JBL Speakers

Booma1218 · August 10, 2020

Just ordered a set of JBL concert series for my 2020 LT Trail Boss...Anyone else running these speakers???What is everyone running for there after market door speakers?

derek_05_07 · August 10, 2020

11 minutes ago, Booma1218 said:

Just ordered a set of JBL concert series for my 2020 LT Trail Boss...Anyone else running these speakers???What is everyone running for there after market door speakers?

I was looking at the GTO series by JBL and was wondering the same thing if anyone was running then

Booma1218 · August 11, 2020

I was looking at those ones also,but it said the rears wouldn’t fit in the doors...I wanted to keep the speakers matching so i went with the concert series..Plus they were on sale,and crutchfield gave me free harnesses,and speaker adapters .I ended up spending 150$ for the 6x9 fronts,both my 6.5 rears,harnesses plug and play for all the speakers,and both adapter kits for 150 with 2 day shipping was a no brainer for me...You running an amp???

Paul 2020RST · August 11, 2020

31 minutes ago, Booma1218 said:

I was looking at those ones also,but it said the rears wouldn’t fit in the doors...I wanted to keep the speakers matching so i went with the concert series..Plus they were on sale,and crutchfield gave me free harnesses,and speaker adapters .I ended up spending 150$ for the 6x9 fronts,both my 6.5 rears,harnesses plug and play for all the speakers,and both adapter kits for 150 with 2 day shipping was a no brainer for me...You running an amp???

Your going to have to run an amp to get the most out of those speakers. To get out of running an amp, you have to go for lower power speakers. The radio, even the Bose amp, doesn’t put out much power.

Similar radio in my wife’s Traverse, used some Pioneers in the doors, no amp. Huge improvement. Did Crutchfield for them as well, frees adaptors and wiring harnesses, $50 I think, they were on sale as well. Took maybe 1.5 hours total. That’s doing the sound deadening as well.

Got Bose in my 2020 RST, so just gonna add a subwoofer.

Goobax · August 11, 2020

Went with JL Audio C2-650s all the way around personally. Just finished the install actually yesterday.

Definitely better than stock but can’t really tell their full potential until they get amped one of these days

Booma1218 · August 11, 2020

7 hours ago, Paul 2020RST said:

Your going to have to run an amp to get the most out of those speakers. To get out of running an amp, you have to go for lower power speakers. The radio, even the Bose amp, doesn’t put out much power.

Similar radio in my wife’s Traverse, used some Pioneers in the doors, no amp. Huge improvement. Did Crutchfield for them as well, frees adaptors and wiring harnesses, $50 I think, they were on sale as well. Took maybe 1.5 hours total. That’s doing the sound deadening as well.

Got Bose in my 2020 RST, so just gonna add a subwoofer.

I plan on adding an amp,and sub...I reached out to 2 different people who make the harnesses for our trucks so it's a plug and play for the amp...One place said they're closed until september,and the LLj place has yet to respond...

Paul 2020RST · August 11, 2020

2 hours ago, Booma1218 said:

I plan on adding an amp,and sub...I reached out to 2 different people who make the harnesses for our trucks so it's a plug and play for the amp...One place said they're closed until september,and the LLj place has yet to respond...

Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people comment on some other threads that’s the issue with LLJ.

Are you doing anything with the dash speakers? I know Sundown audio makes a drop in speaker that sounds really good. Probably one of the best sounding 2.75 speakers I’ve heard.

Booma1218 · August 11, 2020

2 hours ago, Paul 2020RST said:

Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people comment on some other threads that’s the issue with LLJ.

Are you doing anything with the dash speakers? I know Sundown audio makes a drop in speaker that sounds really good. Probably one of the best sounding 2.75 speakers I’ve heard.

I was looking into those,but couldn't find anything on crutchfield...Thanks for the heads up on the sundown ones...I'm going to look into them...

pewterliftedz · August 12, 2020

I installed Alpine S series 6"x9" and 6.5" on my non-Bose LTZ this past week. Huge improvement over stock as far as clarity, mild improvement in bass. Well worth the upgrade for $147 all in, I was able to score some open box items through Crutchfield, and it came with everything for a easy install. I have a sub and amp ready to be installed, but I'm trying to figure out a mounting solution I like first.

For comparison it would have cost me an additional $1000 to get the Convenience 2 package with Bose, Nav, and the wireless charging pad. I really hated the wireless charger since it takes up the whole front storage, and I use apple carplay everyday for charging and Nav, so it would have been pointless.

Edited August 12, 2020 by pewterliftedz

Booma1218 · August 12, 2020

So I installed my JBL concert series speakers...The total install took about 1&1/2 hrs with sprakers brackets and plug a d play harnesses...They sound literally a 100x better than the stock crap without an amp....I have the 8" IOR radio non bose and these speakers made a huge difference in sound...In the speakers with everything for 150$ and was here in 2 days...I highly recommend the Bose Concert series on Crutchfield...They're on sale right now too..

derek_05_07 · August 13, 2020

2 hours ago, Booma1218 said:

So I installed my JBL concert series speakers...The total install took about 1&1/2 hrs with sprakers brackets and plug a d play harnesses...They sound literally a 100x better than the stock crap without an amp....I have the 8" IOR radio non bose and these speakers made a huge difference in sound...In the speakers with everything for 150$ and was here in 2 days...I highly recommend the Bose Concert series on Crutchfield...They're on sale right now too..

How’s the bass and clarity at high volumes without an amp?

Htown T1 · August 13, 2020

These are the ones I installed. A lot of mids and highs but no lows. Fortunately it’s what I was looking for since I have the factory 10” kicker sub in the back.

fsuguy92 · August 15, 2020

I have the kicker system for the 14-18 double cab that amps your speakers as well as the sub. Sounds amazing and the added power really brings even the factory speakers to life. Was $1250 new, just trying to get rid of it since I sold the truck - let me know if any of y'all are interested!

2nazt · August 17, 2020

On 8/12/2020 at 3:37 PM, pewterliftedz said:

I installed Alpine S series 6"x9" and 6.5" on my non-Bose LTZ this past week. Huge improvement over stock as far as clarity, mild improvement in bass. Well worth the upgrade for $147 all in, I was able to score some open box items through Crutchfield, and it came with everything for a easy install. I have a sub and amp ready to be installed, but I'm trying to figure out a mounting solution I like first.

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For comparison it would have cost me an additional $1000 to get the Convenience 2 package with Bose, Nav, and the wireless charging pad. I really hated the wireless charger since it takes up the whole front storage, and I use apple carplay everyday for charging and Nav, so it would have been pointless.