Sharing the 29 OL upgrades
 

Hey guys. Just thought I would share the upgrades with you. I am ready for the water!!!!!

2 Polk 10" subs
4 Polk 6.5"
1100 watt Amp
Mounted GPS
New Optima marine batteries
On-board 2bank battery charger
17" flat screen TV w/DVD player
Painted wind screen from back side.

Livorsi Momo steering wheel going on tonight. I will post pics of that tomorrow...I will post the listed stuff now.

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Very nice!

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I will take pics of the new steering wheel tonight. Also forgot the 1500 watt inverter, spare tire and cover, and Baja stickers on trailer...

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I put the new wheel on last night. Pics are kinda poor, but it shows the wheel.

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Nice job.

The boat looks GREAT!

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Thanks Dock! I loved your thread by the way, your boat looks great!

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Nice. Glad the TV worked out for you. Hope I helped in some way.
I need to get some more subs in mine. 2-10" runnig 400 watts each is just not enough.
Where did you end up putting the amps?
1/2 of the pictures on my end are not showing up.

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Jason,
Yes, you did help. Thank you.
I left the original clarion amp in the port side closet. It drives the 6 speakers (4 6.5 polks in the cockpit and 2 6.5 clarions in the cuddy) and then I bought a 1100 watt Memphis marine amp ($$$) that drives just the Polk subs. I mounted it under the rear bench. I can adjust the bass power separate from the other speakers this way. I am very pleased with the performance.

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BlewbyYou,
Did the boat come with the round table or add on by you.
I like it.
I think that would work out when pinic'ng.
Upgrades look sweet!!!
Dennis

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Bowtye8,
Table came in the boat...I believe it is from the factory. It is pretty nice to have at times and then you can remove it whenever you need the room. You may be able to order it from Baja or I think you can even get different styles out of overtons.

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How did you wire the amp. You use the second set of RCA's off teh amp and the others went to teh closet amp for the 6.5's??
I am getting ready to mount my subs this weekend. Why didnt you space the subs father apart? What did you use to cut the circle.. SawZaw or Jig saw?

Thanks
Dennis

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Dennis,
Correct, I used the second set of cables that came off the head unit to go to the amp that drives the subs. And actually I mis stated the wiring on the 6.5's...the 4 in the cockpit are driven by the sub in the closet and the 2 speakers in the cuddy are direct off of the head unit. I think all the Baja factory stereos are wired this way.(my 25 OL was same)
As far as the sub location...that is where they fit for me. The amp is mounted on the same surface so that dictated the spaceing from the side. I had a friend that installs stereos for a living tell me that the spacing wouldn't make much difference in performance with the bench seat set-up.
I cut the holes with a sawzaw. not to bad. I drilled a few holes around the inside edge of the circle I marked, to relieve the cut every so often. Total install was probably 3 to 4 hours. What subs did you go with?

Good luck! Post some pics when you get it done

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Thanks for all the info. I hooked up a few car stereos in my day. But trying todo this right the first time :drink:

I went with Kicker CVR10. Comp VR series. They are marine ready so should stand up to the salt water environment....I hope.

Still have to purchase the 6.5's Liking the polk 6.5 series you
have.

I would like to put my amp in the same place as your . Easier wiring . Pwr right there. Just run some RCA's from the radio to the bench area. My amp in not marine ready. Older Kenwood. May get destroyed in that area. Wet etc.. from washing.
Dennis

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Where do you store it when its not in place/upright?
Thanks.

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I would think it would fit in one of the closets. The pole under one of the seats. Good question

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Bowtye8: How do you like that 03 29 OL? What motors? Handle chop well? 2 footers at most. I boat on freshwater lakes in TX.

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I used a Roto Zip. gives you a cleaner edge

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How does your system really sound?
I just finished my sub install. The free air subs dont seems to hit that hard.

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What free airs did you install? I have a friend who put in 4 10" JL's & they POUND! I'm going to put in 4 in my 29 somewhere? I just need to find somewhere to put them.

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I installed 2 Kicker 10" CVX subs. Quality subs just seems not to be teh right amp. I will use that amp to power 4 polk 6.5's in the cockpit and then get another amp for the subs. What amp you running for your subs?

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MTX 1600 watts, I forget the model number. It is designed for the 7500 series speakers. I run 7510 subs thet are 400 rms 800 max each.

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Hey Jason I'm also at MWBP. It looks like you are using alot of MTX stuff. I am interested in the 6.5s from MTX have you heard them? What do you think? I am glad to hear the JL's do nice in freeair. I am installing two of those in the Envision. For amps do you need to use marine grade amps? I like jl audio marine amps, and mtx nonmarine...the marine ones seem low on power. I also like the Kicker 3 and 5 channel amps.

I've seen the pictures of your boat of the various speakers and I'm impressed.

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Thanks!
I did not use marine amps because my boat does not get wet inside & even if it did they are tucked under cover so they shouldn't get wet.
I have heard the 6.5's & I will probably have some for my boat before summer gets here if this Whipple project doesn't get out of hand :rolleyes: ....like that hasn't happened already!

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