Super Duty stereo system?

Guess who one this great forum drives a crewcab Superduty......

Is the Jackson a cd transport or a tape transport? Either way, one must realize that mounting a unit in the console does one very important thing, it takes your eyes off of the road, thus I never recommend doing this. While it may be great for security reasons, my life and the lives of other drivers on the road is more important. Please put it back in the dash where it belongs.

If the Jackson is a cd transport then it should not be mounted vertically as the suspension system was not designed around a vertical mount, it was designed around a horizontal mount.

For the rear speakers, 5x7" is fine, for the front I would look at a pair of 5x7" coax for now if that is what you have and then down the road a pair of oversize 6.5" component speakers. Should you choose the right ones, the tweeter can mount concentrically (dead center like a coax) or the tweeter also fits on the sail panel (at the top of each door). With some time, bondo and texture paint, it can be made to look like it was supposed to be there. (Have pic's if you need them).

Before I set out and bought speakers, I would listen to them. Those are some large windows on this truck and I assume it is a diesel. It also has some good road noise (especially if you lift it and put larger tires under it ). Based on this fact I chose MB Quart speakers for my truck, this way the top end that dissappears in most speakers when faced with this situation is still present. But we all hear different, you need to listen to the speakers first and purchase what your ears prefer.

My 2 cents, typicly you would bridge an amp only for the sub. Bridging it at 4 ohms would be the sum of left + right channels = mono. Usually an amp will push twice the power bridged into 2 ohms, left + right stereo, again ok for a sub. For your mid and high speakers though, you would always want 4 ohms stereo. Thats where an amp is clean and crispy at.

30W rms seems a little shy on power handling ability. As well, oval speakers are not where it's at if you desire any true sound quality.

Hope this clears up bridging ?'s anyway...