I think I need to say a a bit more. I'm an amateur audiophile and engineer with 40+ years of experience modifying audio devices to get the sound I want. I have never had a vehicle that I have not tweeked the audio in some way to improve the sound. When I ordered my Maverick over a year ago and...
I did do a frequency sweep with a spectrum analyzer and the response did drop off below 150 hz in the rear speakers. Most subs are set to filter out frequencies above 80 hz.
I did the calcs on my Honda hybrid a few years ago and the non ethanol came out with 13 percent better milage. It was cost effective at that time to use it.
The base stereo is more than just fine. It is really good. I love the fact that I can stream Spotify and I Heart Radio. It also has a good interface for my thumb drive. The amp is quite powerful. Enough for everything except earsplitting volumes. The controls for moving the sound stage and tone...
I first noticed an mpg drop with our Honda Accord Hybrid. It drops the efficiency of the a/c in eco mode to the point that we never put it in eco. I charted it, did calculations and came to the conclusion that 15 percent of fuel was used to keep the passengers cool in the summer, here in...
The plastic was reamed out so the rivnut is only fastened the the metal underneath. The drop in bedliner got in the way underneath. You could use a simple nut underneath but I wanted it easy to remove. If you removed the plastic rail you could optimize the location of the hole and make sure you...
I recently visited Colorado but left the Mav at home. Rented a Jeep through Turo and drove Saint John's pass from Keystone to Breckenridge. Well worth the $120 rental fee. I don't regret saving the Mav for more tame adventures.
The wiring for the tweeters comes directly from the head unit (acm). You would need to run new wires from the doór to the tweeters if you wanted to use the component system's crossover. I opted not to use the crossover. It sounds góod. Ford must be doing something to cross over the signals. When...
Not my experience. The tweeters are wired directly from the head unit. The crossover is part of the head unit. I will check it out when I get a chance but I installed the Infinity reference without their crossover and it is obvious the components were carefully crossed somehow.
I am sure the...
The best option I have seen is to rivet nut through the roof inside the moulding. Take out the door seal and bend down the headliner enough so you can see where the cross beams are so you drill through two layers of steel and maybe even get a nut under there. I used landing pads placed without...
Look at bed racks on ebay. I bought one for $100. You don't need j-racks. Just strap the yak to the rack with a cam strap. Having the rear crossbar at the back makes it easy to load. It's written up somewhere on this site. Bow and Stern lines optional.