Glad to hear!! In my old F-150 I ran everything from the head unit, so can speak if this makes any difference. But seems you were like me at that time and found the balance I could live with and enjoy the amazing sounds of the system I had installed.
Been following as I plan to install a stereo in mine as well. Any luck with ridding the noise you were hearing? P.S. I ran into a similar issue on my old f150, and was able to tame it down a lot with a JL Audio Cleansweep, and turn that down some to make it just barely noticeable. Radio was...