Replacing the worn out stock Infinity stereo system on 1999 RAM 2500 + backup camera install. 

It’s never easy to convey the sound quality over video. But I thought the doors shut would be best.

This is the best single din head unit available right now. In my opinion.

4.3-4.5 is actually what it says the screen is..

I replaced the cables already. They were sooooo bad. But I haven’t even thought of doing an upgraded alternator. I will look into it. That would make for an awesome set up like you were saying.

The tweeters turned out so good. I was VERY happy with them. The front speakers, two screws fit. The other two screws had to go in a a bit of an angle. So no modifications to make them fit.

I pulled all the original wiring out and redid it. Ran my own wiring.

This is a known issue with the factory speakers and the infinity factory speakers. The flexible wire that is connected to the paper cone part of the speaker has a glue type compound that gets old and brittle and looses connection, when it gets hot it softens up a bit and this can cause it to sometimes make a connection. The only remedy is to replace the speakers. It usually happens to one or two at a time but it has been known to happen to all 4 at the same time.

No. You can purchase compatible speakers. Plug and play.

If you want to amp the speakers you need an amp. If you get a subwoofer, you will need an amp. my sub is a rockford fosgate P2.

Use an extra large zip tie. Feed the zip tie through the boot from inside the door. Tape the speaker wire to the zip tie and pull it back through the boot ... Gently!

They are the same gauge of wire. I had the flat type laying around for so long I decided this would be a perfect opportunity to use them. I mostly did it to keep the front and rear distinct. I’m not sure what gauge they are. It’s just the standard speaker wire gauge. 12 if I had to guess. The tweeters have a cross over that grabs signal from the front speakers.

Did the tweeters have a capacitor or something to protect it?

The crossover is set up to protect the tweeters. They come with the kit.

How did you wire the camera to activate when you press the camera button along with the back up lamps?

The camera turns on when you hit the camera button. No special wiring. The camera will turn on going into reverse because I use the reverse light as a signal.

Yes. Speakers right to the amp.

I also have a Kenwood 500 or 600 watt amps 5207 I have not messed with it in awhile I could also use it for my rear high level inputs amplifier idea...

I’m not sure exactly what you are referring to. But everything we used to mount the tweeters came with the speaker kit. We made the original tweeter hole slightly larger with a step up drill bit and everything fit.

I have been very happy with it. I miss my kenwood menu system though.

I ran all new wires too. I didn't have any issues since the whole system was replaced.

I have the same vechile. What I did was remove the infinity crap and cut the speaker wires at the plug then hooked it up to my door speaker. Much easier than running new wires.

@@stdlxe1286 He did the right thing though since he was installing a more powerful amplifier for the system. the factory wires can run pretty hot with "Good" power running through them. the factory infinity amps were only capable of dual 30 watts peak, so they likely only averaged 10-12 watts RMS on a good day to the speakers.

I just got my Left Rear speaker running again. I found that the speaker wires were broke off inside the the door boot. I drive a 1999 Ram 2500 mag v8.

I was trying to get sound at the right side rear door earlier and it had nothing but I'm guessing that will lead right back to the junkyard swapped out doors and speaker install hack job I've somewhat repaired to have two functional decent door speakers,, and i put the door panel back on earlier.. and since i have the Dr side rear door panel off I'm going to try that connector and see if the speaker works from the connector to the new speaker i have to install but I'm betting it won't either...

The tweeter was purchased as part of a component speaker package. I don’t know if it’s available separately.

We used a universal adapter.

@@TenzaMotorsports Cool, I think I'll do the same. Thanks for the quick response

@@TenzaMotorsports I’m looking for those adapters right now. Do you happen to have a link for them or like what they’re called? Would be greatly appreciated.

I don’t know it specifically. If I remember correctly it was purchased through crutchfield

They are removed just like the front doors. Mostly by prying on the push in retainer clips and removing a few screws.

You are correct in stating that base is omnidirectional below a certain frequency. However, placement can and does effect the subs sound in the vehicle. I am partial to a reflected non-direct sound. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@TenzaMotorsports Absolutely, deep bass especially below 80Hz is very sensitive to reflectivity. This is a good thing though as you can get better sound from smaller subs if you utilize this fact.

Right? I'm glad it's been replaced.

20 years of farm dirt. Looks to be in every nook and cranny. Must be fun to clean.

This head unit was broken and several of the speakers were worn out. If that had not been the case I probably would have left it alone. Kind of to be expected in a 20 year old truck.

I just took some of the infinity speakers from a completely rusted pile of crap and robbed the amps and glued them to new kicker speakers. Works like a champ.

Drift master I'm like you that is why i acquired a serviced used fully functional infinity by Chrysler am fm CD player cassette tape player stereo and it has even solder joints checked and flowed over them and all new led lights and tested it all works great and my front speakers are cerwin vega hed r series speakers 3 way 6x9's and they have really decent bass response and sound great honestly now if i can just get the rear speakers to work in the doors same thing as the front cerwin vega hed r series but 5 1/4 or 6 1/2 inch speakers id have to check which one actually,, but i really don't want to have to run speaker wires through the rear doors and back to the head unit and hack into the factory dash wiring connector plugs but since someone has already attacked the front wiring harness connector because of the lower trim level junkyard swapped out doors since the wiring harness plugs didn't match,i probably don't have a choice and my Dr side rear door is seized currently it's stuck at the top and the bottom..grr lucky me lol

It’s not hard to find out what wires go where. A 9V battery can show you what speakers are which in a matter of seconds. The factory didn’t label them. I didn’t either. No big deal.

@@TenzaMotorsports wow dude. The factory didn't have all those wires for openers, and the wires that were there were wired to a plug to slip into the radio. Pretty lazy.

The factory didn’t have unlabeled speaker wires?? So the speakers magically ran on what? I spent 3 days tearing the entire system apart and running wires that are better and won’t fall apart like the oem. But I’m lazy I didn’t label the wire for the next person? Ok.

@@TenzaMotorsports the factory didn't do it probably because it wasn't cost-effective, and it took too much time. On the other hand you had nothing but time installing it and could've labeled as you went. Yeah, just because factory workers real lazy doesn't mean you have to be. Be a nice guy, label the freaking wires!

Yup brain fart moment. I had in my head to replace the wire exactly. It was corrected. But not the system relies on an amp from here on out.