New Sound?
JK Newbie
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 3
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From: Sacramento, CA.
New Sound continued
Just added the Kicker 8" sub to the stock 2014 enclosure at the rear of the Jeep. It's the red version Kicker 8, so a step up from yellow. Pretty decent upgrade in bass actually. 2 ohm 2 voice coil. Had to do a little re drill to the speaker mounting area on the sub enclosure, pretty easy actually. The grill sticks out a tad, which I'll mod later, kind of looks cool though. Later with a new amp that's better than the factory one, I'm sure it will be enough bass for my eclectic musical taste. When you take it off of Classic rock and play some current R and B, you can hear the base much more. For example, The Scorpions and AC/DC weren't real bass heavy groups, to say the least! It really seems to allow the new upgraded Alpines I got to wake up too, starting to feel happier about this system, as dismal as it was, it's better now.
JK Newbie
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 33
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From: Pueblo, CO
I had the "upgrade" and was not impressed! The factory stuff blows. You can do the tweeter upgrade and upgrade the sub, but until you add more power, the system will languish. Spending money on more power is the only answer IMO.... I went with Focal Components up front, Focal Coax in the sound bar with the poly fill. I changed out the factory sub with an Alpine Alpine SWR-843D after a little sound mat and some poly. Then to add some real life, I added a Kenwood XR900-5 eXcelon Reference Fit Five-Channel Digital Power Amplifier under the drivers seat. Top down at 70mph and I can still make my ears bleed.......
And the sub still pounds great for an 8"
And the sub still pounds great for an 8"