Reflektr
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- First Name
- Travis
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- Jul 12, 2026
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- Illinois
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- Vehicle(s)
- 2026 JT Willys, 2018 Softail Deluxe
- Occupation
- Fulltime equipment mechanic. Part time artist.
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I think this has probably been covered before, but I figured I would share my experience and add my two pennies while the information is still fresh in my mind. I recently purchased a brand new ‘26 JT Willys with the Alpine premium audio package from an out of state dealer. It came with a pre-blown driver’s side lower dash speaker, so that was a good deal 
Instead of mentioning that to the dealer and having their ham-fisted hay shakers tear apart my brand new truck just to get a factory replacement, I opted to do that part on my own and replace the speakers with something better.
After watching a few videos, reading a few articles and doing a little research - The general consensus was that doing a Hemi-swap would probably be easier than replacing the lower dash speakers. After a few weeks of listening to the fast-food microphone from a 1980’s Hardee’s come from under my dash - I couldn’t take it anymore. I bit the bullet and ordered a pair of Infinity 307’s for the upper dash, a pair of 607’s for the lower dash, a set of Metra dash pods and a roll of SoundShield for good measure.
In all honesty, I believe I had as much time in prepping the speakers pods than I did actually disassembling and reassembling the dash components. Sound prepping the pods may have been an optional thing or a little overboard, but I figured if I were going this far with it, why not? It was a lot of tracing and cutting and sticking pieces on the inside of the pod, but in the end I think it was worth it. I also put a little bit of seam sealer around the seam holding the two halves of the pod together to keep it air-tight. Then I made a speaker gasket out of SoundShield. I thought I’d get all this busy-work out of the way before the installation process even began. That way I could concentrate more on the task at hand.
I pulled my truck in the shop around 2:30 and was backing it out around 5 - Give or take. So a time consuming job, but not hard nor bad. Now I can’t speak for ‘23 and older models, but I can tell you on the ‘24 and newer with the updated dash - You do not have to disassemble the universe to change out the lower dash speakers. The instructions that come with the pods will have you taking a bunch of random stuff apart. That was not the experience that I had. The driver’s side may require a little more thought and finesse, but I wouldn’t say it was difficult. I took a few pictures, but not a ton because when I work on stuff I tend to kind of get in the zone
Enjoy the pictures I did take, and if anyone has any questions or anything to add feel free to jump in.
Instead of mentioning that to the dealer and having their ham-fisted hay shakers tear apart my brand new truck just to get a factory replacement, I opted to do that part on my own and replace the speakers with something better.After watching a few videos, reading a few articles and doing a little research - The general consensus was that doing a Hemi-swap would probably be easier than replacing the lower dash speakers. After a few weeks of listening to the fast-food microphone from a 1980’s Hardee’s come from under my dash - I couldn’t take it anymore. I bit the bullet and ordered a pair of Infinity 307’s for the upper dash, a pair of 607’s for the lower dash, a set of Metra dash pods and a roll of SoundShield for good measure.
In all honesty, I believe I had as much time in prepping the speakers pods than I did actually disassembling and reassembling the dash components. Sound prepping the pods may have been an optional thing or a little overboard, but I figured if I were going this far with it, why not? It was a lot of tracing and cutting and sticking pieces on the inside of the pod, but in the end I think it was worth it. I also put a little bit of seam sealer around the seam holding the two halves of the pod together to keep it air-tight. Then I made a speaker gasket out of SoundShield. I thought I’d get all this busy-work out of the way before the installation process even began. That way I could concentrate more on the task at hand.
I pulled my truck in the shop around 2:30 and was backing it out around 5 - Give or take. So a time consuming job, but not hard nor bad. Now I can’t speak for ‘23 and older models, but I can tell you on the ‘24 and newer with the updated dash - You do not have to disassemble the universe to change out the lower dash speakers. The instructions that come with the pods will have you taking a bunch of random stuff apart. That was not the experience that I had. The driver’s side may require a little more thought and finesse, but I wouldn’t say it was difficult. I took a few pictures, but not a ton because when I work on stuff I tend to kind of get in the zone
Enjoy the pictures I did take, and if anyone has any questions or anything to add feel free to jump in.
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