Select Increments Stealth-Pod - Manual (Page 4)

2003-2006 TJ Wrangler:
Your tailgate looks like this:
The close-up photo below has three black squares representing the approximate positions that the knob pieces for the
hangers will install and where the rubber bumper rests:
Make sure the pod is far enough
to the right that it is not touching
this piece in any way.
You should be using a bridgeable 2-channel amplifier to power the Stealth-Pod. After you have mounted your amplifier
in a place of your choosing and have ran all wires and ran the RCA lines from the back of the radio to it, run the positive
and negative speaker wires (in bridged mode) out of the amplifier, under the carpet, and back to the Stealth-Pod. Be
sure to leave enough extra wire where the Stealth-Pod mounts so there’s no tension when you fully swing open the
tailgate with the pod installed. Remove some of the insulation at the end of the wires and run them in to the supplied
banana plug, making sure to connect the negative wire to the side of the plug with the tiny tab on it that says GRD and the
positive wire to the other side. Using a small flathead screwdriver, tighten the screws in the banana plug to hold the wires
in place. Now, all you have to do is plug it in to the terminal cup on the side of the pod, making sure that you’re
connecting positive to positive and negative to negative. Please make sure to do this every time you plug in the pod.
If you have properly wired the terminal cup, the black terminal should connect to the GRD side of the plug. Next, it’s time
to fine-tune your subwoofer. This may take several adjustments, listening to a variety of music and finding the best
overall settings on your amplifier and radio for bass, treble, etc. You may also want to test and adjust after driving the
vehicle with the top down!
First, you want to find the exact point to mount the knobs. The magic number is 8
”, which is the distance you want from
the center of one knob to the center of the other knob when they’re installed on the tailgate. First, by using the photo
above along with a pair of 1” square pieces of masking tape that both have a dot in the exact center, lightly put the tape
squares on the tailgate where the center of the knob pieces should install, making sure that the centers of the tape pieces
are 8

” apart. Now, put the knobs in the hangers and hold the pod up to the tailgate and find its ‘final installed’ position
by checking for clearance with you hard or soft top AND making sure that the pod and it’s handle swing out uninterrupted
when you open the tailgate with your hard or soft-top on. Make sure the pod’s rubber feet will clear the vehicle floor.
Also, make sure the wire plug isn’t jammed up against the wheel-well when the gate is closed. The lower bumper on the
pod should rest just below the indent in the metal. Next, adjust the tape pieces as necessary (this may take several
attempts until you get the tape squares position correctly). Make sure that, not only the knob centers are 8

” apart, but
also that the tape squares are going to be level with each other vertically. (You don’t have to mark where the lower rubber
bumper rests). Once you are sure that the tape squares are exactly where they need to be to install the knobs, place one
knob on top one of the masking tape squares as accurately as possible. Now, put a pencil in each of the screw holes and
mark on the tape where the four screw holes are located. Put the knob aside. You’re going to drill next, but you may want
to use a pick or even a nail and hammer, and, with pinpoint accuracy, strike where the center of the screws will go so your
drill bit has an indent to start in and doesn’t wander. Now, drill out the four holes with the 3/32” drill bit, taking care to not
drill through the outer side of the tailgate! Repeat the process for the other knob. Next, remove what’s left of the tape.
Now use the eight included smaller #4 screws and, with the rubber gasket between the knob base and the tailgate, screw
one knob into place by hand so you can feel the tension; make sure it’s tight, but don’t crack the plastic! Repeat the
process for the other knob. If you haven’t already, you’ll screw the subwoofer into the pod (with the foam gasket between
the sub and the pod) and making sure that the small length of included speaker wire has the positive (pos.+) of the
subwoofer connected to the positive (pos.+) of the terminal cup and the negative (neg.-) of the subwoofer connected to the
negative (neg.-) of the terminal cup on the side of the pod. Use the included crimp connectors to clip the wires to the cup.
Now you’re ready to slide the Stealth-Pod onto its hangers. The pod should slide relatively easily on and off the knobs.
Hopefully you’ve got everything lined up just the way it should be!
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