Blown speakers
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I'm running stock radio, no amp with my Alpines. To be honest you can turn them up as high as the oem radio can go and there is no distortion. I know people say tuners and exhaust systems are some of the best mods for these trucks. IMO the best thing I did for my truck was replace the terrible oem speakers. Good luck
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From: Farmington Maine
Factory speakers are crap. Several people have had the same issue, I replaced mine with 4 of these Rockford Fosgate Prime R1682 6"x8" 2-way car speakers at Crutchfield.com
For ~ $140 I got great speakers that sound awesome and will last. It says they are not for the rear but I talked to a tech there and all I had to do was shim them out away from the inner panel. I just cut the screen out of the old speaker and shimmed them out about 1/8" or so. Careful with the bolt behind the rear ( if SCrew) door handle, both sides had the clip you thread that bolt back into fell into the bottom of the door. They are still there...
The door closes fine w/o them in there and appears there are no issues w/o them.
Also be careful with the adapter wires, I bent a prong over rendering it useless in the connector so I had to order another set. They are small and fragile so use caution when connecting them.
For ~ $140 I got great speakers that sound awesome and will last. It says they are not for the rear but I talked to a tech there and all I had to do was shim them out away from the inner panel. I just cut the screen out of the old speaker and shimmed them out about 1/8" or so. Careful with the bolt behind the rear ( if SCrew) door handle, both sides had the clip you thread that bolt back into fell into the bottom of the door. They are still there...
The door closes fine w/o them in there and appears there are no issues w/o them. Also be careful with the adapter wires, I bent a prong over rendering it useless in the connector so I had to order another set. They are small and fragile so use caution when connecting them.
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I'm running stock radio, no amp with my Alpines. To be honest you can turn them up as high as the oem radio can go and there is no distortion. I know people say tuners and exhaust systems are some of the best mods for these trucks. IMO the best thing I did for my truck was replace the terrible oem speakers. Good luck
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From: Kenora
Anyone else having issues with the stock speakers? Took my truck in the morning after I bought it for the passenger side rear speaker cracking. Yesterday I noticed the passengerside front speaker is cracking. I don't turn my stereo up loud and I can't believe they are this bad????
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Yes i think it added some, but not like subs ike you said. Definately better than OEM's
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Let us know how the RF speakers turn out after you get this done. My Alpines did not improve the bass any, but the highs are super crisp and I can now crank the stereo up as loud as it can go and still not have any distortion. I think the oem speakers were a measly 20w or something pathetic like that. My Alpines are 230w peak & 75w RMS (I'm not a stereo enthusiast) do I don't know what that entirely means but I do know it was a huge improvement over stock.
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I can't really give an honest reply to that. I already have two RF, tens and a 300w amp pushing them
In my Scab. But volume certainly doesn't need to be up at all with subs added.
In my Scab. But volume certainly doesn't need to be up at all with subs added.
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From: Detroit 'burbs
Has anyone had an issue with any door panels vibrating from the stock speakers? I have that problem on the drivers side so I took my truck in and they said the speaker was blown. Which was odd because Ive had blown speakers before and Im pretty sure it wasnt the speaker and it was a loose door panel and I told them that. So they replaced the speaker and the problem still is there. I havent had time to go back and sit all day at the dealer.
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