Replacing oem speakers
'08f150stx
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Wisconsin
And you will get the little wire harness adapters with the speakers you buy. Install instructions too, if you need them. Go to their web site www.crutchfield.com and they have a speaker fittment guide that will let you know what speakers will fit your truck. Call sales and they will help you out with identifying what you need. Have fun. Received my head unit and speakers in 2 days.
Aftermarket, audio sticky from the forum, hope it helps;
https://www.f150forum.com/f30/
I read much of that sticky as it applied to me. Was a great help. Gator monitors it and has done a great job!
Aftermarket, audio sticky from the forum, hope it helps;
https://www.f150forum.com/f30/
I read much of that sticky as it applied to me. Was a great help. Gator monitors it and has done a great job!
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Joined: Feb 2012
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Figured I would give you my 2 cents.
If you are utilizing factory wiring with after market speakers you are robbing the speakers of power and the power will be dirty. Dirty power equals distortion which kills audio equipment. If you are amplifying you are making it even worse. Spend the 30 cents and buy some butt connectors and wire and heat shrink them. Looks a lot cleaner than a gigantic OEM connector. I have seen so many installs where someone spends all this money on components, amps and subs and then leaves stock wiring. Wiring a single amp setup including fuses and connectors and terminals easily goes over 100.00. My system went well over that but iys to be expected with multi amp setups. Stereos done on the cheap will always look and sound just as cheap.
If you do run your own wiring but forget to mark positive and negative which happens a lot, use a nine volt battery. Connect one wire to positive and the other to the negative and watch the speaker. If its right your speaker will push out. If it pulls inward you have it backwards.
Also not many trucks came with the audiophile system. Take just a moment and pop off the speaker grille. That way you know for sure. Even if they are the audiophile speakers they aren't capable of handling much power nor are they wired to do so.
If you are utilizing factory wiring with after market speakers you are robbing the speakers of power and the power will be dirty. Dirty power equals distortion which kills audio equipment. If you are amplifying you are making it even worse. Spend the 30 cents and buy some butt connectors and wire and heat shrink them. Looks a lot cleaner than a gigantic OEM connector. I have seen so many installs where someone spends all this money on components, amps and subs and then leaves stock wiring. Wiring a single amp setup including fuses and connectors and terminals easily goes over 100.00. My system went well over that but iys to be expected with multi amp setups. Stereos done on the cheap will always look and sound just as cheap.
If you do run your own wiring but forget to mark positive and negative which happens a lot, use a nine volt battery. Connect one wire to positive and the other to the negative and watch the speaker. If its right your speaker will push out. If it pulls inward you have it backwards.
Also not many trucks came with the audiophile system. Take just a moment and pop off the speaker grille. That way you know for sure. Even if they are the audiophile speakers they aren't capable of handling much power nor are they wired to do so.