topic Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers? in Community Spirit

Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

softail-joanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:05:52 GMT

As some of you may know, my car broke down and i opted to get another and send the old one to the bone yard. Nice to now have a working factory stereo, but as i was becoming familar with the tone/fade controls, I notice that there was no sound when i set to only rear speakers, I found the grills behind the seat, took one out and no speaker, i couldn't even find a wire to connect to one, so thinking it never had them, however the apperance of grills is just false advertising, isn't it?

Are there wires back there I am not seeing, or do I have to run them from the dash unit all the way back? I have the old speakers out of the Nova, so have speakers for it, just would like to find the easyest way to wire them up.

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:11:17 GMT

Are they actual metal grills, or just a pattern of perforations in the package tray? My Isuzu Space Cab came sans radio altogether.......I installed a Pioneer am/fm/CD player into it. The front dash had speaker grills, I put speakers in them, and installed Pioneer speakers behind the seats, under the back windows..........Easy-peasy.....

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

softail-joanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:09:20 GMT

There's working door speakers, sound great, for a factory stereo, this thing is awesome. Behind the seats, theres factory looking plastic grills, i removed one with a screwdriver expecting to see a blown speaker and none, then i felt around behind the panel expecting to find a speaker wire, nothing, but i never checked the passenger side yet.

This truck has the factory unit in it with a CD and cassette, Good thing as there are no good radio stations where I am. Too far from Columbus to get QFM96.3.. So I bought some blank CDs and loaded myself down with tunes from the computer.

Thing works now on the door speakers, I'd like to have rear speakers too, but don't want to go messing around with the dash unit and mess something up and have no music at all. The radio has a fade from front to back, so i'm thinking the wires have to be there somewhere in the back, without having to pull out the dash unit and run new ones.

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:38:29 GMT

What year is your new ride?

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

softail-joanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 05:11:57 GMT

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 05:49:19 GMT

This video will show you how to remove your radio to access the speaker harness, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUkasQT74Q

You'll have to feed wiring for the rear speakers under the carpet and door sill, then slip it up the rear panel to the speaker openings.

You'll have to go to a car stereo store to obtain a four-speaker harness, or it may well be that the harness is already installed, and you simply have to hook up the new wiring.

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

softail-joanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:47:06 GMT

You'll have to feed wiring for the rear speakers under the carpet and door sill, then slip it up the rear panel to the speaker openings.

i wish it did have carpet, its rubber though. if i have to tear into the dash and run wires, i may as well install a dash unit that can read SD cards and has RCAs so i can run an amp and subs... just kidding, but i am gonna look again for already existing wires before running my own.

Thanks 4 the video.

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:22:46 GMT

I've never figured out the logic of sticking an amp and woofers into any car, let alone a pickup.....unless one's goal is to irritate the neighbors.......

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

iapetus_rocks — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:00:47 GMT

I wonder how many of those people who stick an amp and woofers into their car also invest a little money into a quiet exhaust system so that they can hear their music better, 😉

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:18:24 GMT

Ah........the sound of 450 horses exhausting through a pair of Turbo mufflers was always music to my ears.........

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

iapetus_rocks — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:23:13 GMT

Perhaps if you attatch a microphone to your mufflers and then feed it back into your amp?

Re: Is Ford putting dummy speaker grills in their Rangers?

softail-joanie — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:11:31 GMT

I've never figured out the logic of sticking an amp and woofers into any car, let alone a pickup.....unless one's goal is to irritate the neighbors

Lol, thats not my goal. I knew a kid who managed to get the frequency down so low, the neighbors couldn't hear the sound on some parts of some songs, would not register with human hearing. but they sure would feel it from inside their homes as he drove past. many would mistake it for a clap of thunder.. I used to love sitting in his car and just feel the bass. It was the weirdest sensation. He had a crossover and could eliminate anything higher than 15 hrtz. but at that setting most of the music never made it to the speakers, only the really low notes. Then with all that power driving it, when a note did finally come through, you knew it big time.

As far as mine goes, I made some progress in finding out some things. The Ranger was made for door speakers only, Someone who had the truck before me put a stereo from a windstar in it. Theres a place for another plug, but no harness in the dash to match it.

The experts say (men at Autozone) that if i want rear speakers to work, i have to buy a new aftermarket stereo, the adapter plate, the harness plug, and a bunch of speaker wire or RCAs depending on if i gonna run an amp. but i suspect that a trip to a junkyard, a knife, and some quality time with a Ford Windstar, and i'll figure out how to get rear sound on the factory radio. But it really sounds ok with just the door speakers, Just hate to let those speakers I already modified to fit behind the seats go to waste.