Okay so in order to power both would I need a 2 channel amp? And where should I put it to run all the wiring I've never done audio before

 

Will this fit on the floor In the back seats?

 

Does anyone still have their stock door speakers?

 

Still have mine, nobody willing to buy those POS...

 

Did the grilles fit over the Shelby Kicker subs?



The Shelby Kicker door subs come with an adapter ring to fit the door enclosure, that might be the difference.

Even with the Kicker 4.1 amp, it doesn't feel like they get enough power. I installed the kit for convenience, but will probably end up swapping the Amp and or Speakers done the line for more/cleaner power.

 

Can I have them? I'll pay for shipping ) I wanna see if I can make them work with my 12 inch sub it produces deep lows but no mid bass so I wanna see if I can down power them a bit for that extra kick. Yours had two 8 inch kickers right? Mine only came with one and it's a 500 thought that was odd I popped the one I had

 

Yes they do fit ... You're right about the adapter ring , it moves the shelby's out about 1/2" further than the OEM ones were and that's why they fit without any modification. I also trimmed the OEM ring so it would cover the lower part ...

 

That makes more sense, and cool usage of the stock surround. Mine already stick out quite a ways, constantly bumping my foot on them -- how thick is that adapter ring?

I probably shoulda made my own when I first installed them, too lazy. They work fine the way they are now, and not too obvious they don't fit perfectly.

 

Co_vapor did you get my message ^^

 

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I gotta say, I don't like the black one nearly as much as the silver ones I have...

But maybe that's just because the grilles are silver? I think I'd paint them black to match.

 

Josh , I didn't measure the adapter ring , but I think it's 3/8" or 1/2" thick. Even with the Shelby grille it stuck out further than the OEM grille and with the new Kicker grille it's even a little further out.

Initially I had thought about getting the Kicker grilles powered coated black to match my SHR window switch plates and door lock pockets. But once I got the grilles and installed them , I liked the way the silver compliments the grey on my seats and decided to leave them as is ...

 

Gotta say I agree now that I see the entire thing, that is one beautiful interior! Be nice if Kicker made them in grey and in black.

 

Ok, so I am getting ready to swap out my door subs and they are going to be getting a lot of power. Ive been reading through this thread and far as the shelby modified kickers is the performance as good as the other subs that everyones been using, or is it worth the hastle to make some mods and go with the kickers/pioneers, ect.?

 

The Shelby's are Kickers , the door sub is pretty much the same speaker as the CVT8 but comes with an adapter ring so you don't have to modify the door ...

 

O Ok great. I may go that route. Want the SQ but also want it to look fairly stock. Well see though, the grills for the regualr CVT8s are pretty nice looking

 

Does anyone know if it would be simple enough to use the Shelby/Kicker upgrade with a different amp?

I know they are set up to use stock plugs, but I imagine they could be converted easy enough. The little 4.1 so tiny it can't have that much juice in it, plus the customization is severely limited in tweaking all the settings.

 

Yep, that's what I did, pulled out the stock ones, grabbed the wires at the amp to avoid running new ones through the door jam. Problem is placement of the sub, pretty much nowhere in the front compartment, unless it's tiny like the Alpine PDX series.

I've decided to replace my MB Quart 5 channel (4 channels to the door and speaker shelf 6x8s, one to the 12" subwoofer in the trunk) and 2 channel (to the door 8" Kickers) with a JBL 6 channel amp, and pull out the subwoofer. It's a slightly dinged MBQuart 12", in a Qlogic custom enclosure, carbon fiber covering. The enclosure is quite nice, will probably put it up for sale soon.

Hope to save some significant weight, as my car is becoming more track dedicated the more I get into road racing. I'm sure the sub panel mounting board, the massive amps, and sub are adding to my 3600lb weight on the scale last weekend (base Mustang weight for the TTB class is less than 3400lbs). But as I pulled out the factory amps, and don't want to rely on just the headunit, am going after a smaller amp, the JBL should be about half the size and weight of the 5 channel one I have now. And hopefully can find a way to attach it that's not 10-15lbs of particle board.

 

You lost me there.

You pulled out the stock amps, then used the stock wires to feed through the new wires?





Where is a good spot to mount a 4 channel in these cars?

I'd like to figure a way to run a 4 channel to my Shelby/Kicker door speakers/subs and rear deck speakers, and keep the self powered Kicker sub somehow.

 

I think he means he connected the new wires to the stock wires at the location of the old amp after he removed it ...

 

Yep.

You can potentially mount a small amp under the seats. I ended up running everything to the trunk, mounted amps there, then wires to the front, and spliced into the old stock wires at the old stock amp locations.

Was a major PITA, for what it's worth...