Soundbar in my 95 jeep with a sub?

[Dylin P]

Hey, I’m 17 and I drive my 95 Jeep Wrangler daily. It has 2 speakers stock, and I want to add a soundbar and a sub. What should I use, and how should I lay it out? Most soundbars have built-in head units. Help!

EDIT!
after I had slept and read the post I realized I made a mistake with my words, the factory system only has 2 speakers in the dash (I know it's stupid, but I hate it). I've replaced the 2 factory speakers with upgraded ones but the Jeep rattles and creaks too much for me to even hear the audio that well. I want to ditch the old system and wants to use an ATV/marine soundbar. I found the one that fits my needs and here is the link for it (DS18 sound bar). It has a built-in Bluetooth head unit which is exactly what I need. I want to use my 15-inch subwoofer with it but I don't know car audio well enough. I am asking for help or even recommendations on products.

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[Mitchell Fosgate III Untrusted Member!]

Bluetooth is not that loud. And a subwoofer will not be effective with just the radio watts powering the subwoofer. Two head units? 65 watts for example for the stock head unit or the after market head unit you may have. Match the two in watts and ohms. Not very much effective even if you do wire this setup up. How much to the other 2 speakers? Deciding which will power up which, this would be the stereo/radio to power up the bluetooth and the subwoofer. It's not going to be that loud. I have a aiwa wireless speaker on my lap top now. I've tried it on a car. It is the same thing you want. Louder, just not the loudest. If you just buy a bluetooth and connect it to a USB slot, in the wireless speaker, it is a type c connector. That would be enough and loud. Just do that if you wanted higher volume. Good enough. Putting a subwoofer also with the Soundbar, not that effective. You could try it out. Follow the directions given, easily done.

Dylin P:I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the idea or understand it. But that's the best I think it will work. Two speakers and subwoofer on that 95' Jeep Wrangler, that setup still may not work as planned even though you know the wiring. Sorry!​

 

[Dylin P]

Bluetooth is not that loud. And a subwoofer will not be effective with just the radio watts powering the subwoofer. Two head units? 65 watts for example for the stock head unit or the after market head unit you may have. Match the two in watts and ohms. Not very much effective even if you do wire this setup up. How much to the other 2 speakers? Deciding which will power up which, this would be the stereo/radio to power up the bluetooth and the subwoofer. It's not going to be that loud. I have a aiwa wireless speaker on my lap top now. I've tried it on a car. It is the same thing you want. Louder, just not the loudest. If you just buy a bluetooth and connect it to a USB slot, in the wireless speaker, it is a type c connector. That would be enough and loud. Just do that if you wanted higher volume. Good enough. Putting a subwoofer also with the Soundbar, not that effective. You could try it out. Follow the directions given, easily done.​

this doesn't make sense to me man

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

Don't listen to anything that hit says. He never makes sense and gives out bad advice, hence what it says beside his user name.

 

[Blackout67]

Are you set on a sound bar? The ones I'm seeing online a pricey and alot of them are either unloaded or loaded with cheap PA speakers meaning they are gonna get loud but sound terrible doing so. Plus they are made of thin plastic and the panels are super long so I guarantee they'd have a ton of panel vibration and sound sub par for the price you pay. Plus sound stage wouldn't be great. I'm assuming you'd want it mounted in the rear so a majority of the sound is gonna come from behind you and you'll have issues differentiating directional sounds.

If you are looking for a plug and play option and aren't concerned with sound quality too much, a sound bar is a decent choice but if you are willing to to put in some extra effort there are cheaper alternatives that will be better and you'll be able to upgrade easier later on and they'll be interact able with your next vehicle. I can't imagine that a sound bar that is made specifically for your jeep will not fit in many other vehicles.

I'm not a fan of sound bars myself. I've had two 90s Cherokees. The older ones have the option of the sound bar and it was just especially a thick fiberboard cutout with speaker holes that was held in place with the headliner trim retainers and that thing flopped and wobbled around with my subwoofer and it caused the speakers to distort and sound like garbage on top of the flapping noise from it slapping against the roof with each beat. The one in my current jeep comes factory in all of them so it's actually built into the headliner itself. It's better but still not great and rattles and I don't care for having speakers mounted in the back like that, like I said all the sound you hear will appear to be coming from behind you so I actually took the speakers out. That's just me tho

Regardless, you aren't gonna get away with installing a sound bar properly without drilling into your body. You'll have to have a way to fasten it to the roof well, or else it'll be flopping around and will become a hazard if you get into a wreck

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Hey, I’m 17 and I drive my 95 Jeep Wrangler daily. It has 2 speakers stock, and I want to add a soundbar and a sub. What should I use, and how should I lay it out? Most soundbars have built-in head units. Help!

EDIT!
after I had slept and read the post I realized I made a mistake with my words, the factory system only has 2 speakers in the dash (I know it's stupid, but I hate it). I've replaced the 2 factory speakers with upgraded ones but the Jeep rattles and creaks too much for me to even hear the audio that well. I want to ditch the old system and wants to use an ATV/marine soundbar. I found the one that fits my needs and here is the link for it (DS18 sound bar). It has a built-in Bluetooth head unit which is exactly what I need. I want to use my 15-inch subwoofer with it but I don't know car audio well enough. I am asking for help or even recommendations on products.

Most soundbars I've seen have an aux or rca out on them...you should be able to use that to get a signal to a sub amp