thank god big guy. start off like the rest of the world and get a sub or subs. then get some front speakers amplified. And if you feel the need, get rear speakers

 

It depends on your music tastes and listening habits but if you plan on keeping the truck for awhile I'd recommend a full sound deadening treatment first to lower the noise floor inside the truck. No matter how you go about it from there it will not have to compete with tons of noise which will help it sound better and help keep from running the volume **** up near distortion levels all the time.

If you're not a big bass head to start with I'd recommend saving money and buying a good set of components and a good amp to power them with. Those along with a good installation will set the base for your music. Think about it, the frequencies subs play are only a fraction (~20hz to ~100hz) of the frequencies played by the rest of the speakers (say ~100hz to ~20khz). From that point choosing and installing a sub stage will be cake.

Just my .02

 

I have setup a 2-3 year plan....

1. Find a headunit and run oversized amp power wires to my current (cheap @$$ subs)
2. Find a set of components that I feel fit my needs
3. Find matching amps to power subs/components
4. Get 12" sub
5. Get 2 8" subs
6. Custom box with the 8's sealed and the 12' ported
7. Rip out the entire interior and play the dynomat (or similar) game
8. Run new wiring completely Amps-subs and amps to components

Eh... idk... That was just off the top of my head.

And I bet you I could make the 2 8's and the 12 sound hella good

 

well will..... you've got some good people talking to you now. bass heads, sq'ers, and the typical day to dayer like me so.... this was a good thread we all decided to make. i just feel special being the one to start it haha

 

Well I am just doing as much research as I can before I buy anything else... been doing some ebay bidding on JL items.... Currently bidding on 15... Winning 1... Lol....

 

will, JL is a great company, but so is sundown audio, RE, Fi........ i just like JL because thats what i've run in my car for 4 years and brother for 14. so its all there ya know? i'm going to switch it out next summer for some "fun" haha

 

To be honest, in High school some kid has the 13W7 and it was the holy grail at the time....

I honestly havent heard anything bad, and thats why I am looking to them

 

Iv heard a blown w0... And it smelled worse then it sounded. True story.

 

ok.... i've had blown kicker, alpine, jl, kenwood, and an older RE.

 

I've seen plenty of quality subs blown by morons who don't know what they're doing as well....