have become accustomed to always changing the factory eq settings per song and/or volume level to attain the best sound.
Low volume levels are always going to sound muddy as a result, crank it up and listen to what it's made for.
One can always fade to the rear to sort of balance it out and/or turn down the bass level, since installing mine I have become accustomed to always changing the factory eq settings per song and/or volume level to attain the best sound.
If I have volume to 3,4,5 bars you can easily hear how distorted it is, when I got to work this morning, I un bolted the sub and held my hand over the sub, it sounds 100% better however I know that lessens the bass since the sub can't breath. I folded a small microfiber and bolted sub down sounds way better! I think I got a bad box. Checked sub seal its good, checked box seal its good, checked magnet and its good