Kicker speaker issue

[john151ama]

yes. no bass and sounds like a 1930's mic. Maybe the soundtrack to O' Brother Where Art Thou would sound fitting on this system. Curious if anyone has swapped out the speakers or found a way to beef up the system.

There are several build posts on here about kicker system upgrades. The amp is good, but speakers suck and the tailgate is a tin can. I lined the inside of the tailgate with rubber sound deadening sheets, and replaced the speakers with Polk Audio. Marine grade speakers that sound much better and give some bass as well.

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Sharing a recommendation for those that don’t have the kicker tailgate system but want the same functionality and better sound for $100. My AT4X came with the system but I have had to change it to meet my needs. I removed auto on tilt switch, added sound deadening inside, added speaker baffles...

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[john151ama]

Yes. No bass and sounds like a 1930's mic. Maybe the soundtrack to O' Brother Where Art Thou would sound fitting on this system. Curious if anyone has swapped out the speakers or found a way to beef up the system.

Here are photos of the replaced speakers

 

[phobby]

It’s the cheap tilt switch in the tailgate. If you want it to work the same. A $10 bilge pump float switch from Walmart is a lot more reliable and weather proof.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

I’ve noticed my kicker tailgate speaker has been turning on while the tailgate is up here recently. My phone had been connecting to it while driving down the road.
I’m guessing the auto sensing switch in it is bad.
Anyone had this issue? Thinking of just cutting the power wire in it and hooking up a power switch just so it doesn’t turn on and I don’t know it and drain my battery.

Turn off its (tailgat unit) Bluetooth. Step it into aux and the problem goes away.