380 speaker/amp upgrade

Chris-380

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Jan 20, 2019
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Pontoon Beach IL
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2000 380 Sundancer
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7.4L Horizon w/V drives
My 2000 380 DA is about 2 hours away, and in central Illinois, most winter days are around freezing. So I pick and choose the good days and try to tinker a couple hours when I can.

yesterday, I had a few projects I wanted to work on, one was to replace the 6 kicker 6.5 and 10” sub with JL Audio.

right out of the gate, the port arch speaker was too deep. There is a thickened part of the FG arch for the grab handle on the other side.... starboard side, has a bolt for the Antennae.... I really wanted to NOT use spacers, but I don’t think I should dremmel out the FB or remove one of the 4 bolts either.... so I ordered the spacers. No issue changing the next set out, helm and beer the companionway door. PO installed a set by the Lazarette door. Those were a snap too. Swapped the Sub out, always fun to watch a beached wale half under the seat, change a sub out. Little tight quarters, but really not bad....

I noticed the professional installer that put the current system in used the large battery cable behind the 12/120v electrical cabinet to feed the Amp (kenwood rated at 60x4 at 4 ohms). Planning on running a set of #4 with fuse block etc next trip up, just curious if that was standard, seems Hoosier and I didn’t see a fuse on the wire....

Here is a pick of the speaker covers I am using, I love them!

besides that good day, windy and 40 that’s day. Of course SB sunday is 60 and sunny. I don’t watch the game, but my wife likes me to cook sum good snacks up....
 

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Silly question - what is the purpose of the speaker cover? They look slick...never seen 'em before.
 
Keep the sun off of them mostly, I have 2 at the rear, during the winter I nose in so the rear is in sun all day long. Really, just to get them Out of the elements...
 
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