Typetwelve
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They are easy to install, and the connections are dummy proof with a supplied factory harness adapter.
I swapped mine out with the Kicker set Friday and although I'm happy with them, I'm also a bit irritated.
Almost all car audio is 4ohm impedance. Apparently, at least for the dash drivers, factory is 8ohm. This manifests itself as the new speakers getting more juice from the head unit (or amp...I'm not sure how the 5.0 system delivers it's power). They will immediatly out power the rest of the speakers.
I had to manipulate the fade more towards the rear in order to get them to blend properly. I don't push my car audio to the limits but I'm still a bit afraid that drawing that much juice vs stock may land up burning up those channels over time as well.
What I'm hoping is that the amp is a 4ohm and they run the front door drivers and dash in parallel brining in a 4ohm load (2 8ohm in parallel). If this is the case, I'd be coming in at 3.66ohm which is close enough not to burn up a 4ohm nominal amp under normal load.
Either way...time will tell I guess.
*EDIT*
Ok...did some research. Seems the 4 doors speakers are 4ohm. I'm guessing the head unit must be a 6 channel, 4ohm nominal amp. I wonder if Dodge shut up the dash speakers (which tend to have a higher efficiency that larger speakers) by making them 8ohm. You can always under drive an amp (to a point). Running an 8ohm driver on a 4ohm amp is much better than running a 4ohm driver on an amp that wants to see 8ohm.
Either way...unless the factory amp is some odd bird, a 4ohm driver will work...it will just overpower the other 4 (which you will notice immediately once you turn it on).
Like I said, manipulating the fade helps...
I swapped mine out with the Kicker set Friday and although I'm happy with them, I'm also a bit irritated.
Almost all car audio is 4ohm impedance. Apparently, at least for the dash drivers, factory is 8ohm. This manifests itself as the new speakers getting more juice from the head unit (or amp...I'm not sure how the 5.0 system delivers it's power). They will immediatly out power the rest of the speakers.
I had to manipulate the fade more towards the rear in order to get them to blend properly. I don't push my car audio to the limits but I'm still a bit afraid that drawing that much juice vs stock may land up burning up those channels over time as well.
What I'm hoping is that the amp is a 4ohm and they run the front door drivers and dash in parallel brining in a 4ohm load (2 8ohm in parallel). If this is the case, I'd be coming in at 3.66ohm which is close enough not to burn up a 4ohm nominal amp under normal load.
Either way...time will tell I guess.
*EDIT*
Ok...did some research. Seems the 4 doors speakers are 4ohm. I'm guessing the head unit must be a 6 channel, 4ohm nominal amp. I wonder if Dodge shut up the dash speakers (which tend to have a higher efficiency that larger speakers) by making them 8ohm. You can always under drive an amp (to a point). Running an 8ohm driver on a 4ohm amp is much better than running a 4ohm driver on an amp that wants to see 8ohm.
Either way...unless the factory amp is some odd bird, a 4ohm driver will work...it will just overpower the other 4 (which you will notice immediately once you turn it on).
Like I said, manipulating the fade helps...