FORD F150 PLATINUM 2017 STEREO UPGRADES UPGRADE

Rear speaker upgrade can't tell much of a difference yet. In this article, Ill walk you through the planning steps and how I decided on the speakers, amplifiers, subwoofers and various other accessories in order to complete this installation. I used the dynamat speaker kit to insulate around the hole. In this article: This article is part 1 of a multi-part series documenting a custom stereo installation on a 2021 Ford F-150. The 6502 comes with a speaker adapter that is a perfect fit for our vehicle rear doors. For the rears, I cut the extra center two wires on the Metra, leaving one positive and one negative and clipped right into. You will need a 7mm socket(all doors) and a torx screwdriver set for center speaker.Ĭonfirming that indeed the Metra 72-5602 is the correct connector for our vehicles for door speakers (not center speaker).

With these speakers the bigger post is the positive. Pretty easy to do with a cheap amazon kit. First time soldering anything, watched a you tube video and went at it. Speaker fit great, used 3 small metal washers under each tab and insulation that came with infinity speaker which all fit fine under SONY plate. Took connector from the SONY 3.5' speaker and soldered wires onto new speaker. Upgraded center channel in Infinity Reference X: Also trying to keep this upgrade under $800.

Trying to avoid running an amp and all that involves. I decided to use the Reference X line 3005, 6502, 9603 as they are suppose to be higher sensitivity for the SONY stock radio head unit(need less power/no amp). FM radio and satellite are much worse than my '10 f150 sony system and I will let my subscription expire once done and just stay with amazon music or one of the other music apps that can download music to your phone for high quality. I can tell a difference from my center channel upgrade thus far but not much from the rears. Waiting to complete upgrade to decide whether its worth it. Nothing looks to have changed from 2015 with the addition of Sync 3.įake engine noise for my 3.5 turned off at delivery by dealership.ġst and foremost, the stock Sony system is pretty good for MP3's. '16 Platinum Sony Radio Upgrade, some good info on these boards for upgrades.

Ford f150 platinum 2017 stereo upgrades