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I just recently got my truck, and it’s set at +5 on the Bass EQ and it’s not “boomy” at all, it’s surprisingly no better than my factory Alpine was in my 2017 Ram 2500. I’m surprised because I remember reading on the forums that the bass was very notable on the HK system? Some people said even too much so.
My Alpine system shakes the rear view mirror. It hits harder than the HK system in my exes 300.
That’s crazy because I remember when these trucks with the Rebel 12 package first came out how many people were mentioning that if anything they didn’t like the HK because it was too Bass heavy.
Great! I’ll check that out, I just was hoping for a relatively easy solution with not much altering to the HK system.
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I appreciate the reply man! That’s good to know. I added a JL 10W3V3 to my last truck that had the alpine system and it was truthfully a lot more than I needed. I ended up having my bass gain knob at 1/4 only lol.
Thanks for the detailed reply! Seems extremely doable, have you had any experience seeing how much of a noticeable improvement was had in changing out that factory 8” HK Subwoofer in the original enclosure?Bass in your Ram 1500
The sub, which is part of the Alpine and Harman Kardon systems, is found behind the rear seat. This 8" triple voice coil subwoofer (each voice coil has a 2.2-ohm impedance) is mounted to a polymer enclosure. It’s not terribly hard to get to, but you will need to fabricate a mounting bracket to secure your aftermarket 8" sub in the enclosure. You’ll also need to splice or solder the sub wires to the vehicle’s speaker wires, because there's no wiring harness adapter that will work here.
You will have to fiddle with the seats, which is challenging, but not too bad. Once they’re handled. All you need to do is pry out the rear wall trim enough to get to the sub enclosure, then remove the six Torx T25 screws securing subwoofer to the enclosure. Disconnect the harness and remove the subwoofer.
As with all other Alpine speakers in the Ram, replacing this low-impedance factory speaker with a 4-ohm aftermarket speaker will result in lower volume levels.
Tools Required: Panel tool, 10mm and 18mm sockets, ratchet and extension, Torx T25 driver
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I just recently got it’s a 2020 Rebel. That looks interesting to almost try that avenue first! Of course providing I could twist my local dealer’s arm to try it even if doesn’t apply to my VIN lol
Remove the factory sub from that plastic enclosure behind the seat and put it in the scar audio 10 inch enclosure that is built specifically for the ram what a huge difference finally hits the low lows and increases the volume of the sub because it's a ported box
what part number is the scar sub please? did you just change tbe sub? no.amp nothing else ? (thats what im looking for, just doing the sub)
There is a skar audio 10" sub enclosure built for the 5th gen ram. I have the Harmon kardon system so I took the sub out of the crappy box behind the seat and put it in the skar box extended the wires and boom wayyyy better sub.
