bhardy414

I just bought a 2018 Screw XLT with 302A. It has 7 speakers no sub. I traded in a 14 Screw FX4 502A. I bought the sound stage and trashed the sony sub for the kicker in the 2014. I could not use the 4 channel amp so it is still in the bag along with the kicker speakers. Could I install this into the 2018 XLT Screw? The amp has DL3J-18T806-AA on it and I think the speakers are 6x8? Thanks in advance

Caldwell54

I just bought the same truck as you last week.

Front Doors - 6x9's

Read Doors - 6.5's

Center Dash - 3.5

A-Pillar - Tweeters

I would imagine that you can use the 4 channel amp. You would just have to choose what speakers you want to amp. I myself am in a similar situation. Im torn if I should amp just the door speakers, or amp the tweeters and 6x9's up front and use the rear doors and center dash speaker as fillers.

dhmcfadin

The second route is the correct one. You need to keep your tweeters and mids on the same db scale for the sake of phase, tuning, and time alignment. Rears and center are always fill. But, with proper tuning and time-alignment, you do not need the center at all. It's a waste. I could sit you in my truck and play talking tracks and you would swear the person talking was speaking out of the center channel. Thing is, I don't have a center channel in my system. It's all about the tune.

bhardy414

dhmcfadin

Let me ask you, are you wanting to reuse that amp because you don't want it to go to waste or is it necessary due to budget constraints or do you want it to be completely plug and play? Because if you want a plug and play amp with rack, I can absolutely build that for you. That's my focus on my installs. Making everything plug and play. You don't have to spend hundreds on amps to have a great sounding system. 90% of it is the setup and tune. Here's some pics of the work I have done on my personal trucks. All plug and play, all drop in, completely removable and reversible. I could do it for any amp you wanted.

bhardy414

I would love a premium setup but was looking to use that amp as a stopgap until I get this thing figured out. I want to go the Fix86 route and still be able to put a sub behind the rear seat. Not sure if I could use the ford kicker sub behind the seat and still use fix86. It’s been years since I have played with audio and integrating the oem head is new to me. I want to save money certainly but just trying to understand what can be done on a 2018

HushCarAudio

dhmcfadin does incredible work and is a pleasure to work with. I'm always excited to see what you come up with next.

doug97gxe

beautiful

dhmcfadin

Thanks man.

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