Tallahassee Bronco Club

Well, I've had Black Diamond steel rims for several months for my 23 Big Bend. Finally made an appointment with Minco's who swapped out the tires and TPMS for me today. I love me some steel rims. Likely an infection from my WW2 jeep (and Olive Drab Disease).

Once I got home, I jacked up each wheel, took all of the lug nuts off and installed the center caps. Then I torqued the lugs to 100 lbs. I need to remember to check them in about 100 miles.

I think my next project will be to expose the fake sub and amp and replace them with a real sub and amp. I purchased a Ford Fusion amp and a Kicker 6.5 as recommended by Krista at BuckleupButtercup Offroad. Also bought the Forscan dongle thingy so I can activate the amp/speaker.

Heck yeah, Bob! Looks awesome.

Thanks. Yesterday I took apart the rear interior (floor and passenger side). Exposed the fake amp and speaker. Replaced same with a Ford Fusion amp and a 6.5 Kicker speaker. Pretty easy. Forscan was not. I got it to read my Bronco. Copied the as is. Then I made the change to activate the amp/speaker. Turned off/on., OK. Forscan would not disconnect. After awhile I turned off the accessory mode and disconnected the plug. Plugged it back in and now Forscan will not connect. Tested Bronco, so at least I didn't brick it. LOL. Sigh.

@BobN - USAF

@BobN - USAF - Even though I can't reconnect with Forscan. It did appear to write the update I needed as sound is coming out of the AFT speaker that I added. I don't see any way to control it. Sync4 looks the same.

Bob, i also have a 2023 Big Bend and am thinking about installing the sub and amp as you did. Which specific ford fusion amp did you get? Also, was taking up the floor necessary? Some say yes, some say no.

@Steve76

@Steve76 Hi, Steve, I used FoMoCo FP5T-18C808-AB Audio High Performance Sound System Amplifier for Ford Fusion FP5T18C808AB

T163700

$74.99 USD

Got it from OCO Industrial. Did a search for Ford AMP FP5T18C808AB and after scrolling a bit I find it. I had followed the video by Krista of BuckleupButtercup fame.

If you follow the Ford instructions it is necessary and easy when following their directions. I don't remember it being covered, right now, but I also popped off the passenger rear door door jam cover. Removing that made it easy to finish pulling off the cover panel where the speaker is supposed to go.

I will see if I can post the message I received from someone to show you the steps. It is for removing the both sides but I only did the passenger side. I bought some stuff like dynomat to line the box and the passenger fender and all of the floor. Did I take pictures? Apparently not. I guess I was caught up in the moment.

Oh, you will likely break one of the white pins. Now these do split apart and that is okay. But the part that holds them in may break. So I ordered four of these before I started from Ruxer Parts. Create an account there and then look for Flip in the forums here. Find the post where he says he can hook us up for a special discount. I have been buying all my parts from them since the setup. Very decent discounts on every thing. I got the Bronco 84 piece tool set for about $280 or so dollars versus list of $350. Nice.

And supposedly in order to get this to work, you need to edit one line in your Bronco's code to activate the amp/speaker. I didn't try the speaker before using Forscan. After Forscan, it worked! But for some reason, I couldn't reconnect or confirm that the update went through. Not very confident in my Forscan ability, so since it appears to work, I left it alone for now.

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