Upgrading audio

[Gary2]

I did the MOPAR/Kicker upgrade to every Ram I have owned unless it came with something like the Alpine system which I can leave alone for the most part. Being its a reg cab I guess they could not figure out how to add a sub so I may venture into that . The MOPAR upgrade took the muddy sound out of the system and everything was sharper not to mentioned the ease of plug and play

 

[HuskerRam]

Did it seem “louder?” I tried some Crutchfield speakers in the doors and didn’t notice much of a difference. I don’t want to amp it...just more clarity.

 

[stimpy433]

Hate to resurrect an old post...

Does the Mopar/Kicker upgrade make a big difference? Are you still happy with the results?

Yes, I still think it sounds great and makes everything sound better.

 

[LemmysDad]

What speakers come with the Alpine system? Are they the Mopar Kickers? I’ve got some crackle in my rear speakers. I suspect it’s coming from the rear headliner speakers. I want to replace all but not sure what to do. Not an audiophile but want louder and clearer sound.

 

[Jetsfan122]

I swapped out the head unit and speakers as soon as I got my express. Went with a kenwood head unit and alpine speakers . I think they’re the type-r ? Don’t remember . Anyway, no amp. It’s very loud and crisp clear sound. I love it.

 

[gofishn]

I did the same as Jetsfan.
Kenwood Head End unit
Alpine Type R Speakaers
Db351 for dash, unamped.

4 door speakers are amped with alpine amp thats under my drivers seat.

sounds nice and was both cheap and easy to do.

 

[Graygoose]

What speakers come with the Alpine system? Are they the Mopar Kickers? I’ve got some crackle in my rear speakers. I suspect it’s coming from the rear headliner speakers. I want to replace all but not sure what to do. Not an audiophile but want louder and clearer sound.

Alpine

 

[rotwiler]

What speakers come with the Alpine system? Are they the Mopar Kickers? I’ve got some crackle in my rear speakers. I suspect it’s coming from the rear headliner speakers. I want to replace all but not sure what to do. Not an audiophile but want louder and clearer sound.

The Alpine system speakers have no tweeters, just poly 6x9s, in dash, no better. You want 3 3.5 inch jbl or infinity 3.5s that are 2.4 ohm, same ohm as stock. I have the jbl Gx302 and they make the system sound very clear. Leave front door speakers alone, they don't put out highs and are pretty good for bass. For rear doors also get infinity or jbl 2ohm speakers. A good thing also to make it sound better is to put a layer of sound deadening in all the doors or just in random areas and put a layer of closed cell self stick foam, helps with rattle. Headliner speakers I didn't do yet. If adding Amp and subs, that's a whole other post. I added 2 12s and 1500 watt Amp and after a few locs, ax dsp etc I added a Amp pro and works fantastic.

 

[LemmysDad]

The Alpine system speakers have no tweeters, just poly 6x9s, in dash, no better. You want 3 3.5 inch jbl or infinity 3.5s that are 2.4 ohm, same ohm as stock. I have the jbl Gx302 and they make the system sound very clear. Leave front door speakers alone, they don't put out highs and are pretty good for bass. For rear doors also get infinity or jbl 2ohm speakers. A good thing also to make it sound better is to put a layer of sound deadening in all the doors or just in random areas and put a layer of closed cell self stick foam, helps with rattle. Headliner speakers I didn't do yet. If adding Amp and subs, that's a whole other post. I added 2 12s and 1500 watt Amp and after a few locs, ax dsp etc I added a Amp pro and works fantastic.

Thanks. What model did you get for the rear doors?

 

[rotwiler]

The rear doors I used jbl power series 3 way 6x9s. Power series is no longer made but I think the gx series 6x9 is also same ohm. I tested the OEM speakers and if I remember right, all are 2.4 ohm, the jbl's(infinity also has same ohms if you get the 2ohm ones) the jbls I bought are exactly 2.4 ohm also. If you decide to do aftermarket subs and Amp, look for a Amp pro ch41, basically is plug and play. I went through a loc, better loc, a lc2i, (the locs and lc2i run off the OEM sub output, that output limits bass at certain freq/levels, never hit right bass notes and would lower bass as you turn up stereo) ax-dsp then the Amp pro(Amp pro has harness you plug into stereo and the harness from stereo, gives a clean signal and doesn't mess with bass, you just plug in, run wire from it to Amp turn on and run rca's) . Amp pro worked perfect, the ax-dsp worked great if you used a seperate knob to turn up bass because the app they have wouldn't lock on to the stock Amp and wouldn't let me select Ram truck with amplified system, plus customer service was zero help. Now I have a fiberglass custom box a member here sold me, 2 infinity 1200w (12 inch) subwoofers and a Soundqubed 1,500 watt rms Amp. Love how the setup sounds now. Highs are crisp and clean and bass is controlled and sounds great.

