FAUEE
Noob
Hi friends. After a great many years I've decided to check off a box that I had wanted to do like 20 years ago and bought myself a low mile 2008 Jeep SRT8. This was a hero car for me in college, so it's really cool to actually have one now.
The factory screen is sunburned, and it doesn't have Bluetooth streaming, so that's the first thing to go. I was planning on a Joying android unit, but I bought an "EKAT" one that looks to be basically the same that's car specific, so no need for the extra wiring and accessories to retain steering wheel controls and the like (supposedly). It was super cheap, and if it's crap I can pull it out and send it back.
Speakers sound OK stock, but I'm gonna end up doing something with them, not sure what yet, but with a front 6x9 options are plentiful, and there's a dash speaker as well. I may try a 6x9 midbass and coax speaker on the dash and see how it sounds.
Subwoofer and amps is where things get tricky. Unlike my Trailblazer SS, there are no good options for nicely integrated subwoofer boxes available anymore. JL made a stealth box, but not for a VERY long time. A few people over the years made their own fiberglass corner boxes, but it seems most people with WK1 Jeeps just put a big ass box in the cargo area. I don't really want to do that, I kinda want my cargo space for strollers and kid stuff and all that. There is a very shallow floor compartment that's large in foot print, but very shallow. People appear to mainly use it for amps. I could maybe fit a really shallow sub in there, but it's very much not ideal. There's very limited room under the rear seats as well, so that would be an amp location at best.
Amp wise, I'm gonna be going for small size above all else I think. I'll probably end up going with the NVX mini amps, but might go with similar lower price but tiny amps. I used a bunch of Power Acoustik Razor amps in my TBSS and they've worked out great (I realize now I never did a build thread for it). I'm not very fussed about the amps, that'll fall into place when I get closer.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my rant. Here's a couple shots of it next to my TBSS for good measure.
Edit: apparently not, pics are too large lol.
The factory screen is sunburned, and it doesn't have Bluetooth streaming, so that's the first thing to go. I was planning on a Joying android unit, but I bought an "EKAT" one that looks to be basically the same that's car specific, so no need for the extra wiring and accessories to retain steering wheel controls and the like (supposedly). It was super cheap, and if it's crap I can pull it out and send it back.
Speakers sound OK stock, but I'm gonna end up doing something with them, not sure what yet, but with a front 6x9 options are plentiful, and there's a dash speaker as well. I may try a 6x9 midbass and coax speaker on the dash and see how it sounds.
Subwoofer and amps is where things get tricky. Unlike my Trailblazer SS, there are no good options for nicely integrated subwoofer boxes available anymore. JL made a stealth box, but not for a VERY long time. A few people over the years made their own fiberglass corner boxes, but it seems most people with WK1 Jeeps just put a big ass box in the cargo area. I don't really want to do that, I kinda want my cargo space for strollers and kid stuff and all that. There is a very shallow floor compartment that's large in foot print, but very shallow. People appear to mainly use it for amps. I could maybe fit a really shallow sub in there, but it's very much not ideal. There's very limited room under the rear seats as well, so that would be an amp location at best.
Amp wise, I'm gonna be going for small size above all else I think. I'll probably end up going with the NVX mini amps, but might go with similar lower price but tiny amps. I used a bunch of Power Acoustik Razor amps in my TBSS and they've worked out great (I realize now I never did a build thread for it). I'm not very fussed about the amps, that'll fall into place when I get closer.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my rant. Here's a couple shots of it next to my TBSS for good measure.
Edit: apparently not, pics are too large lol.