I was thinking of upgrading my speakers too...but I can't find them. lol. when I have to have tunes, I bring along a little bose bluetooth speaker and, no, the sound is not great.While I had the whole rear of the interior apart, I decided to replace the CRAP factory rear speakers with Harman infinity REF6522IX 180W reference speakers. The speakers pictured below in the box are for the doors, which will be another update down the road.....
All I can say is Wow! what a difference in the sound.
I first got the idea from reading a post by @torque124 http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80057 . All of his suggestions were spot on. Everything from the speakers, to the wiring adapters, to the housing adapters made the job a lot easier than without.
I had some adhesive neoprene laying around and decided to use it in lieu of the weather stripping that was provided with the speakers. I cut it to size to adhere to the adapter housing (4 hole industry standard speaker to a 3 hole ford proprietary mount).
The adapters are pretty decent quality. They appear to be very similar to the mount that the factory speaker sit upon from the OEM assembly
Who wants to mess around with cutting and splicing wires from factory harnesses to add aftermarket speakers? Metra (who also makes the housing adapters) makes a wiring harness adapter to simplify the installation
The result is a installation that was not only easy, but sounds excellent!
I couldn't believe the difference in the sound...... Yes, I know its a track car, but man oh man, if you are going to have the speakers installed with a stereo, why not improve the quality exponentially with just a very modest investment? Thanks again torque124 :cheers:
I'm around Jason. 1-3 at the track. The 4th, I have specialists coming to re-mount a chimney cap that got blown off during the last hurricane. I have a flight physical on the 7th. Otherwise, my schedule is open.^^Looking good Tom! Just got update on COTUS and it’s moved delivery to the 5th. I may still come down early and then have more time at the track and area in general. I really like the mods you’re doing and planning on doing the same before spring is here.
Any negative with HANS device on 4-point harnesses?Daytona is right around the corner. I installed the Schroth 4 point harness for both the drivers seat and the passengers seat. I used Cooltech belt loops as described in a previous post.
Next up are the Vorshlag camber plates and the MGW shifter early next week.
The SHR flex uses harnesses that are 2-3" wide. My schroth asm has 3" wide shoulder harnesses. Schroth says they are compatie, however the inboard portion of the harness won't fit into the channel of the HANS. As long as the outer portion of the harness is tucked into the channel, you are good to go.Any negative with HANS device on 4-point harnesses?
Do most tracks require the anti-submarine capability of 5 or 6 point or are they content with 4-point?
No, not at all.Tom I assume you were on stock pads? Any damage to the dust boots after fading the pads?
The car has not been consuming oil. I was monitoring the oil level closely after what happened to the oil pressure sensor. I have always been an old school guy who checks the oil when it is cold before starting the engine. Under those conditions, I never saw the level fluctuate.Any oil consumption after track time? I was just curious to see if you had a chance to check the oil level.... before dumping it.
Thanks
Awesome. Seems like fairly reasonable wear considering how hard Daytona is on pads.No, not at all.
Entering the bus stop, I felt an unusual vibration and decided to knock it off. It was the last session of the last day and I figured just pit. I took a quick look at the wear indicators and found that they were close, but not at the limit. I limped home and put her up on jack stands the next day and found the inside pads wore faster than the outside pads. Not a big deal. Again, the end of a track weekend always involves a brake job. I took the rotors off to be resurfaced and I already had a set of replacement pads in anticipation.
So no big deal, except that I had to cut short a session after I put the deadbeats in my rear view mirror.
I had a conversation with [MENTION=22413]Optimum Performance[/MENTION] about this issue as well as fluids for changing the transmission and differential. I plan to use a different pad next year. As much as I like the stock OEM pads, you are correct, Daytona is especially hard on them decelerating from the front stretch to the inside course. The bus stop isn't easy on them either.Awesome. Seems like fairly reasonable wear considering how hard Daytona is on pads.
Thanks!