mtony

Agree that the mid bass is what's lacking now, but mostly because to get any mid-bass you have to turn the volume up enough that the subs then become too intrusive. I wish the subs could be attenuated somehow. The head unit really needs more than just a base and treble control.

lunarx

Try Linear Mode ON.
That thins out the bass.
However, it did not really improve the mid-bass, but it did make the system sound less muddy, when played at loud volume.
I equate Linear Mode ON to the opposite of Bass Boost ON.

I ran with Linear Mode ON, when I had Burmester Sub and Bose Amp.
Now with the Rockford Amp (set to 60Hz Low Pass) I turned Linear OFF.

mtony

Thanks! I'll give that a shot although I'm fairly sure I've tried it before. Might have been before adding the new tweeters though...

Joec500

I know you guys are probably not the biggest supporter or this in terms of factory integrations, BUT I found this to be a the best value for adding REAL bass and depth to our systems with the minimal amount of additional NON oem equipment.

I installed one of these:
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_161LC2I....html?tp=61671

To drive this 8" JL powered enclosure.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1369333...v3.html?tp=114

With a bass **** installed at the front of the car.

The bass is nice, tight and controlled and the unit fits nicely on the top of the rear shelf. Also power connectors are installed with a nice quick disconnect for ease of removal on track days. The carpet perfectly matches the black OEM carpet, so you barely notice it back there. I will have pics posted soon.

Also the prices is super reasonable. I tapped the signal from the factory bose amp underneath the passenger seat.

Adds nice bass and depth, especially after the tweet upgrades.

Duke I

Did the tweeter upgrade. Thanks lunarx, assist to mtony.

Those speaker connector clips got me nuts!

Luke at Sunset was great; by now he's got the package down pat.

ltdodge

do you have the wire colors for the bose amp for the signals? where did you hook up your power from (the battery upfront?)

Joec500

I didn't do the install, but my installer used one of these: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-3BANRpq...=DST&XVVER=G09

and it's mounted under my passenger seat, grabbing the signal directly at the Bose Amp underneath the seat. Power was run directly from the battery at the front of the car and run along the driver's side to the amp in the trunk area.

trucheli

JR Electronics in Miami will do this for you at $75/hr.

G8tor

Thanks Trucheli will get in touch with them when I get back from vacation.

trucheli

I will do mine too. Keep me posted. Ask for their best installer. I forgot his name now.

mmaturo

how the hell do you get the wire connector out of the bose...mine is not giving...arrrrgggghhh

Duke I

I just kept working them side to side and the magic and INVISIBLE retaining clip finally released. The biggest frustration to me for the mod. D

mmaturo

That was brutal. I had to man handle the drivers side wire connector way too much and did some damage to the clip on the wires prying it out with a small computer screw driver. It just did not want to give. Finally got it but was ugly. I have some doubts if I clipped it into the new speaker correctly as I feel like the passenger side when testing if it worked seemed much more obvious but seems to be ok once listening with both in. Hoping I don't have it in upside down or something on the driver side so direction of wires messed up..

Anyone that wants to feel better about this do the passenger side first. Seemed to go in much easier. With the sunset package I found the U clips a little big in width to get the speaker down in so I had to turn them 90 degrees from the obvious way they look like they want to go so the U facing you on the two closest to you and away from you with the far one rather than to the left or right that they seem to clip on and stay easiest. They wanted to pop off but luckily none feel into the dash trying to pop off.

On the passenger side I didn't even use the needle nose through the vent even though I did remove the vent. I was able to just work it up enough with the wider trim tool then used the needle nose from the top front to pull it up with leverage on the dash (used a credit card to protect the leather. Did same when doubting my driver side install to pull off the new grill still from the top. It will give but not easily.

Anyway now done. Got duck and new sport design bumper on this past week, did speakers just now and about to walk out and put wind deflectors on the triangle at the top of the doors to stop the window down buffeting. Then officially done screwing with the car for a bit.

DAlex

When I got mine I took them to the same place that put in my Escort. The had it done in 30 minutes and charged me $50. No frustration at all!!

Duke I

I'm with you on that one!

Glad you got it done. You'll enjoy. D