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

1994-2002 The 2nd Gen ram is getting old. The last model year is almost 20 years old at this point. Speakers and wiring don't last forever. Today we install a massive upgrade to the original Infinity system.
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[@CindyLouise75]

This is going to be so nice. I love that you can do all of this to update an older vehicle.

[@bhcrls1]

Excellent project and a good way to update an older vehicle. Lots of safety features (hands free and backup camera) that are worth every penny. You guys do professional level work. Must not be your first install.

[@chompchomp2323]

just want to express appreciation for closing the doors. So many of these videos are worthless because they leave doors/trunks open when trying to highlight the sound...

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@StraTgik805]

I have that same JCV head unit in my Colorado. Works and sounds great and with the small 3" screen really adds value being able to add a rearview camera.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@richardbates2367]

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

[@ChrisWard64658]

Great info thanks.

[@fishnfreak04]

A tip for the plastic door panels etc for restoring it as well as plastic trim is sc1 it works amazing and looks like new

[@raquelwestbrook7115]

Love a good stereo in my car too!

[@tristancook2516]

Nice been looking to do this to my truck

[@pi1797]

Cool project. One thing I noticed. Definitely replace those battery cables. Another minor upgrade is upgrade the alternator to higher amperage and that can allow you to install a power inverter. Inverters are nice to bring AC power in. And if can get WiFi into the cab your passenger can use a pc or allow multiple hookups for phone charger’s etc.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@richardbates2367]

I have a similar older head unit it's a dual electronics products xdvd770bt and it also has most of the din screen available for use with a backup camera worked great and I have a kac 5207 500 Watt excelon amplifier i bought used the kid was in highschool and he said he was just buying a new amplifier since he was buying new subwoofers he had taken out 3 of the speaker terminal screws and lost them.. have not tested the amplifier but that being said all i did was get on eBay and found a whole kit of speaker amplifier terminal plates and screws..lol

[@ifixeverything5445]

Thanks a lot, Muchas gracias 👍

[@devnull182]

Nice. Looks like the tweeter fits the factory location very nice. Do all 4 6x9 screws line up?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@ragingoutdoors6827]

Do you remember which dash kit you used to go from the din and a half to the single din?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@jaceinlow8980]

Please don’t paint your door panels, when it gets hot and you put your arm on the panel, it sticks to your arm and ruins the paint

[@ABCDEFGHIJKELA...]

it really doesn't matter where the sub is located, bass is omnidirectional from what I've learned, distance from your ears is the only part that counts,, not necessarily what direction it's in or where it's at. that's one less headache anyone should have to worry about. I've considered using 2 thin strips of Velcro stitched to the center of the rear seat, to locate mine, and still be moveable with ease in case I need the entire seat, thankfully our RAMS have HUGE rear seats, at least my Gen 2 does, so that's cake to move around. I made a quick cheap 1.5" support out of 1 inch L brackets, painted to match, for it to face downwards, it sounds exactly the same thanks to how subs work, and no chance of damaging the woofer. it's actually used as an armrest for anyone in the rear oO oh and a small pad attached to the top for comfort, can hardly even tell what it is lol. mine's only 8' tho, so that's a little easier, it sounds like a 12 inch the way it hits, but that due to Boston acoustics design lab genius, not mine hehe.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@MarvinParnell]

@@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.

[@k0conutk0mando]

have any problems with the original infinity system not functioning at all? I replaced my head unit but the system sometimes does not work at all, will power on but I get no sound. It will work when it is hot for some reason!

[@MarvinParnell]

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.

[@connorgoldberg9179]

i don’t know a lot about how this works but if i want to replace my speakers in the same exact truck but i’m not adding a new head unit do i have to gut the whole thing like you did?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@Eminem19866]

With the infinity system what did you do with the plug that went to the cross overs in the front doors?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@manuelca07]

If you are going to connect the amplifier, you can take the new cables directly to the amp, right?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

Yes. Speakers right to the amp.

[@knightmareking1342]

PIONEER AVH3300NEX is the best single din right now

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@edwinhidrogo7717]

Where did you get the columns sides for the tweeters?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@gusbiesecker8677]

Hey man. I recently bought a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 and I wanted to upgrade the sound system. I really like these front speakers you got, but do i need this amp? Also, if I get a subwoofer do I need the amp, and what was your subwoofer called? Thanks

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@stevenlost8958]

Dooode that old system was nasty.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@bhcrls1]

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

[@gasperdn]

I have a 1998.5 with the Infinity system, have you had any issues with only the right rear speaker working. I pulled out the factory stereo and hooked up a Kenwood to verify it was not the stereo itself, and it still only gets sound out of the Right Rear.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@stdlxe1286]

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.

[@MarvinParnell]

@@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.

[@ChrisB-tb8qu]

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.

[@richardbates2367]

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...

[@matthewportillo881]

Is the wires for the rear speaker the same gauge. Just different appearance to distinguish the front from the back speakers? What gauge wire did you use? Did the tweeters plug into the front door speakers?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@matthewportillo881]

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

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@matthewportillo881]

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

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@jimbouchard528]

How did you fish the new speaker wires through the door boots ?

[@TbirdThunderHD]

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!

[@Reviewerguy1228]

Do you have a part number for the tweeters?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@mattposey6764]

How did u get ur back door panels off

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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

[@richardbates2367]

I have a laramie slt quad cab long bed equipped premium infinity by chrysler amplifier filters 6 speaker with tweeters sound system with the premium infinity by chrysler am fm cd player cassette tape player stereo system and it actually works so I don't want to change the factory headunit, but the amplifier filters crap is been taken out so the tweeters don't work and the front doors work when they want to and the front doors are swapped out from a lower level trim truck and had audio Latina by chrysler speakers with plugs that resemble the gm gbody and obs gmt400 trucks and third Gen f body speaker plugs, and I'm thinking about adding a dual electronics xpr82d amplifier to the factory headunit system to power the front doors and the rear doors through the high level inputs to the amplifier by patching it into the right side rear door speaker.. .any thoughts on this,I have kicker brand cs speakers for the rear doors and cerwin vega hed series speakers for the front doors and plan to wire the tweeters back up...

[@richardbates2367]

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...

[@claytonheitman2406]

What did you put behind the 5.25" to make them fit?

[@TenzaMotorsports]

We used a universal adapter.

[@claytonheitman2406]

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

[@elijahallen12]

@@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.

[@SlowRb20s13]

Big oof. Ive been after the infinity sound system for one of these. Yet people so recklessly remove them not knowing that they are a huge benefit if you dont just destroy them.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@SlowRb20s13]

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.

[@richardbates2367]

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

[@alcameron6071]

There was one thing that really bothered me about your video when you said there were so many wires coming through the hall of the dash that the new owner would have a real problem trying to figure out which wire came from where. Why don't you be a nice guy And tag each one of those wires and label them so the new owner won't have to go through all that troubleshooting trying to figure out the mess that you created with a dozen different wires? You already have the wires coming through, why don't you sit down and just make up a label for each one of them so when the new owner pulls the radio out he'll see all the labels on each one of the wires. I'm sure he will thank you 1 million times over rather than to let him deal with that nest of a wire. That's just my opinion and that's what I would do!!

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@alcameron6071]

@@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.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.

[@alcameron6071]

@@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!

[@sweetdickwilly3444]

😆 5 channel amp and running speaker wires to the head unit in the dash.

[@TenzaMotorsports]

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.