11-12-2012, 06:13 AM
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Can you guess what I did?
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I also cleaned out the drain holes and of course gave the rest of the car a bath.
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11-12-2012, 06:20 AM
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Looks great BruceH !
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11-12-2012, 09:38 AM
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Location: Charlotte NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceH
Can you guess what I did?
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I also cleaned out the drain holes and of course gave the rest of the car a bath.
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Can you please share your method? Did you just take time and wipe everything down going through towel after towel or did you spray it with clearner and then with water??? Looks great!
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11-12-2012, 06:58 PM
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Wow, Incredible job on the engine. Too bad its so hard to show off the flat six. It really is a piece of art.
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11-12-2012, 08:13 PM
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Put some Kenwood 4" 3-way 120 watt speakers in place of the factory dash speakers..
The new speakers handle the volume increase with no distortion.. 
tore the paper and cones out of the factory speakers and threw them in the trash..
Used the base of the factory speaker base to adapter the new speakers to.
I highly recommend this mod to anyone wanting improved sound..
the car is rockin' now... what a difference a new set of speakers make..! 
T
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11-13-2012, 02:50 AM
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Originally Posted by tony_fury
Put some Kenwood 4" 3-way 120 watt speakers in place of the factory dash speakers..
The new speakers handle the volume increase with no distortion..
tore the paper and cones out of the factory speakers and threw them in the trash..
Used the base of the factory speaker base to adapter the new speakers to.
I highly recommend this mod to anyone wanting improved sound..
the car is rockin' now... what a difference a new set of speakers make..!
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Tony,
Need a little advice. I have nice JL speakers in dash and the rear storage box. I also have 6x40 factory amp. It is the door speakers that are no good which are factory. Any recommendations for replacing those without having to modify anything?
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11-13-2012, 07:58 AM
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2001 Arctic Silver 2.7
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Location: Huntington Beach,CA
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Originally Posted by Bala
Tony,
Need a little advice. I have nice JL speakers in dash and the rear storage box. I also have 6x40 factory amp. It is the door speakers that are no good which are factory. Any recommendations for replacing those without having to modify anything?
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Bala:
I looked at all the mod's for the door speakers and they all require modifying the door panel.
While it doesn't seem that hard, I'm getting a nice bass out of mine and have not pulled the trigger to replace them yet.
With the addition of the new speakers, the added wattage is allowing for some nice volume without distortion.
I'm so pleased with the new speakers that I have no need to upgrade the door speakers at this time.
Sorry, no recommendations on the doors.
What I have read everyone is replacing them with 5 1/4" speakers low profile.
T
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11-14-2012, 05:17 AM
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Thanks Tony. Maybe i just need a replacement of the original. Shopping time again.
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11-12-2012, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Bedford, TX
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Originally Posted by trimer
Can you please share your method? Did you just take time and wipe everything down going through towel after towel or did you spray it with clearner and then with water??? Looks great!
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Thanks! I did a little bit of both. I sprayed on an orange cleaner from HD and let it sit for a few minutes, rinse and repeat a few more times. I used rags to work on the stubborn areas and sprayed and rinsed some more. I used very gentle water to rinse, staying away from electical connections as much as I could. I thoroughly dried as much as I could as well. I was quite pleased at how well the orange cleaner worked and I am very happy with the results! I don't think that it was ever cleaned since the day it left the factory judging from what I saw.
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12-30-2012, 02:47 PM
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clean engine bay
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Originally Posted by BruceH
Can you guess what I did?
Before:
After
I also cleaned out the drain holes and of course gave the rest of the car a bath.
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How did you accomplish such a thorough cleaning job? wow!
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12-30-2012, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Bedford, TX
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Originally Posted by rem503
How did you accomplish such a thorough cleaning job? wow!
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It was really pretty easy. A little bit of Orange cleaner, spray on, let sit, gently rinse off. Repeat as needed. A little elbow grease for the stubborn areas. It didn't take long and as you can see, it made a huge difference!
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