Removing the soundbar completely took me 10 mins, and saved me a crooked neck. Thanks!

Just did the polyfill and it sounds a million times better. Now the only noise is coming from the light in the sound bar and the bar hitting the roll cage. Definitely worth $4 and 10 minutes of work

ahh factory integration improvements, i like that. good work as always !

Thanks for the video. I just did this for my 2014 JK soundbar. I used the Mopar Kicker coaxials ($60) and the difference over stock is striking. Factory soundbar speakers are total junk.

Thanks... I'm upgrading my sound bar in my Jeep very soon as well. Can't wait to hear the difference

This is so cool. I don't own a jeep but any vechile I've been in.. the speakers in the bar always sound tinny and shallow. Neat af

Very cool, I did one early in the summer did not do as much as you but that looked much easier than what I was going.. Keep it up man.!

Just bought a 2017 Willy's and used your techniques for my soundbar re-cable. thanks man!!

So even with the camera mic the bass response sounded fantastic!

I really like your string trick... I tried to use it when I did my speakers last week on my 2017 Wrangler JK. I say tried because my wire harness in the sound bar had rubber grommets between the speaker holes and the interior of the sound bar. Additionally the center section of my Jeep's sound bar seems to be filled with some sort of foam. I spent several hours attempting to use a coat hanger to fish string through the bar so that I could pull the wires; I finally gave up and cut the grommet apart on one end so that I could get the wires pulled. Once I did that the rest of the speaker install was fairly easy; I left the factory harness in place, along with the factory tweeters in the sound bar (disconnected) for about the same reason you did. I re-watched the video just now and it looks like your speaker bar is different from mine, (different year?) so I take back all of the things I said during my struggle with the speaker bar :)

I'd kill to work on my car with this guy.

Ha ha - Thats what she said! Love it. A great how to video. Well done. I like how you take care to get everything just right. I'll certianly have a crack at this myself for sure. Having that nice big flat space must really help.

Thanks dude! I am gonna use this video as guidance as when I swap out the sound bar speakers on my Wrangler. Keep up the awesome work.

That string trick is awesome, I will be using daily at work. Thank You Mark

I slammed it buddy! Thank you for your teaching skills!

yea we all need audio nivana sometimes.. nice vid..

What a great channel :) keep it up man!

Nice stuff! :D

HA, I caught that quick joke you threw in there. Well played, sir! Haha

I just put 4 PPS4-8's in my SoundBar with Fosgate's 1" PPS Tweeters and 2 Jl 10w3v3-4s. Now I gotta do this

Nice awesome set up great job

You are good man! Awesome job

I liked and subbed bcz you said “that’s what she said” lmao

I did this to my sound bar in my aging TJ. It went from a sound similar to what a tablet may have to a sound similar to a higher end television, which is vastly superior to the tablet-like sound. It will likely never have a premium bass sound with screeching treble and rich mid tones. But it is much, much, better. My aging TJ has the soft top and the soft doors so there is only so much that can be done with an open type vehicle. But I did not get a vintage Jeep for a car-like experience. I am taking the bad with the good. But this method made the bad, only slightly bad instead of annoyingly bad.

You had me at, "That's what she said!"

Rockfords stuff looks awesome, bass output was on point

My issue is my Jeep dome light vibrates. Trying to see if maybe some sound proof material used like a gasket would work. Great Video!

I wish you showed how you tied in the new wired harness into the radio for us amateurs.

Clean install clean vid 👍🏿

Love this video. Looking hard at a new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. 2-door. Not a whole lot of room to work with. But I want to stay with the factory locations. I will be using either Focal or Morel speakers if possible.

I replaced the soundbar in my 2014 wrangler with the 2015 sound bar because it had extra speaker holes which I used to mount the tweeters by making a bracket because I put component speaker in it.. Also, I removed the stock connector and ordered a Nomex connector that had the proper number of positions so I could run all the wires for the speakers and light and used the stock connector grommet by using a heat gun to remove the black epoxy they filled it with. Looks stock and it's easily removable like the stock one, just remove the electrical plug and the bolts and the whole thing comes down.

Wow nice job

I just put Addictive Audio 6 5 in. Carbon fiber in my soundbar. It's deadened, insulated, and uses an inch and a half spacers so no need for cutting. It rocks hard and clean

I didn't have poly-fill, so I used pillow stuffing. Lol. I installed JBL GX602's. I'm interested to hear the difference with the Dynamat. Doing my gf's Jeep next week with JBL GX600C components front and back, since the 2015 Wrangler uses components in the soundbar as well.

