Hi, everyone. I just bought my 06 dakota slt a week ago. it was used with 20000 miles on it. It has the stock speakers and radio. nothing fancy. However, im wanting to remove the stock speakers and radio. I havent really found any good helps on how to do this. Does anyone have any recommendations.

 

Go to www.crutchfield.com, they have replacement bezels, and mounts made for our trucks that come free with any head unit you buy. They also come with a wiring harness so you don't have to figure it out yourself. As for the speakers, just choose what you want, take off door panel, and replace old with new.

 

An 06 with 20,000 already? Holy man.

 

thanks. i will check it out. will i be able to remove the door panels easily?

 

yeah, i thought that too. but it was a program vehicle so i got a pretty good deal on it. it is in excelent shape otherwise i wouldnt have purchased it.

 

And yes, door panels... Easy removal. Remove the screws at the bottom of the door, the screw in the handopening thing on the panel, and the screw behind the door panel. Lift the panel up then out, make sure to remove the bar that goes from the door to the panel, by sliding the little blue cap that is on it so that way you can slide the bar out.

Hope that makes sense?

 

thanks so much. my new stuff is suppose to be here today, so i will try it out.

 

Replacing your speakers are a piece of cake. You will however have to buy speaker adapter rings or fabricate some out of 1/4" plywood or mdf unless you replace with 6 3/4" speakers. Also watch the depth as you can only run about a 2 3/4" deep speaker. Don't know your music likes and such. But you may want to consider buying a component set for the front and amp them. And ditch the rears. Also you will need adapter harnesses for your speakers and should be able to get them at any audio shop if you do not plan to amp your speakers. Congrats on the truck and good luck

TASTE THE HEAT AND ENJOY THE PAIN

 

Thanks.

wow. no im kinda nervous. i haven't ever done any kind of stereo installations. i was just gonna take the panels off and go with it from there. so maybe i should try and locate that other stuff too. I'm prob gonna screw it up. I do plan on amping them but not yet. i have bought a few components from www.propertyroom.com. check it out some pretty good deals.

 

alright i did it.(removed the door panel. Thanks; it really was no big deal. However, the speakers i bought i didnt really like so im gonna sell them on ebay.