Just Did A Forscan Audio Mod With My 802A B&O 2018 Crew Cab

[Wfo]

I did the change yesterday, Not sure how I feel about it. It puts much more power to the front door speakers and the sub doesn’t seem as strong. I’ll give it a few days.

 

[TK85]

Just did the change of the audio. The front stage you can tell it got a boost of sound. I couldn’t tell a difference in the woofer.

 

[Wfo]

Just did the change of the audio. The front stage you can tell it got a boost of sound. I couldn’t tell a difference in the woofer.

Seems much less to sub and rear speakers. Don’t think I’m a fan

 

[smurfslayer]

On the surface at least, this would make sense; the factory kicker is ... 100w(?) the stocker is the same 25w rms as the rest of the system IIRC

 

[Wfo]

The sound is growing on me. Wonder is there is any code to put alittle more to the sub?

 

[Kahuna]

My suggestion is to just bite the bullet and replace the stock sub with a Kicker and add a small amp... I got the ACM 1.300 which has inbuilt LOC and Accubass for like $140 and the Kicker sub is around $100.

I just did it and couldn't be happier. I was close to going full Nav TV amp replacement etc. but the way it is has enough bass to shake the rearview mirror and the amp is at half gain.

I am going to try this mod once the sub is broken in though.

Thanks for posting. I have been following this thread on F150 but there has not been a lot of discussion.

https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/index3/

 

[Chris Mies]

My suggestion is to just bite the bullet and replace the stock sub with a Kicker and add a small amp... I got the ACM 1.300 which has inbuilt LOC and Accubass for like $140 and the Kicker sub is around $100.

I just did it and couldn't be happier. I was close to going full Nav TV amp replacement etc. but the way it is has enough bass to shake the rearview mirror and the amp is at half gain.

I am going to try this mod once the sub is broken in though.

Thanks for posting. I have been following this thread on F150 but there has not been a lot of discussion.

https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/index3/

Which Kicker sub did you get and did you fit it to the existing enclosure or purchase a new enclosure?

 

[Wfo]

Which Kicker sub did you get and did you fit it to the existing enclosure or purchase a new enclosure?

I would like to know too

 

[Kahuna]

I have a '19 with B&O. I used the stock sub enclosure, sealed the port and Dynamatted the hell out of it as I had a bunch lying around from doing the wife's jeep a few years ago. I used the Kicker 43cwrt81 wired in series which I purchased used from smurfslayer. A few months ago when I was purchasing it could be had new for under $100 but $150 seems to be the norm now. When Amazon gets stock back I expect it will be lower.

With the ACM 1.300 it seems to distort the sub at much more than half gain but there is plenty of thump. I wish I got the newer ACM which has remote control facility so I could crank it up when needed but I only paid $140 new for the old model which doesn't have the connector. Bass varies dramatically on Sirius XM channels, for example 80's on 8 and First wave have little bass. RTB radio has moderate and the Joint reggae channel is extreme. It would be good to be able to tweak from the driver's seat.

I also replaced the door speakers with Pioneer 5 way 6x9s which are about $60, put fastrings on and dynamited the doors. Tweeters, rears and centre channel are stock. Centre will probably be converted to be the speaker for my VHF.

Wfo, I sometimes get up to Syracuse to visit family. If I do I'd be happy to let you listen and have a fiddle.

 

[Wfo]

I have a '19 with B&O. I used the stock sub enclosure, sealed the port and Dynamatted the hell out of it as I had a bunch lying around from doing the wife's jeep a few years ago. I used the Kicker 43cwrt81 wired in series which I purchased used from smurfslayer. A few months ago when I was purchasing it could be had new for under $100 but $150 seems to be the norm now. When Amazon gets stock back I expect it will be lower.

With the ACM 1.300 it seems to distort the sub at much more than half gain but there is plenty of thump. I wish I got the newer ACM which has remote control facility so I could crank it up when needed but I only paid $140 new for the old model which doesn't have the connector. Bass varies dramatically on Sirius XM channels, for example 80's on 8 and First wave have little bass. RTB radio has moderate and the Joint reggae channel is extreme. It would be good to be able to tweak from the driver's seat.

I also replaced the door speakers with Pioneer 5 way 6x9s which are about $60, put fastrings on and dynamited the doors. Tweeters, rears and centre channel are stock. Centre will probably be converted to be the speaker for my VHF.

Wfo, I sometimes get up to Syracuse to visit family. If I do I'd be happy to let you listen and have a fiddle.

Hit me up when you visit the Cuse.