I have actually followed this channel and build for years but I finally had time and money to do it right. But I was wondering if you did any sound deadening or mods to the knee panel enclosures?

thanks Mark

Damn I wish they had those products here in South Africa. I love those template stencils you use.

really liked the rta footage. maybe do a before and after next time

sound skin or dynamat which is the better for sound treatment

I love ur videos to bits ☺️👍🏻

Advice I wanted to hear!

Bad ass bro!

"That's what she said" Hell ya

I haven't done a car stereo since like 2002. I see Rockford is still around lol

@CarAudioFabrication Great Video ! One thing other videos talk about but you didn't mention is polarity of the speakers. I was hoping even though it does not pertain to this video you could help me out since you have the experience. I have a 2022 JTRD with the upgraded 8.4 Alpine system. So I have a total of 9 speakers including the sub. 4 speakers up front (2 top dash / 2 knee panels) and 4 speakers in the rear sound bar (2 - 3/1/2" and 2 - 4"). I do not have the high tech equipment like a professional shop, so I used my cell phone and a multimeter to do my testing. My question is mainly referring to the sound bar... but here is the deal: There have been several instances where the wiring diagrams(posted on the Gladiator forum) and the +/- or polarities have been reversed from the factory , so I wanted to test and double check mine. First I checked the front two(2) upper dash speakers with my multimeter and determined my +/- wires were opposite of the OEM wiring diagram. For the left, Grey/Orange - (Neg) and Grey/Yellow +(Pos). For the right, Grey/Dark Green -(Neg) and Grey/Light green +(Pos). Once I connected the speakers, I then used my cell phone app for Android (Polarity Checker) to double check my multimeter reading. When doing this, both upper dash and lower knee panel speakers "POPPED" green. So from these results, I am assuming I have all of the positive speaker wires coming from the head unit(AMP) connected to the proper positive terminal of the speaker. ****This is where my question/request comes in.....***** Since you have or most likely will work on other Gladiators/Wranglers with the 8.4 system or the next time you do, maybe check and verify for me.(PLEASE) I know in general, you want all of your speakers to be the same polarity, either all "POPPING" green or all popping red, but from my understanding(which is limited on the subject) I read there are some instances where you want your speakers to have opposite polarities, such as if when the speakers are inside the same enclosure . I read it could also be caused when using a crossover. I wasn't sure if this was 100% true... I haven't upgraded my soundbar yet, but before I did, I wanted to check their polarity. Testing using ONLY the cell phone app....... the two smaller 3-1/2" speakers (on the outside of each end of the sound bar "popped" red and the two inner 4" speakers "popped" green. I was wondering if since one of the 3-1/2" and one of the 4" speakers share the same pod, are they wired this way on purpose from the factory ? Thus, making the 4" push , while the smaller 3-1/2" pulls..... working together... maybe more efficient ? Or Should both be wired the same (making all 4 of the sound bar speakers function the same and "pop" green) and then ultimately, making all 8 speakers pop green together ? ... I plan on updating the rear soundbar speakers and want to make sure I have them wired correctly when I do. Hopefully I didn't make this more confusing than necessary, any help would be greatly appreciated.

@caraudiofabrication I love your work. Im doing a very similar install on my Jeep, however I've decided to use a nexus tablet as a head unit. I'm looking for a good way to have the audio transferred over to my amp to reduce the wiring. Do you recommend Bluetooth audio? Are you interested in creating a nice system using a nexus tablet as head unit, And modifying such to integrate fully with a new audio install in the future?

have you ever made a "blow through" box for a single cab truck? where the box is in the truck bed and the port leads into the cabin..

You guys need to find an application for sound bars in a regular cars or trucks. I am planning on putting in a 6 speaker sound bar mounted to my headliner in my 1996 Ford Explorer XLT. I believe if you design and sell similar sound bars money could be made!

I was looking for that green tesa tape you use for tracing things out. Do you have a direct link to it? Also just want to say thanks for all you do. Have helped me a lot!

I'm gonna do mine. I'll have to figure out which is positive and negative

@CarAudioFabrication when We gonna get the next video with the speaker connection?

nice one.

Hi, im looking to do an upgrade to my soundbar as well, i already installed JBL speakers in the stock locations but im considering going to 6x9 speakers and making my own custom soundbar, would this process be possible and if so, what materials should i use to construct the soundbar? Thank you for the great video.

Nice video Mark. I have a 2016 wrangler with the sound bar that has the 6.5" and tweeter combo. I added a stronger 4ch amp so I want to run the 14ga speaker wire to each sound bar location, not using the factory wiring. Is there an easy way you've found to get the larger speaker wire inside the enclosure without simply drilling into it and still keeping it water tight?

and this works well with the stock intergrated amplifer :) ?

