[PDR1878]

Where is the amp on an 01 Durango?

I have 4ohm speakers installed an I want to keep using the factory HU.

Will I still have the same problem if I bypass the amp or no? An by problem I mean shitty sound pushing a 2 signal through a 4 signal speaker. I plan to just cut off the connectors and match up the wires. Assuming they the same colors..

Also I assume I'll loose my tweeters by ditching the amp??

 

[xbxjunkie]

it's located under the right side kick panel. when i had a Durango, i made an amp bypass harness that ran along the right side, where i had an amp installed under the 2nd rear seat. i still have that harness if this is something you might do. if you're gonna change your speakers, get components and ditch the factory tweets, they're shit anyway.

 

[PDR1878]

I already got speakers. I'm not looking for greatness. But I do know a 2 ohm amp brings down a 4 ohm speaker.

How much you looking for the harness?

 

[xbxjunkie]

I already got speakers. I'm not looking for greatness. But I do know a 2 ohm amp brings down a 4 ohm speaker.

How much you looking for the harness?

where to you plan to mount the amp?

 

[IWA2002]

Here's a great write up. Works great..
http://www.dakota-durango.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127337

 

[TazRango]

where to you plan to mount the amp?

Ok I think theres a miscommunication here. XBX, he's not installing a new amp, he's just bypassing the factory amp and running the new speakers off the head unit.

PDR, the harness that XBX has is not a simple bypass harness, it is for tying a new 4 channel amp with high level inputs into the factory wiring. It will not work for what you want to do. However, I would recommend picking up a cheap, half decent amp, and use his harness. New speakers run off the head unit will sound like Pip farting on a snare drum, because it's going to start clipping and distorting way before it gets loud (it's only I think 5 watts per channel RMS). But for just a simple bypass, do the procedure in the link IWA posted. Bout as easy as you can get and its half the price of the actual bypass harness.

Technically no, you will not lose the factory tweeters because they are not driven separately off the amp, the harness splits inside the door, and the tweeters are fed the same signal just through a high pass cap. But they are designed for 2 ohm so they'll sound like crap anyway.

 

[PDR1878]

Hmm okay now to find an amp

 

[Jalkai]

it's located under the right side kick panel. when i had a Durango, i made an amp bypass harness that ran along the right side, where i had an amp installed under the 2nd rear seat. i still have that harness if this is something you might do. if you're gonna change your speakers, get components and ditch the factory tweets, they're shit anyway.

Do you still have or still can make this? I need one to change from the factory amp to an aftermarket one. Message me if you do, thank, or point me in the direction on how to make my own.