Post Pictures of Your CX-5 Mods, Upgrades and Accessories!

[CycleChris]

Dang cool thread. I’ll get there someday Ya’ll have some kick ass mods. Really want to replace the bose amp and speakers with a dsp system that integrates with the OEM controls. I tried upgrading the speakers and tweeters, used different brands like kicker, infinity reference and powerbass 2 ohm, all sounded terrible. Seems the bose amp does crossover, eq and time alignment. Ended up putting the oe speakers back and just adding the jbl hub sub. I kept the bose sub working, velcroed it to the rubber mat in the cargo. It seems to supply mid bass more than low bass. Really, it’s pretty satisfying just not that super level of clarity and soundstage of those super sound quality systems. Anyone seen or done a cx5 sound quality system with dsp that works with the oem controls?

 

[vrsick]

On my 2024 CX-5, I added insulation where the sub is located. Now , the bass is very boomy. I was hoping for a more sharp solid bass. I now have to lower the bass when listening to music at lower volume.

 

[sm1ke]

On my 2024 CX-5, I added insulation where the sub is located. Now , the bass is very boomy. I was hoping for a more sharp solid bass. I now have to lower the bass when listening to music at lower volume.

On my CX-9, I added some cheap sound deadening material on the sub enclosure, and added poly fill (pillow stuffing) inside the sub. Here's a link to the write up I compiled from other members, with pictures and instructions:

Guide: Thread '2nd Generation CX-9: Bose subwoofer improvement'

Sep 17, 2019

This is a DIY guide that details how to reduce the "muddy" bass from the Bose subwoofer mounted in the spare tire. This fix has been done by many others on this forum (originally jgriffter, followed by PTguy, jmeitz, Zoom49, greggmischenko, and others). I recently did the same mod, and I just thought I'd document and organize it to show how easy it is to do.

This process was photographed by myself, using my cellphone camera, my old DSLR and my 2018 Mazda CX-9 Signature as the "demo" vehicle. While the instructions are written by me, many references will be made to the various posts...

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It really tightens up the bass. Sound is much cleaner. Give it a try!