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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 10:26 AM
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So i just replaced the factory head unit (non infinity ) with an 7 inch eclipse nav/ DVD unit.

My question is... The factory non infinity speakers are pretty crappy... What's a good replacement that's not gonna cost me a ton of money...
I would like to replace the front two and the two in the sound bar... Maybe the tweeters also if it makes a difference.

I see alot of people replacing there factory infinity sound systems for better ones.. Should I stay away from the factory infinity?

What about mopars kicker replacement speakers... Should I just call crutch field and by some sale stuff??? Advice would be great....

I do have a brand new 1500 watt amp from another car and two brand new kicker 10 inch subs... Should I keep all the same brand?

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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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take a look at the Kicker 77kick10 , they are a direct plug and play factory upgrade with no mod required and not that expensive either you can get then from quadratec or from the dealer at pretty close to the same price
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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What's that kit running? $$?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:47 PM
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For front I have Kicker KS650.2 and rear Kicker KS600.2. I really like them. I am a part time installer and the best front componants I have heard are JL C2....

You'll get a lot of feedback. I know Infinity are popular as well.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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What's that kit running? $$?
Got mine from Quadratec for $65 for the pair after price matching. Seen others find them for under $50. Well worth it, too.
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What's included in the kit? Is it just 2 fronts or two sound bar speakers or is there a kit with all 4
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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each kits contains 2 speakers with direct plug harnesses they are the same kits numbers for both the dash and sound bar ..
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Sounds like a good option... Have you guys continued using your stock dash tweeters?

Hows the sound with the kickers, I'm very interested... The plug and play sells it for me! Did you guys ad anything to the sound bar like sound dampening or stuffing? Are you guys finding there's enough power to run these speakers with out an amp? I'm not sure if the stock factory non infinity even has an amp... I do have my eclipse AVN726e witch puts out 50w x 4.... Is that enough power? Should I look for any other parts? Thanks guys
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Sounds like a good option... Have you guys continued using your stock dash tweeters?

Hows the sound with the kickers, I'm very interested... The plug and play sells it for me! Did you guys ad anything to the sound bar like sound dampening or stuffing? Are you guys finding there's enough power to run these speakers with out an amp? I'm not sure if the stock factory non infinity even has an amp... I do have my eclipse AVN726e witch puts out 50w x 4.... Is that enough power? Should I look for any other parts? Thanks guys
I changed out the factory tweeters and it was a big difference. If you install the kicker front dash speakers I would recommend getting these Super Tweeters which are also plug and play:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/14133_110.htm

I also installed these ones in the sound bar:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/14133_202.htm

TBH, they don't make much difference to the folks sitting in the front and I would probably skip them if I was doing it over. The front dash speakers paired with the tweeters will do the job nicely.

There is no proper amp in the non-Infinity. I have the same setup but it does have more than enough juice to power all 6 of my speakers. An upgraded amp would probably help, tho. I'm possibly going to pic up an amp/subwoofer combo in the future.

As for padding the sound bar, on mine the only thing that needed padding was the interior light which vibrates like heck.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 12:08 AM
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Are these speakers the same...just different sellers? Is mopar Calling them
kick 10 and crutchfield calling them something else? There is quite the difference in price $39.00 at crutchfield and $35 at amazon.com and of course $80+ at everyones favorite highway robbery shop quadratheif! I can under Stand the price difference if there two different speakers. But if there the same that's just wrong... The reviews are all positive on the $ 39.00 kickers... Can any one confirm?
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