Upgrading door speakers in 01 Dakota 4-door

[Jasonb61 10+ year member]

It's time to upgrade the door speakers in my 01 Dakota. They currently use 6.5" speakers but I can go with a different size. I've heard a lot of good things about Focal Utopia and was thinking on going with them unless someone has a better suggestion.

I am planning on possibly powering them with the stock amp unless it will cause damage to the speakers. I honestly don't know what the amp is rated at but could probably find out easily. Will I be happy with these? I've read a lot of good reviews so I'm convinced I will. I am looking for quality and loudness but with quality being my number 1 concern.

Will I be okay powering this with my stock amp? I'm not exactly sure what my amp is rated at though, to be honest. I can find out though.

Also, are the tweeters detachable? My stock tweeter location is higher up on the door panel or would I be better off leaving the tweets as is?

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[lyttleviet 10+ year member]

The tweet is separate on a component set, its probably fine where it is in the stock location, and you do NOT want to power a nice set of components like the Utopias with a stock amp (unless its just a badass stock amp).

 

[Jasonb61 10+ year member]

It's an infinity amp but I doubt it's badass by any means lol

 

[gangstajpimpin 10+ year member]

Get a new amp that matches up perfectly with the Utopias. May i recommend running them active? You will not be disappointed, passive or active.

 

[eharri3 10+ year member]

HAd a set of Eclipse SC 8362 components with woofers in the doors and tweeters in the sail panels. It probably wasn't even an ideal install and they sounded REALLY good.