The Punch comes in 2 and 4 ohm - why did you choose 2? What is the ohm of the factory sub?
Yes I have and it made a difference. Helped to tighten up the boomy bass.I'm reviving this thread, to see if anybody has installed Poly-fill inside the B&O enclosure, since this is the appropriate forum. In another forum, some folks said about 8 oz, so want to know if that's the most efficient amount. Read that too much is bad, so it has to be the right amount. That's why I'm giving it a try here . Thank you.
I think the one I ordered from Walmart comes in sheets, so wondering how to install that. Should I rip it in pieces, or just stuff the enclosure with the sheets as they come? And 2 more questions specific for the newer Mustangs: Is the sub secured from the back with an 8mm bolt, meaning I have to remove the enclosure to remove the sub? And finally, how exactly do you remove the ring covering the sub's 8 or so Torx bolts? Don't want to break any tabs anymore. Thanks.
I used the hollow fill fibre from a pillow for mine - effectively free.
Be careful taking off the trim ring. It will almost certainly break ! You need to be gentle but firm and get the trim removal tool in exactly the right place, and unfortunately you don't know where that is until you have got it half off (and broken it!) You will snap off some of the retaining 'studs' but as long as most are still there it will go back on fine. You cannot buy the trim piece as a spare part on it's own.
C-pillar rattle - TADTS
Well, IT DID! Wish I had seen this sooner. Oh well. I broke 4 out of the 6 studs, so unusable. Geez. It's always the same story with this f***ing car. That's why I don't want to do anything to it anymore that involves trim. Oh well. Folks, unless you REALLY want to do this, I'd leave it alone. I'd have done exactly that, in retrospect.Be careful taking off the trim ring. It will almost certainly break!
There is another option !Well, IT DID! Wish I had seen this sooner. Oh well. I broke 4 out of the 6 studs, so unusable. Geez. It's always the same story with this f***ing car. That's why I don't want to do anything to it anymore that involves trim. Oh well. Folks, unless you REALLY want to do this, I'd leave it alone. I'd have done exactly that, in retrospect.
Anyway, spent an hour breaking off all posts, then grinded/sanded them almost flat, so it doesn't look like something is missing, and finally painted the torx bolts black, and it looks decent now. The ring can make noise, and with just 2 out of 6 posts, and next to each other, no sense in trying to make it work IMO. Just hope the damn mod was worth it (haven't tried it yet). It doesn't look pretty, but at least it's not obvious that something is missing either.
Finally, used exactly 8 oz (weighed it), and seems to be the perfect amount. Not too little, and not too much. There's definitely at least a cubic foot of space in there, in my estimation. So I don't agree we should stuff the enclosure with 16 to 24 oz IMO, especially with that crappy sub. So I fully endorse the 8-oz standard .
Where did you get your net 'bag' for your boot ? I assume it goes between the stud fixings ?You guys spooked me with the trim ring on the B&O system, I defo didn’t want to break it ...
It is possible to remove it without breaking or marking anything. If you remove the box you can see the six securing pins and their position relative to the sub securing screws is a fixed relationship. One trim tool under the ring to lift it a little, one trim tool pushed up against the outer side of the clip to compress it. Work accurately and gently with pressure balanced between the two tools and you can get it removed with zero damage :
I also left my box in the sun in the garden before I attempted removal - this probably made the plastic a little less fragile
I’ve put the box back in without the trim ring whilst waiting for the poly fil to arrive (I only had it out to put sequencers in), the rest of the job should be easy to do in situ now.
Good luck,
WD