just did -- thanks so muchI am continually getting parts in and will continue to make these for the community. If you are interested, please send a PM.
I am interested in one. Let me know what they run. TyI am continually getting parts in and will continue to make these for the community. If you are interested, please send a PM.
I have to read them again. Any tricks or tips you learned?I got a special present in the mail from WillB17 today. It worked like a charm. Disconnecting the speaker, however, was challenging and without the instructions on here, I don't think I would have been able to do it.
I crawled back under to take some pictures so hopefully this helps. I did not want to go as far as re-connecting the speaker again because I still have PTSD from yesterday so my apologies:I have to read them again. Any tricks or tips you learned?
PBXL, with your permission I'd like to create instructions based on your post that I can include with the devices I am sending out. Let me know if that's okay with you.I crawled back under to take some pictures so hopefully this helps. I did not want to go as far as re-connecting the speaker again because I still have PTSD from yesterday so my apologies:
1. Here is the general layout underneath the front of the car towards the driver's side. For my Powerboost FX4, the speaker is right over the active air dam and between the frame and a skid plate. I do not know if non-FX4 have the skid plate.
2. The tab you need to press when it is still connected to the speaker is on the opposite side of what you can see, which is the trickiest part. So I ended up using the hooked o-ring pick to pull down on the connector to press the tab, and then I used the flathead screwdriver to lever against the active air dam to pop off the connector. It did not come out slowly for me. It didn't budge and made me regret my life choices, and then all of a sudden it popped off. The rest was all downhill because there was enough slack in the wires where attaching the new device was not even an issue.
I tried a bunch of different tools such as pliers, but these ended up being the only effective ones:
That is totally fine with me!PBXL, with your permission I'd like to create instructions based on your post that I can include with the devices I am sending out. Let me know if that's okay with you.
I was able to easily push down on the tab using a medium sized flathead screwdriver going through the square hole in the "box frame" that you can see in the picture above. Just use another screwdriver levered against the air dam to gently push the plug off the speaker.I crawled back under to take some pictures so hopefully this helps. I did not want to go as far as re-connecting the speaker again because I still have PTSD from yesterday so my apologies:
1. Here is the general layout underneath the front of the car towards the driver's side. For my Powerboost FX4, the speaker is right over the active air dam and between the frame and a skid plate. I do not know if non-FX4 have the skid plate.
Not cheaper if have to buy it from scratch. It's expensive for a decent size sheet. You were just lucky you had a left over piece from a project.Hey all, I just ended up doing a cheaper fix today that's more of a happy medium.
I took about a 4 inch square of 80ml butyl sound deadener I had leftover (Dynamat or similar),
and covered the speaker.
I love it because
1) Windows Up driving < 25 mph - if I'm on quiet road, hybrid is in electric mode, and music + AC off.... I can BARELY hear it.
2) Windows Down driving < 25 mph - I can hear it, which means pedestrians will too, so it still is doing it's job.
Same with backing up - I can hear the beeping just barely windows up, but definitely can windows down (so pedestrians can too)
This is wayyy better than before - where if the windows were up and I went from 26 to 25 mph, it was like my truck started a long descending fart that lasted until I came to a stop.
Just thought I'd share. Costs about 10 cents of material and 5m of your time..