by sieade245 » Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:59 pm
Hi Guys. I'm currently installing a Vibe powerbox 4 channel micro amp behind the stock radio only head unit, hopefully it will just about fit in there and using a parrot bluetooth lead for ISO IN-OUT so should be a clean hidden install.
The amp is only 65W per channel but I'm thinking this should be a nice little boost and take strain off the HU amplifer. I currently have the stock front speakers 2 A pillar tweeters and 2 door speakers.
I'm also adding a small active underseat subwoofer Vibe 8 which will be fed from rear high level outputs, if they work or I have to activate them we'll find out soon as I'm taking pictures as I go for the write up at the end.
The stock speakers...I "might" also make a small upgrade, it depends on what the system sounds like with the amp and the subwoofer. I might not need to upgrade them as I have found in the past that sometimes just adding a small amp can get a bit more sound out of stock speakers, although having read all the reports here from people who have upgraded an upgrade may be required. I don't want to spend loads on this, all the parts I have bought so far have been used from Ebay to save money. I will definitely use the Butyl flash tape for deadening but then I'm thinking after reading what a pig the door cards can be if I'm going in, I might only want to go in once..so do the speaker upgrade at the same time. Thanks for all the info on the door speakers sizes and the focus adapter rings. I'm going to get some ford speaker adaptor plugs so I can put all this back to stock in the future if I sell the van.
I've been looking at either the Vibe Slick 6 components or the JBL 600C components. The vibes are a little bit cheaper but again..I'll probably be buying used depending on what comes up on Ebay. I can't afford Focals and I've had both JBL and Vibe in the past and they've been fine, I don't listen to dance music, mainly country and easy listening and a bit of AOR. I think I might be one of the first to try the Vibe powerbox in our vans so its a bit of trial and error at the moment.
I did have one question. After reading through this thread, everyone seems to have no issues with replacing the door speakers...but did anybody have any issues replacing the tweeters? Are any brackets/ adaptors required for these. I'm hoping there is room behind the A-pillar for the small inline crossovers that come with both sets of speaker. Both 6" speakers in the sets are happy to accept full range sound, the crossovers are only used for the tweeters which makes the install easy, I can use the existing factory speaker cables with adaptors at the 6" speakers and adaptors/ crossover at the tweeters. I checked the wiring diagram and there doesn't appear to be any factory fitted crossover, the cable just splits off somewhere between the HU and the door.