Ok folks, I have been reading like crazy and trying to get ready for my first ever audio install. A my stuff is here and plan on taking a few days off to make this happen. I know I will have plenty of questions including a few here. First here is the scoop...I have on '05 King Ranch Screw with the audiophile system. I am replacing this with the following:

HU - Alpine AVI 505- Bluetooth kit and Sirrius
Front Speakers - Alpine SPX 17 Pros components - rated at 100RMS
Rear speakers - Alpine SPX13 Pro components - rated at 80RMS
MusicMooseaudio - 10" single sub box
Sub shallow Alpine SWS10"
PDX -5 AMP 4x75 and 1X300
Back up camera
Farad 1.0 capacitor

Code Alarm 9000 security and remote starter

Dynomat for the doors-

Okay here are some starter questions for the crack audiophiles from a neophyte:

The alpine SPX13 Pro are 5.25 woofer and will fit in the stock rear door speaker opening...where should I put the tweeter? I suppose I will need to run all new speaker wire what is the best gauge?

I know the SPX17's and the SPX13's are rated at 100 and 80 RMS..I do not need to blast music and am not a heavy medal listener...loud and clean is all I need is the PDX enough for this?

Would you do the Dynomat on the doors? What about the floor, is it worth going all out with this and how crazy hard is it to take seats and all out to put the stuff in?

Any tips on the back up camera and how to run the wire to the HU?

Alright, any help would be fantastic. I plan on taking pictures as I go and give new audio nuts hope! I may be over my head but guess I can always give in and take in somewhere. I think with help I can get through this fun project. Thanks for any tips or help!

 

With the SPX 13's, you could make a baffle and put the woofer and tweeter in the factory location. Unless you want the tweeter up higher. As far as the speaker wire, 16 guage should do just fine. And what you can do if you don't want to mess with running speaker wire to each door is run the speaker wire from the amp to the dash and tap into the factory wiring. That way you have less to take out, and easier, if you should ever get rid of the truck.

Power: The 75 watts each should be fine. More is not going to hurt 'em though. They just recommend being around that.

Dynamat: I would definatly do the doors. Do that for now, if you decide to do more, it is always better. It will also help with road noise.

Can't help you with the camera, never done one.

Hope this helps you.

 

Not a bad driver choice but you could pick a little better. Ex: Dynaudio or Hertz

 

Uh scratch the rear speakers and run the components active on the 4ch. The tweeters on the spx pros are nice, but i'd replace the mids with ID OEMs. fuggin beasts. Seas or Peerless are other good mid options. and definitly mat the crap out of the doors and seal the holes. HUGE midbass if you do that.

Take the rear seat off to get to the backwall, mat the crap out of it, seal the vents, and zip tie the clips. Life will be much easier and SPL will go up. Mat the floor, mat the roof also.

Look at my gallery for pics. I'll have more up this weekend if i can find the bat charger to my camera.

Also, there are better subwoofers out there that will fit that box. I recommend Image Dynamics IDQ v.2 10" or Dayton HO 10".