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Is anyone running Kicker 40CS354 on the stock system? Im tempted to buy them, but worried about power and resistance.
 

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Do you have the Alpine system or base system?


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Do you have the Alpine system or base system?


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Base, i decieded to buy it anyways because i hate my HU, so if it ends up burning out its an excuse to put a new one in
 

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Base, i decieded to buy it anyways because i hate my HU, so if it ends up burning out its an excuse to put a new one in



I initially replaced all my speakers with the Kicker CS line (3.5 in the dash, 6.5 in the doors and 6x9 in the rear)...all ran off a Pioneer HU. The 3.5 made the most difference. Exponentially better than the stock speakers.

A few months later I swapped all the Kickers out with JL Audio C2 (same size and placement). I prefer the JL Audio C2 over the Kicker CS. Also matched the JL Audio 12 in PowerWedge I threw behind the seat.

Even though I like the JL Audio C2 speakers over the Kickers...the Kicker CS are still a great upgrade to the stock speakers.


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I also ordered a URAM to get my center consol back


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I also ordered a URAM to get my center consol back


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Let me know if it works...I'd definitely like to get the factory USB active again.


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I was thinking of getting these same speakers, but I have the alpine sound system...will they still work ok?
 

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Best to find 2 ohm 3.5's, check Crutchfield.com
 

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Best to find 2 ohm 3.5's, check Crutchfield.com

Great, thanks! I finally figured out where to see that on crutchfield, so now I can find some that will work. I appreciate it :happy107:

*EDIT* Actually, somewhere else people were saying that for the dash corner speakers 4 ohms is ok to run. Having a very hard time finding 2 ohm speakers that size but I will keep looking I suppose
 

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You can use them, but they will get not near the power as the similar 2 ohm.
 
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So the speakers are in aswell as the URAM... im having clipping issues through ipod... Same issues i was having with the base system and these speakers in. SXM doesnt clip, so it makes me think that the media hub in the center console is causing interference with the IPOD signal
 

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So the speakers are in aswell as the URAM... im having clipping issues through ipod... Same issues i was having with the base system and these speakers in. SXM doesnt clip, so it makes me think that the media hub in the center console is causing interference with the IPOD signal
Have you tried a different USB for the ipod

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Have you tried a different USB for the ipod

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Different Ipod/iPhone, different cords. My Ipod Ipod, sounds better than my iPhone. Some cords don't even work, some do...

I got 3 ipods including the ipod, and 5 cords...
 
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