i have a box under my back seat of my quad cab with 2 10" memphissubs the amp (rockford)i put under the pass. side seat, kept the stock head unit, i have pioneer door speakers, they fit perfect into the stock place, and a rockford capasitor to keep my lights from dimming. it sounds awsome even with the stock system. but if you are looking for a head unit with blue tooth and ipod... i had a alpine head unit in my old truck which was nice.

 

i have a clarion deck sat. ready and ipod capable. i chose to run my ipod through my aux plug off the deck. i think its easier to navagate through the ipod instead of trying to find albums or play lists on the deck it self. but i can not charge my ipod off my deck this way. i used boston acoustics speakers in my doors and 3 1/2" clarion tweeters in the dash. there is a prefab box that fits one or two 10" subs under your rear seat(belive you have the quad cab). i put my amp under my driver seat. most of this will be personal prefrence of yours. the key will be to find a deck that will power your speakers that will not be on an amp, and get an amp (or amps) strong enough to power what ever subs you have.

 

I have been trying to post here for a couple days but have had trouble doing so. May have to PM.

 

The door panels come off very easy. 2 phillip screws at the bottom, a 10mm bolt for the door handle, and 1 screw in the middle of the door, and another at the top at the piece by the side view mirror. I went with pioneer 6X9s in the front, and 6 1/2s in the back doors. The infinity system that came with my truck was crap. I did not wire up the 3 tweeters in the dash to the new system, there were more than enough highs. I used xtant 10s with kenwood 850..(the 50 could be off). and used the storage under the front middle seat for the door speaker amp. I had 2 JL 10s, but for some reason the Xtant sounded better in this truck. You dont have to spend a fortune to get a good sound. I have had just about every brand, and they really dont make enough of a difference to spend so much extra money on. I bought the door speakers refurbished, along with an MDF box for $115 and it is loud as hell. You want to put your money in your amps.

 

Thanks for the door panel removal info. So you figure it's an easy swap for the door speakers. What's the secret to remove the head unit?
In looking at my truck - a family of four transpo ride at times - I figured I couldn't mount any subs. I have seen sub boxes on ebay but I don't want to lose my fold-flat floor.
So... I priced out a Pioneer DEHP700BT 50W(iPod and built-in Bluetooth) with FOCAL 690CA1 6x9s for the front and FOCAL 130CA1 5' for the rear. Noadditional amp. With pigtails, faceplate kit, etc, installation and 4 yearparts and labor was quoted at $1300.
I heard the system in a test booth and it sounded good. A sub would make it betterbut I can do without as there really isn't a good place to putone.

 

See my quote for deck and speakers. What do you think?

 

2 10" Kicker comp vx's
1 Kicker ZX1000 amp
stock deck
Dodge infinity speakers
Under rear seats
Sounds amazing!
As for decks I used to own a Alpine and loved it.

 

That's a sweet setup silvernightmare, but here's my situation. My rig has the fold flat floor and with a wife and kids, I just can't pull it out for subs. Serious bummer as it is, I am trying to make the better system without subs. That is why I am focusing on a head unit with enough built in poop and nice speakers.

 

nice I'm a fan of the comp vx's. I'd go for a good single din or double din head unit a nice 4 channel amplifier and components up front and a nice set of coax's in back. won't have ridiculous bass but it will be clear and nice.

 

"I'd go for a good single din or double din head unit a nice 4 channel amplifier and components up front and a nice set of coax's in back. won't have ridiculous bass but it will be clear and nice"


I agree.You will get highs, mids and some lows.