Clydester88
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So I ended up having everything installed by a shop as I wasn't too keen on doing it myself. They did a clean install and got rid of that back part of the grill as suggested. I still have some rattling from behind the subwoofer - not anything I can hear from the cabin, but I'd like to eliminate it. It's definitely not the grill and the installer even placed dynamat directly behind the subwoofer as well. I've played around with the panels and still can't locate the rattle.glad to be of help.
tip: the wiring kit you got, same as i did, does not have the right splices for the amp and internal sub enclosure wiring. just grab some of the blue parallel splices i've shown from lowes. for some reason, the wiring kit came with male spade plugs for t-splices but no splices to be had. just want to make sure you get the blue parallel splices before you start the project. everything else in the kit works perfectly, and make sure to run your 8 gauge power cable as straight and cleanly as possible. there's 17 ft of it and comes out to be just perfect how i routed my power cable from the battery.
tip: the stock sub grill mounted on the side panel has 2 pieces, front and back. depends on how loud and how much bass you play and on full/maximum extension, the sub's face may hit the back side of the grill causing rattle. remove the back side and keep the front side for a stock look. the back side is about 1/4" thick of plastic which is a lot of distance for the cone to have extra length to throw.
looking forward to you results!
Having said that, the overall audio balance and thump is so much improved from stock. I use Jet Audio Plus with the 20-band equalizer via Android Auto on a Pixel 2 and adjust levels by playing pink noise and using the Audio Tool app to monitor and adjust. Works like a charm.
Thanks again for the tips including those music selections. A few other good songs to test the sub are "Try" by Bugge Wesseltoft, Future Starts Slow by The Kills, and R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys.
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