Don’t buy a hideaway!! Tech support just told me these only last a couple years, and most only last a couple weeks!

for my 17 forester XT i installed a sound ordnance under seat 8" woofer, but way less work than what you did. No taking off the passenger seat and no removing the headunit. i ran the remote turn on wire and fuse tapped it into the interior fuse box. the rca i connected to scosche loc80 which then posi tapped into the front passenger speaker wire, the power wire i ran through a rubber grommet throught the firewall to the battery. i'm trading in my xt for a 24 wilderness, so i'm going to repeat this exact process again.

I am about to get this installed in my Crosstrek! I am also keeping the stock stereo. As we all know, the stock system is ass and rolls off around volume 22. When keeping the stock headunit, will this also cause the subwoofer to roll off at that point? Or will it get louder past that point since it has an amplifier?

If your married, I’m willing to bet $20,000 that it’s not a happy marriage

9/8 of an inch. Lol.

Looks like those dash speakers are 3ohm and the front doors are 3+1 Ohms. So if you've replaced stock ones 6Ohm in the dash and 4Ohm front you'll change the impedance to 1.7Ohm instead of factory 2.4Ohm (parallel connection). So I wonder whether this over time have not caused any issues to your HU because of the overdriving?

Hey so I got a 2020 Subaru forester base model and it only has the stock 4 speakers and quite frankly, I like them! So I was wondering since my Subaru has the openings and the plugs for the front dashboard speakers, can I simply “plug and play” then with the single plug? Or do I need to connect it to other wires? I only see the main plug that connects to the speaker lol (also I’d be buying the OEM dashboard tweeters since I found them for a great price)

Good video, where did you connect the blue wire to? Im trying to install the same subwoofer ro my rav4, thank you

did you get the signal from the rear speaker or the front Bro? which one is better for it?

Great video. This really brings back some memories from when I installed my Kicker Hideaway in my Crosstrek. I mounted mine to the back of the back of one of the fold down seats but I'm at a point where I think it would be better under the front passenger seat.

Okay ive watched this video over and over now. From the wiring diagrams I looked it, it looks like you've connected your Signal wire to the Right Front + wire on the harness. I cannot comprehend anything else. All the pinouts ive looked at shows that you've tapped into Right Front +, not a 12v signal. But it works in your video and I just dont understand how

Cool video man. Btw, I saw on one of your comments that you installed an underseat sub. Did you connect it directly to the factory amp?

Best video I can find to show how the front tweeters are setup. Thank you

Thanks so much for the video, I have a 2019 Forester non-sport ill probably be doing this to. But bro dont be dissing lady gaga...

Thank you! You made my Forester a better version of its self. And I also used Crutchfield.

does this work for the 2022 Forester? Thanks!

I know this video is old but just got a 2021 Forester due to unforeseen circumstances with my 2016 Forester (some one hit it and parts were on back order until at least next year). I just upgraded the dash, front, and rear stock speakers with JBL club speakers 3.5, 6.5, & 6x9s and it makes a huge difference over stock. I referenced your video to do the upgrade and can’t thank you enough for how thorough you were with the steps. Thank you and best of luck with life’s endeavors✌️

Hey man, Do you need to tap into 2 speakers or just one?

Cool beans!!!!

Why didn't you just connect to your rear speakers at the door ?

Please tell, what brand and model of your speakers, how do they sound compared to regular?

I just replaced my HK speakers in my 2019 Forester with the same set you used. The front door speaks sound like they are bass only. Like there is a crossover or something. Is this normal?

Hello everyone. Thank you for this video with all explainations to correctly make the upgrade. It is very easy to Make this work on the Doors. WE will See what is done on the dashboard. Take care. Grettings from Swiss.

Subaru and many other manufacturers have a bass roll off on the rear speakers, thats why you always tap in the front speakers! Soldering is always a must for a good connection, the power wire should have been pulled from the battery to the interior so you don’t need to cut and solder it again! Most important, an underseat sub should be firmly attached in the car to get the best bass output .

So you now have a total of 6 tweeters ? You must like highs 😂 Also installing a speaker with only 3 screws is an absolute no go. The most important is the install, rather buy cheaper speakers installed well, it will sound better. And 2 tweeters are more then enough in any system.

I will be doing the same thing as you did. Should I put bass blockers with the front and back door speakers? It'll be a bass blocker at 85hz or 100hz.

Excellent vid! I will be changing out my rear speakers of my 2019 Subu. I had all four front speakers replace along with a 50W amplifier and sub-woofer professionally installed. The rear I shall do myself!

