Hey, installed the stereo today and found out my friend had one of these lying around:speakers are plug and play if you know how to strip and properly attach wires, take door panels off etc. you can also order some sound deadening mats to cover the doors, that makes a HUGE difference
as for the skar subs, they'll definitely sound better than the pioneer but you know how it is with audio, the difference might not be enough for you to care/notice and they require a bunch more steps in installation since they have separate amps, the dual 12" might draw too much power and you have to figure out which amp would pair best with it so I would advise you go with the single 12" or another kit that comes with a matching amp
the stock alternator does a little under 1kw peak output so I wouldnt try pulling more than 400w, keep it under 30A/10AWG wiring
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Anyways, next step: speakers!!!
I was looking at crutchfield too at my car and the required equipment needed to install aftermarket ones and was wondering if you could help verify
So, crunchfield says I will need to use a drill on the rivets to remove factory speakers.
Then I will have to buy this

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I was reading in a comment section of a speaker upgrade of this car that this guy just cut the wires off the old speakers and used something like a butt connector to put them on the new speaker wires. Do you think I should do that or buy the wiring harness?


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My question about the second one is I thought the speakers already came in mounting brackets
I looked up sound deadening too and it does seem pretty easy to do so I will consider doing it too
edit: looks to be around $400 ish so will probably hold off on that
Well thats all for today thank you