Where did you connect the new speaker wires you ran through the grommet??

What do you suggest for sub placement underseat,tailgate,hidden compartment in trunk,or against backseat just for a nice full bass sound.

Why did you use larger wire? Does it really matter?

do you prefer sound skin or second skin? I want to know which would be better for my doors and trunk.

Awesome, glad to see you implemented my suggestion for showing an audio clip after you were done the build! Another great video!

Does poly fill really help that much

i have a 2011 ram with the Alpine upgrade, i have 2 10 ' s running off the factory amp sounds pretty good but want more bass , how can i add an amp to the factory unit ,and its powered at 2 ohms

Hey what im just starting out i was wondering what router and router table is good but not to pricey

So where does he end up running the new speaker wires to?

Your videos have helped me out tremendously! I have a 15 Wrangler and doing the same project with Phoenix Gold Coaxials. My soundbar is totally different at the speakers though.

“That’s what she said.” 🐐

Any recommendations on what to do to get the light fixture on the Jeep wrangler soundbad to stop buzzing? I noticed it rattles around the 100hz range too

Hi, do you sell the custom speaker adapters?

@CarAudioFabrication Should I get the Alpine Premium or purchase aftermarket in a 2018?

What are your thoughts on the Clarion brand?

You may have done this or answered it already. I couldn't find it if you did. But how do the all in one amp/subwoofer perform? I have a truck and I use the rear underwear storage for just that. So the only place I'd really have room for anything is under the jumpseat on the front bench seat of my truck. I haven't been able to find a video that really helps or shows how they perform. Mostly people recording stuff on their cellphones.

hello i have a 2014 street glide the front spakers have their own pods and i added 2 rear pods how much polyfill do you recomend for it its gets very scratchy with bass i have after market 300 watt x4 rockford amp and 4 rockford punch speakers

I just need you to take my jeep and play with it as much as you want!!!😩

i have extremely nice speakers in my jeep out of my old truck. when the bass hits u can hear the sound bar rattling so i need to try this ASAP

hey Mark how to make 4 12"s woofer box

Hi, have you ever done any work on a 2004 explorer or mountaineer?

What size speaker wire did you use? Jeepmama here and need to learn. Thanks for your video. I subscribed xoxo

I don’t see the link you mentioned about adapting the material on the soundbar enclosures for installing the new speakers: flat Poly propylene?

Okay, just about LMAO at the, "that's what she said"!!!

@CarAudioFabrication Would installing the sound deadening material and the polyfill with the stock speakers make much of a difference in your opinion? I would like to try this on my JL, but not wanting to replace the base speakers just yet... ????

I never seen a soundbar like this before

So, where did you hook up the new wire that you ran on the outside of the box? I'm about to upgrade my speakers and would like to do this exact method. Thanks in advance.

Do you sell Jeep Jk sound bars already made? I’d definitely buy one

Did this jeep have the stock infinity system?

Do these fit on 2017 Wrangler Sahara?

Im wanting to install marine kicker 6.5 how much would you charge for a set of those adapters you made?

Where can I buy closed cell foam?

How to upgrade existing sound system? What are the things to add for better sound quality ? Do you recommend change of speakers ? I have Jeep Compass 4×4 limited Option. Pl help.

Time for some acoustic panels on the ceiling of the garage. It'll get rid of the echo chamber effect during filming.

still don't know how a 4 channel Amp pushes a 6 speaker interior on a jeep. what's pushing the front 3.5s?

nebylo by snažší a lepší to vystříkat nějakým vytlumením? jinak pěkná práce ;)

'That's what she said' 😂

Isn’t laying sound skin/ Kilmat useless in a Jeep??

Would I get more vibration with the polyfill? If they hit harder with that. Would the dynomat stuff work better?

Excuse me mark what is bueatal rope?

I have a question? When you installed the coaxial speakers, did you disconnect the factory tweeter? Because there’s tweeters in the front and tweeters in the sound bar I was planning on just putting 6 1/2 inch Fosgate subs in the rear sound bar and coaxial‘s in the front or 6 1/2 subwoofers in the front also, so do the tweeters need to be disconnected or can they stay connected?

i just subscribed, so i dont know what u got, but do u have any tips for poor hillbilly kids without money? how kan we make loud and not too horrible music when we dont have money?

Do you not still have factory wiring from the head unit or amplifier? What is the point of just upgrading a 4 foot piece?

Pretty overkill with that speaker wire gauge? xD

Can I just send in my Jeep Wrangler sound bar and you do this for me?