I hit the jackpot but need a little help

[Butterbean]

So I hit the jackpot today. I was using Armor All to shine the inside of my truck and noticed a chrome glint through the speaker grills. Decided to investigate a bit farther and took out the dash speaker grills and round I have infinity reference series 3 1/2 inch speakers in the dash which pretty much confirmed my suspicion that the door speakers were after market as well. Now to my problem. The dash speakers are 4 ohm and if I understand correctly by reading on here the factory dash speakers are 8 ohm. The bass is decent if I really crank the system up but the dash speakers are so overpowering its bad. I am new to the Rams but have heard talk of adding a resistor to the dash speakers to tone them down. Can someone give me more specifics on the resistor that I need? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Brads41789]

How To: 4 Ohm Resistor Upgrade For Aftermarket Dash Speakers

Installation of Resistors on 4 ohm Dash Speakers This Modification Applies To Non-Alpine Dash Speakers The Setup I have a 2018 Ram 1500 with the stock 6 speaker stereo system and 8.4 Uconnect. I replaced the stock dash speakers with Polk DB351’s. These are 4 ohm speakers; the stock 3.5”...

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That would be the guide article on that. I will 100% say it is necessary with that speaker. I swapped in JBL GTO 329s (4 ohm) into mine and they were instantly overpowering and the only thing you would even hear when listening. It's a very easy mod to do and doesn't cost much at all

 

[Butterbean]

Brads41789 Thank you so much for the link to that article. Parts are ordered and will be assembled as soon as they arrive. Looking forward to some new found audio quality once this is done. Hopefully I will actually be able to hear the door speakers!

 

[mtnrider]

Those were the go-to speakers everyone recommended for the longest time. I tried and tried and could never get them to sound as good as the stock speakers so I went back to those. I tried resistors, everything and could not get them to sound decent.

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[Butterbean]

I got the resistors wired up yesterday and wow, it woke up this system. Great bass out of the doors and the dash speakers sound great as well. Super impressed with the sound of this system without an added amplifier!