I read on an older thread that it was necessary to add a resistor across the speaker wires to fool the UConnect that the oem speakers were still installed. Is this still the case with the newer JT's?Dash pods rebuild. Decided to try customizing the factory ones and it worked out fine. Fugly looking because I went overboard on trying to seal them up and then shot a quick coat of black over it. Reality is they are hidden behind the dash so you can't see them anyways. For anyone thinking of pulling your knee pods, its NOT as bad as it seems to be from some of the old write ups on the forums. You don't have to pull your entire dash apart to get these out/in so don't be intimidated by the thought of changing these. I can get into more detail if someone wants.
Still working on a more permanent dash solution for the mids and tweets. Will update once I complete, but for now the system is up and running and sounds killer!
I just completed a full speaker, amp and sub upgrade in my JT. Kept the OEM 8.4 head unit with an Audio Control amp using line inputs from the OEM speaker wires. No resistors were needed.
Did you replace the soundbar speakers? I was planning on replacing mine with a 6.5 and a 3.5 Focal on each side. However the adapters dont seem accommodate anything more than 1 speaker per side.
Yes I did with Select Increment Kicker 6.5” / 1” component set. No cutting of the factory sound bar required.
Did you run an 8 channel amp? from what I am reading it seems that it is recommended that one channel per speaker be allocated when installing components. However, I have also seen a reference to something called a "crossover" when putting a woofer and a tweeter in the same enclosure such as the soundbar which I guess means they are wired in parallel? What is your opinion?
Component speakers will have their own crossover. So a 5 channel amp will work since room is VERY limited in the JT. I used an Audio Control LC5.1300 in my system. I made a fiberglass sub enclosure behind the rear seats, stock 7" head unit with speaker inputs and Boston Pro 6.5 components in the sound bar and fronts.
