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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 04:29 PM
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Are there any interchangeable amps for the 07-13 jeeps? Where are they located? Is it under the driver side dash?
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 04:43 PM
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Nothing "plug and play".
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 05:48 PM
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Kicker makes one for 07-10 jeeps. I don't know what changed from 11-13.

Alpine makes the pdx-5 and pdx-v9 that are 5 channel and fit in the stock location but are not plug and play. I have also been looking into another 5 channel amp by RealAudio that is suppose to fit in the stock location.

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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 06:16 AM
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Nothing "plug and play".
That's what I thought. My gf has an altima, which has bose of course, and it JAMMSSS! My thought is to make connectors and swap the bose amp for the factory amp. Its a good bit bigger tho. My only issues are this. If the can bus system affects the factory amp, this should mess with the input and output of the bose amp. Im sure this isn't the case or the factory amp wouldn't work correctly. I dunno. Also, should be the same amount of speakers (think) and it should work perfect. The only problem at this point is the factory infinity sub has zero power. Any ideas?
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bombout800
Are there any interchangeable amps for the 07-13 jeeps? Where are they located? Is it under the driver side dash?

Factory Amps are Preprogramed for each model that are to be installed in,

Example: Wrangler and Nitro use same Amp.
Wrangler Soundbar speakers aren't as loud as the Dash speakers while they are the exact same speakers.
Use a Amp with Nitro Mopar p/n and those soundbar speakers have more power.
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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That's what I was afraid of. So the nitro is a good upgrade? Rear fill doesn't necessarily mean better sound. I would hate for the rear to overpower the front
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by bombout800
That's what I was afraid of. So the nitro is a good upgrade? Rear fill doesn't necessarily mean better sound. I would hate for the rear to overpower the front
Just fade it to the front a little.
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 08:39 PM
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But if its the same amp.... there aren't any real power gains.
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bombout800
But if its the same amp.... there aren't any real power gains.
Yeah, the wranglers amp is programed to output less to the speakers in the soundbar. Chrysler does this to many of their amps. example, a amp can have a spec of say 500 watts, installed/programed for chrysler sebring, it has only 400watts with 6 channels. but in the dodge challenger, it outputs 500 watts with 9 channels....
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 12:33 PM
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the wrangler is a 4 or 6 channel?
The tweeters are om there own separate channel correct. They need crossovers badddd
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