"Premium" Alpine system upgrade

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Hey all,

First real post here. I'm from Belgium (the nick should have been a giveaway) and just treated myself to a 2015 1500 Sport HEMI (I'm a ********* at $7/gallon gas in Belgium).

I'm getting my car in about 3 months and already started the modding. HID's are on the list, as well as upgrading the supposedly premium Alpine system.

I think the mid and high speakers should be OK as well as the surround, but in my previous cars (Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, BMW) what was always lacking (no matter how "premium") was the bass.

So I'm planning to start out by asking my local car audio shop to put in a CleanSweep, a JL Audio HD750/1 amp and a JL Audio 12W7AE-3 Sub in a custom MDF/Fiberglass enclosure.

Do you think this will go a long way in getting the sound where it needs to be? I like to FEEL the music. Listen to everything from classical to rock to metal to r&b and rap.

Don't want to mess with the other speakers since they are 2 Ohm and most aftermarket ones are 4 Ohm. Don't want to cut my power in half.

What do you think? Hit me with your wisdom!
 

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You have to post some pics of that enclosure and sub as that sucker is deep and I want to see how they plan on making it fit.
 

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Overall box volume is also a concern. To give you an idea... Without raising the rear seat I got .8 cu/ft on the passenger side and .6 cu/ft on the drivers side before speaker displacement.

Adding a 3/4" seat spacer allows for an extra layer of 3/4" MDF to the box and adds ~.17 cu/ft to the enclosure volume... give or take.
 
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Overall box volume is also a concern. To give you an idea... Without raising the rear seat I got .8 cu/ft on the passenger side and .6 cu/ft on the drivers side before speaker displacement.

Adding a 3/4" seat spacer allows for an extra layer of 3/4" MDF to the box and adds ~.17 cu/ft to the enclosure volume... give or take.

I gave the shop a blank check... They know what I want. HOW they do it is their problem :)
 

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