so my friend has a 12" sub in his f350 dually and is wantin to get rid of it. i was wondering if i can hook it up to my stock headunit. its got the stock audiophile system and sub already so i figured i could but i thought id ask someone on here who might have done it already. the sub im gettin isnt anything special its just a 12" street edge with a street edge amp. it sounds good to me and i just want to bump a little more and its gonna be fairly cheap. i do plan on getting an aftermarket deck though later on

thanks

 

you need an inline converter to hook it up and i dont think they sound good.

 

As far as i know your going to need an aftermarket head unit. Now i don't have an F-150 but that's how our rangers work. You probably could splice into the stock unit and figure it out somehow but i can tell you that the aftermarket units are going to have way more ports in the back.

Edit: -1 for inline converter :)

 

i dont even know what half that **** is. ive heard of people doin it and ik a guy personally who did it to his ram. i figured you could since it came with a stock sub

 

Yeah you can easily do it, you just need a line out converter

Line-Out Converters | Line Output Converters at Sonic Electronix

 

whats that do and wheres it go? guessin thats how you controll the bass without usin the stock headunit and havin bass in the reg speakers too

 

That is to tap off of the speaker outputs from the back of the headunit and convert it into an RCA output so that you can plug it into your amp. Personally I would just buy a new headunit, it will sound a lot better.

 

i will eventually. i cant afford it right now though and the subs that hes sellin wont be here when i can. so by tapping off you mean the bass wont go to it or what?

 

You can buy a new head unit for like $90 bucks that has the RCA ports etc. You can probably find one in the classifieds for cheaper.

The converter basically means that you are controlling your speakers from your headunit and your bass from the inline

 

ok, thanks. the unit i want is 400. i buy the good stuff when i can afford it lol. i try not to settle bc ive been there and they are ****

 

What kind of headunit are you looking at?

 

its an alpine. dont know the actual number though. its 3-400 with remote and ipod cable

 

I have the alpine CDA - 9856. Check it out i bought it when it was brand new 3 or 4 years ago but it works great with the ipod

 

welp. my dads lettin me get a cheaper unit to swap into his truck and im putting the nice alpine in my truck. gonna get a 10" rockford fosgate p1 or p2 and TRY to put it behind the center console between it and the back seat. i RARELY have more than 3 or 4 people in my truck so not worried bout the senter seat bein taken up. if i do, ill just unplug everything and take it out. doest anyone know if a 10 will fit there with it not being crewcab? ik a shallow will fit but i dont wanna spend the extra money just to get a shallow if i dont have to.

 

doesn anyone on here know if rockford fosgate 10" P1s or P2s will sound and do alright with a JBL GT5 series amp?

 

need to be more specific

 

the amp is a JBL GT5-A604 640 watt 4 channel. was told its a good amp for up to 2 10s for a truck

 

isnt a 4 channel more for mids and highs? idk just asking.

 

Just buy a mono amp and a single sub, the best that amp can do is "Bridged, 4 ohms: 160 watts x 2 chan".

 

i have no clue what that means. lol

 

Rockford Fosgate Prime R500-1 Mono subwoofer amplifier — 500 watts RMS at 2 ohms at Crutchfield.com

this is what im running for 2 12s

 

^ I have the same amp, in my truck pushing a single 10. It sounds great, the amp is just a little on the big side for only 500 watts.

When you bridge an amp you combine 2 channels into 1. Basically making the amp from a 4 channel into a 2 channel, or if you have a 2 channel you make it into a 1 channel. The most that amp can do is 160 watts RMS per channel.

Bascially look here and pick an amp lol

Mono Subwoofer Amps | Car Amplifiers | Car Audio | Car Audio, Video & GPS at Sonic Electronix

 

from what im told the rockfords are nicer than the pioneers so idk how good theyd do with that lower rockford amp. and they seem to sound better from what i have heard

 

oh ok

 

what are channels? is that like the amount of subs or something?