I have Music!!

[gphil12873]

Installed the radio. I was very pleased on how it turned out. Also had to open up the roof to run the mic for the bluetooth phone thing. Not real sure on the factory speakers just yet. Not to thrilled about them. Dont know if there is anything that can be done. Would be nice to mount some more speakers but where you would I dont know.

 

[the whispering oaks farm]

I want to do the same thing, i'm going to make a pair of boxes to put up against the glass in front of the pedals and get some high end speakers.

 

[gphil12873]

I would like to see what you do. Its roomy in the cab...but really no places to put anything. I was thinking maybe behind the seat on each side..but the parking brake is in the way on the one side.

 

[the whispering oaks farm]

I'm out of town for a while so it will be a bit before I get them done but I'll post pics as soon as I can get it finished.

 

[AaronS]

Good job on your radio. I decided to have the dealer install mine as I've never liked dealing with electronics. My speakers leave room for improvement too, but I'll probably stick with stock.

 

[gphil12873]

I was looking at the pods at the botton as add whatever speaker I wanted to...but I just dotn think I can fine room for one of them.


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[xmariner]

I completed a radio installation myself about 2 1/2 mos. ago. It turned out to be quite a project. I finally settled on a radio with a USB and SD slot, w/o cd player as it weighs only 1 1/2 lbs. vs. about 4 lbs. (and I couldn't see a playing a cd while on rough terrain).
I did replace the anemic speakers provided by LS with a pair of Kenwood 3 way speakers (nice for a 4 inch speaker). The speaker install was a b**ch.
After all was said and done it was well worth the aggravation. So nice to have to music.

 

[gphil12873]

My install wasnt that bad. I raised the roof and was pretty east. The speakers are bad. Dont know whos they are but they not to good. That is on my list to change. I wanted to add two more but I havent figured out how just yet. So it sounded better with a better speaker?

 

[xmariner]

Oh yah! I found that after installing the radio, the stock speakers could take no volume (that would be required while operating) or even the slightest increase in bass without the speakers rattling. So, for about $50 on Amazon.com I purchased some Kenwood 3 way replacements. The difference is huge.
My installation cost was just over $100 that included an AM/FM radio with an SD slot and a USB slot, and the replacement speakers. So far I've "copied" 7 or 8 CDs to a 2 GB USB stick and there's probably room for about 25. That's a few hours of "your own music" when the radio reception is questionable.

 

[gphil12873]

I agree. All I have is trebile....bass rattled I figured getting better speakers would help. I have read reviews on 4" speaker and they seem to not handle bass very well. Thats why I wanted to change them and add two more. Just seems to be pressed for space.