Hi folks. I've conducted enough google searches that've landed me somewhere in this forum that I thought I'd join and see what else you've got going on here.
My girlfriend and I are on our second Patriot.
Without knowing much about them myself, I was unaware of some of the options available. I thought the speakers in the tailgate sounded like a cool feature, so I decided to try and one up Jeep when we bought one without that option.
For about $100, this is what I came up with. I did one side last night, just to make sure it was going to work.
I added speaker terminals in the trunk space so that I could use external speakers, and only be limited by the amount of wire I hooked them up with.
I went with the Pyle speakers you can see in the picture because they're weatherproof, and we have them outside at a camp my friend and I have and they're great sounding.
I also added a kill switch for the rear door speaker because talking with crutchfield, they were worried about overloading the factory stereo.
I'm happy with how things turned out. I think if I go any further with it, I'd make something for the trailer hitch that I could hang the speakers on, but that's probably not a very important step to take.
Anyway, thanks for having me in the forums, and hello again.
My girlfriend and I are on our second Patriot.
Without knowing much about them myself, I was unaware of some of the options available. I thought the speakers in the tailgate sounded like a cool feature, so I decided to try and one up Jeep when we bought one without that option.
For about $100, this is what I came up with. I did one side last night, just to make sure it was going to work.
I added speaker terminals in the trunk space so that I could use external speakers, and only be limited by the amount of wire I hooked them up with.
I went with the Pyle speakers you can see in the picture because they're weatherproof, and we have them outside at a camp my friend and I have and they're great sounding.
I also added a kill switch for the rear door speaker because talking with crutchfield, they were worried about overloading the factory stereo.
I'm happy with how things turned out. I think if I go any further with it, I'd make something for the trailer hitch that I could hang the speakers on, but that's probably not a very important step to take.
Anyway, thanks for having me in the forums, and hello again.