 

[Gixxer750]

I changed all my speakers in my 2018 to kicker added a small sub under the seat and it made a world of difference, all together I had less than $500 in it. I bought it all on amazon with the connectors that connect to factory wiring. Imo the small sub was needed to give it a little low end but by no means is my truck “booming”.

Rockville RW10CA 10" 800 Watt... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019Z3R582?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Kicker 41DSC693 D-Series Coaxial 3-Way Speaker with 1/2" Tweeter & 2" Mid Metra 72-6514 Speaker Harness for Select Chrysler/Dodge Vehicles https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C35LFY7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TC2OCb2VR4EF8

Pair Kicker 40CS354 3.5" 3-1/2"... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGRMED2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

If you really want CLEAN...you need a DSP

 

[Gixxer750]

The rear doors I used jbl power series 3 way 6x9s. Power series is no longer made but I think the gx series 6x9 is also same ohm. I tested the OEM speakers and if I remember right, all are 2.4 ohm, the jbl's(infinity also has same ohms if you get the 2ohm ones) the jbls I bought are exactly 2.4 ohm also. If you decide to do aftermarket subs and Amp, look for a Amp pro ch41, basically is plug and play. I went through a loc, better loc, a lc2i, (the locs and lc2i run off the OEM sub output, that output limits bass at certain freq/levels, never hit right bass notes and would lower bass as you turn up stereo) ax-dsp then the Amp pro(Amp pro has harness you plug into stereo and the harness from stereo, gives a clean signal and doesn't mess with bass, you just plug in, run wire from it to Amp turn on and run rca's) . Amp pro worked perfect, the ax-dsp worked great if you used a seperate knob to turn up bass because the app they have wouldn't lock on to the stock Amp and wouldn't let me select Ram truck with amplified system, plus customer service was zero help. Now I have a fiberglass custom box a member here sold me, 2 infinity 1200w (12 inch) subwoofers and a Soundqubed 1,500 watt rms Amp. Love how the setup sounds now. Highs are crisp and clean and bass is controlled and sounds great.

 

[Gixxer750]

Audio control dm-4.800 to infinity perfect 6.5" components in front doors and kappa 3.5: in the dash with 3 way kicker k series 6x9 (temps) in the back. 1000 1bdx1 rockrorford pushing 1 p3 12 in custom hand made fiberglass box under each seat. Phenomenal
But it was never ment to get out of control like that
Stuff was just so cheap when it escalated lol

 

[cnitty]

Anyone using Metra 72-6514 check your polarity. My upgrade sounds much better now that I switched terminals.

 

[nathan_h]

Good to do.

Im still trying to figure out how the factory head unit handles the crossover between the door woofers and the dash tweeters.

I picked up a set of component speakers.

If the signal to the dash is high pass filtered I can just install my new tweeters up there. But if the filter is lost when removing the old tweeters (eg if it is wired inside the old speaker) then I could easily blow out my new tweeters with a full range signal coming from the head unit.

Im less worried about the door woofers. They could handle a full range signal. Of course it would be nice if they were low pass filtered in a way that is compatible with high pass filtering of the dash tweeters.

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But if course my component speakers come with their own crossover.

So if the existing factory setup is sending full range to the door, I could use this crossover to handle that…..l.though I’d the. Need to run new wire from the crossover output over to the car body, which strikes me as a hassle.

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Strangely I can’t find anyone that has tested this, yet, but if I look at some of the builds where people put full range speakers in the tweeter dash position, without changing anything else, I have to assume the dash is getting a full range signal for the factory tweeter, but the tweeter much be something special to be able to handle it…..