You could choose to go with a standard set of component speakers and have the tweeters mounted in place of the stock small midrange drivers. Extreme Audio near Richmond is halfway through making this Wrangler sound awesome.įor the speaker locations on top of the dash, you have a few options. Replacing the lower dash speaker pods is work.
Some of the parts that need to be removed from the dash of a Jeep Wrangler to install the upgraded speaker pods.
You’ll want to budget for about three hours of labor for a basic upgrade - and a little more, depending on your plan for the upper dash speaker solution. The team at Extreme Audio near Richmond, Virginia, let us know that there are about 50 screws and bolts, along with more than a dozen dash parts, that need to come out in order to complete the installation. The work to install these pods is a bit extensive. The pods are reasonably priced at under $100, and you can choose from almost any coaxial or component speaker set available. Metra, a manufacturer of car audio installation accessories, offers a set of replacement speaker pods that allow a 6.5-inch speaker to be installed in the factory location. This isn’t an inexpensive upgrade, for several reasons, but it is worth the investment. The first order of business is to equip the vehicle with appropriately sized speakers. The stock speaker pod and a Metra JP-1014 speaker pod with an Alpine S-S65C woofer mounted in place. These features don’t improve the sound of the audio system, but at least the radio has some good connectivity options.
If your Jeep is a Sport S trim level or higher, you at least have the option of upgrading to the Uconnect 4 system with a 7-inch display, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. We know they built custom-vented enclosures for the speakers to optimize their performance, but sometimes bigger is better. It’s somewhat baffling that a manufacturer would choose to shrink the size of the speakers they use, especially when there’s no subwoofer in the system. The basic sound system in the JL chassis-code Wrangler includes small speakers in the bottom of the dash and the overhead soundbar and a set of even smaller speakers in the top of the dash. Fear not valued reader - hope and help are available! Let’s look at the base stereo system and how it can be improved. Unless you opted for the premium Alpine option, the stereo in these vehicles is disappointing.
In 2017, Jeep launched the fourth-generation Wrangler with improved aerodynamics, a larger interior and better fuel economy. These issues aside, they sell like crazy. They aren’t particularly stylish, and they don’t handle as well as a regular car.
Jeep Wranglers are surprisingly popular vehicles, given their heritage as a wartime tool.