I am of the opposite opinion, I do not like the powered 8"... Doesn't have enough for me.
Would you care to elaborate on that? I'm trying to figure out the point of this statement, especially considering the fact that the Jeep Wrangler is near the top of the list for being the most highly customized/modified vehicles on the market.
Your local car audio shop will absolutely install this for you. They'll need to run and connect a few wires (Battery, Remote Power and Ground), and they'll need to tap into your existing speaker wires for the sub's input signals. Not a tremendously expensive endeavor.
Okay cool, going to schedule it this week.
Sure Ill be glad to considering most people on this site have no experience with Jeep wrangler at all and this is their first jeep ever. Which means most are in the demographic 35-56 first time jeep owners. Thant means most of them have no background or history of "customizing" jeeps and thus have no mechanical knowledge to self install a stereo much less a suspension lift etc. That being said you will need to first purchase a system that works together sized correctly to match the existing ports the speakers a currently in. Then you have to unseat all the small little plastic button fasteners (that break easy) and little hooks and nuts and bolts panles in a 40k+ vehicle that you just rolled off the lot to run all the wiring for the sub woofer accessory speakers, amp etc back to the head unit and battery. When you get done with all the labor HOPEFULLY you will wind up with something that sounds better than the Alpine which will be hard to get it to sound that much better. Putting it all back together with out creating squeaks and rattles too. Most people won't even be able to tell the difference. So in conclusion Its just better to get the alpine system from the factory and be done unless you are doing some other major overhaul with the interior. It just doesn't make sense to me. Now we haven't gotten into the interior acoustics of a jeep JL yet. Which are extremely limited and compounded by what top you've chosen. But hey man its your money...
If you think the alpine system is the cats ass - you haven’t been in a Jeep with a properly balanced and tuned aftermarket system. If I remember right it took about 3700 watts to knock my review mirror off my JK.
I know, right!?
Did you not use a line out converter going to your amp powering your (4) 4" kicker speakers? You must have a friend installing or are buying stolen goods, because I cant touch buying and having all that installed for $700. My installer would charge atleast $400 for wire kits and to hook everything up. The hardware alone is pushing $700. How did you do it?
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