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07-30-2022, 04:02 PM | #57 | |
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I had a scare trying to my upgrade my system, and it scared me straight. I really did everything backward. I ordered speakers and replaced the 3.5" dash speakers and tweeters. Then I replaced the 2-ohm door speakers with 4-ohm speakers. This lost a lot of the bass, so I was unhappy with it. I replacing back the 2-ohm factory speakers in the doors. Then put the 6.5" speakers in the back replacing the 3.5" factory speaker. There was little to no improvement to the back speaker setup. I then bought a 4-channel amp to help drive everything. As I was installing everything, I was checking what wire in the back of the head unit go where. The two front channels were simple. It was two wires for the front left and two for the front right. The back channels seem weird. I disconnected two wires expecting one of the back speakers to turn off, but they didn't. They both drop their volume down as if they were both little coin speakers in an old computer. Well, the scary part was as I was trying to figure out what was going on I shorted one of the speaker's wires to ground. Then my head unit did not come on and I had no sound. I found two blown fuses but it did not seem to help. It was late that day, so I went to bed and got back to it in the morning. Needly to say I did not sleep at all that night! Well, the next morning I Googled the code I was getting and it was an ASC code. I did have my ASC unplugged, so I plugged it back in and restarted the car and the head unit came up and worked fine, but the A/C controls were still out and not working. This ended up being me putting a replacement fuse not back in the right slot in my tired state after dark that night. Well, I was so relieved to get my car working, that I ripped out everything and put it back to factory. Then, I returned everything that could. Funny, how I thought the quotes from local shops around $2,500 and OEM Audio Plus at $1600 seemed way too high to pay. After my ordeal, I will gladly pay the $1600 and take comfort in the fact that I will do the work myself and know it will be done right. |
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07-30-2022, 07:05 PM | #59 |
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as they say, "the part might only cost $50, but knowing how, where, and having the tools to put it there costs $950!"
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07-30-2022, 09:08 PM | #60 | |
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Now that I'm a bit older, I completely understand the value of buying stuff explicitly designed for the platform and/or is Plug-N-Play. I'm getting so lazy, I'm even considering letting the Subie shop here in town install all my suspension stuff.
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I got the speaker kit from OEM+. Here is my take on it. The highs seem crisper and the lows don't distort as bad. For just the speaker kit, it is a little high-priced. I am willing to pay it though, to get plug-and-play for everything and knowing they picked these speakers to work with their sub. I think the real improvement will come with the amplifier and DSP that comes with the subwoofer. Then the sound will be filtered correctly and amplified. I expect to see the sub on their site any day now.
Check out my video where I install the speakers and then do a before and after comparison with the stock and OEM+ speakers. |
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I just checked their site today because I received my speaker kit this week as well.
They have pushed the amp/sub stuff out until December.
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I'm trying to not bug companies too much lately with "is it ready yet?" type requests buuuuuttttt.... anybody heard any update from OEM Audio+ yet on if the current December ETA is going to stand or get pushed back again?
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Did you sign up for the email update? I can promise you they are in the business of making money and will update everyone interested as soon as they have something to share.
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Yes but I'm impatient. I also have pretty mixed results when just waiting for companies to tell me when they're ready to ship in the car parts world.
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12-08-2022, 11:53 AM | #66 |
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Then email them? This isn't quantum physics.
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12-19-2022, 04:21 PM | #67 | |
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So you're going to have to sit tight or go custom. Even the original 6-speaker upgrade was late. The sub/amps got pushed from Sept to now, I won't be surprised to see them pushed until Feb/March considering the next two weeks are Christmas and NYE. This is just like when I told people that just because Ecutek had cracked the ECU didn't mean tunes would be available soon. And look, all the big tuners are still in beta testing and like I said, I didn't figure tunes would be available until 2023. If the email got caught up in your spam/junk folder, email them and they can give you the link to the upgrade for the two amps and sub for the rest of system. It's a bit pricier than I was hoping, but I went ahead and ordered it this evening since I have the front six speakers (not installed yet) and want the entire system.
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I emailed them back on 12/12/2022, and they said "our current estimate is sometime in February, hopefully sooner if things go well."
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It's almost like I said exactly that without them telling me. Check my previous post.
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It's a bit pricier than I was hoping, but I went ahead and ordered it this evening since I have the front six speakers (not installed yet) and want the entire system.
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