Was changing the speakers worth it? (Without amplifying)

Not sure what adapters you used on the front but the included ones I received from Crutchfield allowed all 4 mounting bolts to be lined up. Also added the Stinger fast ring kits to help with funneling the sound. Your video was a huge help, thank you. Made a huge difference in sound quality.

Hi! Nice job. I would like to install my Bazooka sub BTA10100. I have the Bazooka Fast-btah. I have to remove the radio, but I don't know which wire to connect to. Would you have a solution?

Hi! Nice job. I would like to install my Bazooka sub BTA10100. I have the Bazooka Fast-btah. I have to remove the radio, but I don't know which wire to connect to. Would you have a solution?

Thank you for this video! I also contacted Crutchfield and was recommended the same front and rear door speakers. I was curious if you needed to install/replace the stock amp? I have the 2019 Forester without HK (8" screen) and they still had me buy the Kenwood KAC-M1814 amp. Any thoughts on if this is necessary or would make a difference?

Curious are those full leather seats? Was that was an option from Subaru?

Excellent, what was the sound quality in comparison to stock, did i miss if you added an amplifier at all? Thanks for the video, will be very helpful. I have never seen a tool like that which you used on the tweets.

The rear channel supposedly has a lower frequency roll off (from 300Hz down) with increased volume from the head unit. I've read that it's better to tap into the front speakers lines (LF- pink, LF+ violet, RF- light green, RF+ blue) as they have full frequencies output.

What song did you play?

Metra 72-8110 is the wire harness you need for the dash speakers, else Red Wolf makes a wire harness that works too. Worked on my 2018 Subaru Outback.

Anyone know of a diagram for the 2020 forester speaker wire colors on a factory radio?

For my rear left and right speakers, the wires are pink and violet. Do you know which one is the positive and which one is the negative? I am not using a harness so want to make sure I don't mess up the polarity. My car is 2021 Forester. Thanks.

did you connect the blue antenna wire from the sub? according to kicker it shows not needed when you tap in to the speakers wires coming from the radio

Very cool. It looked like there was a bracket in there for the 6x9. Would a 6.5 also fit?

Awesome, really great video!! I assume for a 2019 wrx the install would be pretty similar?

Seriously great how to video man. You get good shots and do a good job explaining what's going on. Especially appreciate the well lit and focused visualisation.

Thanks for posting this video, I will be replacing speakers in my crosstrek, which has the Harman Kardon setup, is there any reason other than cost you went with 3 Coaxial sets vs 2 Component sets? I would expect a bit more improvement using component speakers either form JL Audio, and others or some drop ins (on the front you can use the FOCAL ISTOY 690 for Toyota which comes with Tweeter and 6x9 that are nearly drop in for Subaru, no Metra Plugs/Adapter bracket kits needed. FOCAL also make some for the rear doors FOCAL ISTOY 165 or just a FOCAL coaxial. There is also a better sound deadening material form NOICO that is heavier weight than Dynamat. It worked great on my WRX when I did it. I tried it with my factory speakers and upgraded speakers and it helped the factory setup as well, better bass less road noise. How did you find the final system with the Sub compared to the original in terms of sound quality and bass, do you think it is now better than a factory H-K system?

Thanks for making this video, i may do this on my 2018 Crosstrek

What screws did you use to attach the speaker to the bracket? I think I'm going to get some different screw than what came with the speakers.

HI, were did you conect the signal wire foor the amp to actived......thanks

Thanks for the video. I Have the 2021 Crosstrek Outdoor Ed. and it has the same set up with the 8" screen and 6x9's up front with the 6.5's in the rear door and tweeters up top. I started the swap of the rear door speakers and got one done and put it all back together and to be totally honest....the factory speakers actually sounded better. I had the proper adapter for the door and also had foam speaker baffles and the new speakers ( 60w RMS MTX coaxial Terminators) sounded tinny and under powered. I was hoping the stock stereo would be putting out more power than it was. I am going to just leave the stock speakers in the car and add a Cerwin Vega Spare Tire sub and see if that is good enough for me. Thing that sucks is that I really cant figure out why the stock speakers sound better than aftermarket ones. Did you notice an actual difference swapping all the speakers out? Its hard for my brain to make sense of swapping speakers and it sounding better when the stereo is the thing that sends the power and if the speaker needs more power than you can send then you will be under powering that new speaker whereas the oem factory one is designed for that specific power output. Sorry for the essay but I guess in short, Im just curious if in the end you are happier with the new speakers or if the OEM set up actually sounded better overall ( at low, mid and high volumes). Thanks for your time.