blackbetty14
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- Joined
- Oct 23, 2014
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- Location
- CT
- Ram Year
- 2024
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7 VVT/Etorque
I did a full kicker upgrade on my 14 ram CC with the 5.0 base system. The speakers are a huge improvement with the stock radio and crutchfield made everything plug and play. Something I knew going in was the dash speakers are 8ohm stock, everything aftermarket is 2-4ohm so when u swap them out there is 4ohms less resistance and thus the dash speakers overpower the system and u have to adjust the radio and fade toward the rear speakers. Which lowers the sound out of the front door speakers as they are connected to the dash.
I've been driving around for a few weeks and missing having the balance centered in and getting more sound from the front doors. So I purchased some 4ohm 10w ceramic resistors and just spliced them in the harness adapters. So I didn't mess with the stock wiring at all and just spliced into the metra speaker adapters. 15min of Removing the speakers and cutting the positive wire and soldering in the resistor and walla! She's back to normal and I balanced out. I paid $4 shipped for 3 resistors and can't believe the difference they made. This is a must to balance the system out after a full speaker upgrade. The system is 100%, now if I can only finish my subwoofer install
I've been driving around for a few weeks and missing having the balance centered in and getting more sound from the front doors. So I purchased some 4ohm 10w ceramic resistors and just spliced them in the harness adapters. So I didn't mess with the stock wiring at all and just spliced into the metra speaker adapters. 15min of Removing the speakers and cutting the positive wire and soldering in the resistor and walla! She's back to normal and I balanced out. I paid $4 shipped for 3 resistors and can't believe the difference they made. This is a must to balance the system out after a full speaker upgrade. The system is 100%, now if I can only finish my subwoofer install