Budget upgrade

[DIRTRIDER]

I have a '14 Express QC with 5.0 radio and factory 6 speaker system. I wanted a little better sound from the radio. After a little looking in this section of the forum and a little internet research I decided to install the KICKER CS series speakers in the truck. 3.5" dash, 6.5" frt door and 6x9 in the rear door. I purchased the speakers through Crutchfield for $210 with free speaker wiring adapters for no wire cutting, bracket to mount the 6.5' in the door and free shipping. Install was very easy, plenty of Youtube video's on RAM speaker install's. Much better sound and clarity for a simple, inexpensive upgrade. Was surprised how cheesy the factory speakers are.

 

[clays laramie]

Nice bud. Doing the same upgrade in a few days... glad to hear you like it. I have alpine system.. hope it turns out.

 

[Graygoose]

Good feedback, yes the factory speakers are pretty weak.

 

[clays laramie]

Graygoose, just the man i was looking for..was wondering about the plug and play kicker amp that replaces the alpine amp..have u listened to it? Does it realy provide much more power? I hope the 368w is rms??? I would assume its 30w per channel..60 to the sub??? Any info or spec sheet would be awsome....thanks

 

[clays laramie]

Are the crossover points different?

 

[clays laramie]

I should probably start a new thread but saw u just posted here.

 

[Graygoose]

I personally have not heard what Apline did to the amp settings. It's similar, just not sure what actual output per channel is. I'm sure crossover is very similar to ours. The biggest improvement is the sub. Alpine used a 150w 8", we have a 200w 10".

 

[clays laramie]

I was referring to the 77kick45 wich is just an amp i thought?? 12 channel that replaces the stock alpine.. i have a 2014 ..

 

[Graygoose]

For now, the amp wont plug into the '13 and '14 radios, sorry.

 

[clays laramie]

Also saw you wrote somewhere about a 4.1 amp.... curious how or where that would tie into this alpine system... wich is yes. Terrible. I have 2 sets of cs35's and a set of cs6.5 for the front... just wondering about this amp..
Thanks.

 

[Graygoose]

The 4.1 is an OEM amp similar to the Alpine. Just the harness from the amp to the main audio brain, the harness, is not complete yet.