We found ourselves in some nasty weather a couple times and decided we wanted a hard side trailer for when mother nature is angry... We've been in hail, snow, monsoons and temps in the teens successfully. And the extra space makes longer trips doable…
I have both, so I didn’t decide about one over the other. My wife can drive either, but takes the Jeep most of the time. I think the Bronco is more comfortable and it drives better too. Although in nearly 15 years of Jeep ownership, I’ve never had most of the issues of driving a Jeep that...
Here's a write up that I did for another member..
Based on a stock system upgrade, I would do the dash, the upgraded rear pods with 6.75's, the Fusion amp and the Kicker 6.75 4ohm sub. And the Forscan changes to get it all working.
I personally did a mixture of speakers (I started with...
You will want a bass blocker for those... This is the easy way:
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Plug and play and protect the speakers.
For camping, I think we're working on 2 stages... I want to be able to do some quick hit, 1 night camping out of the back using a Deepsleep bed setup. We have our gear packed pretty well and could just throw the tubs in the back and be up and running quickly.
But the majority of our camping...
100%... That's a great, yet economical stock upgrade path.
And to confirm, the kick panels are buried, so the additional mid and high freq produced is lost in the foot wells... If I was going to replace those, it would be with a component woofer to enhance bass. But now you're needing an amp...
Absolutely. I used the Infinity REF 4” REF4032CFX with the plug and play harness from Ebay that includes the 600hz bass blocker. I have also done the sub and added the 6.75 Mabett rear pods with Hertz X-170 speakers. I'm in around $500 and it's a massive improvement.
But I did it in steps...
I didn't seal my port because I was planning to run the Tang Band sub which is designed for a ported enclosure... Turns out it's about 2MM to big to fit and I didn't want to trim the enclosure. If I trim, I'm going up to an 8" and that opens many doors...
But, if the enclosure were sealed...
Wow... Definitely not getting anything like that on mine. I suggest you pull all of the panels and run it and see what it sounds like. Some of that sounded like trim panel vibration too...
A little surprised to hear that on the KBD... I don't have any experience with them, but have suggested them quite a bit when people are looking for something that looks a little different.
The Mabett rear pods are assembled and ready to go.
I lined the interior wall with sound mat to deaden the enclosure a little and put in the Hertz X-170, a perfect fit.
Now I need a day where the temp in the garage isn’t 140+ degrees to get them installed.
1st 2 steps are easy... Put a set of Infinity REF4032 CFX in the dash using the harness linked below. Big improvement in the front with the Infinity and the harness includes a 600hz bass blocker.
Plug and play...
Isn't it ironic... Someone asks a question and the gallery goes off with comments like "didn't you read the owners manual", etc.
And on this topic? They are like: "Who cares what the owners manual says..."
Well, here is the quote from the owners manual:
"For the best tire life, a five tire...
The factory sub is 2x2ohm…. And while the Fusion amp has the same part number, it is multiple revisions older than the Bronco amp. What is different or changed in those revisions? No idea.
It’s widely accepted that the Kicker 4 ohm sounds better than the 2 ohm in our application. Impedance...