Well all day long I worked to get my speakers installed (2 sets of components in front and 2 sets in the rear). All went in the factory speaker location. Here is a final pic of the front speakers...
Jeff, that is pretty impressive. Did you use 1/4" mdf for the panels in the front and the rear? I need to install the speakers in my car too. Which component set did you use? How deep were the speakers? I am going to use the Image Dynamic's Chameleon 6.5" for the fronts. What do you think of them? With the tweeters mounted there, how is the sound imaging? Thanks.
The front door speaker looks kind of close to the plastic of the door. Do they buzz at all??
Otherwise, install looks great. Helps me out alot, now I know I can put in 6 1/2s!
very sweet install. looks really professional and clean. just wish i had the time to do all that stuff...i just stuck with stock sizes and went with boston pros all around. here's my door panel...
by the way, if you put components in the rear as well, where did you mount the tweeters?
Did you use 1/4" mdf for the panels in the front and the rear? I need to install the speakers in my car too. Which component set did you use? How deep were the speakers? I am going to use the Image Dynamic's Chameleon 6.5" for the fronts. What do you think of them? With the tweeters mounted there, how is the sound imaging? Thanks.
Thanks for the compliments. I used 1/4" hardboard. I was told that is just as good/strong as MDF and it works real well. The speakers are 6.5LF Boston Acoustics ProSeries components. The mounting depth is 2 3/8" but one thing to MAKE SURE OF before you mount 6.5 in front... make sure you have enough clearance for your windows to go down! At first, I had the speakers mounted on the back of the hardboard. After everything was said and in, I tried rolling down my window and DOH!! So I mounted them from the front and there was enough clearance. (if this doesnt make sense let me know and I can elaborate). So I would say if you have speakers with 2 3/8" mounting depth, you should be fine, but that is cutting it very, very close. I definetly dont think you can mount any speakers that have more than that.
As for the tweeters, they are ok where they are at. You might get a little better sound by putting them on the other side of the woofer, but I wanted to make my cut in as inconspicuous location as possible. My rear tweeters are at the top of the c pillar pointing at the driver. Where the front woofers are, there is no real plastic rattle. In order to mount them, you have to remove the plastic housing that holds the stock speaker and I also removed the thin plastic sheet behind that. I think that was to keep moisture out but it was more of a neusance to me then help.
Let me know if you have any more questions. I am in the middle of my sub box building and installing. I will have pics when I am done
Here is a really bad pic of where the tweeters in the rear are... the lighting is terrible and I will get a better pic but this one will tell you where they are located (top of the C pillar)
Boston Pros are the shit! I've had 8 sets of them from the 4" to the 6.5's... I'm about to buy two more sets for the Supra... BTW, I put 150 watts to each of the 5" Boston Pro's in my Landcruiser and at 1/4 turn of the volume knob it will run you out of the truck! Good luck...
(re-edited May, 2007)
Finally have finished my stereo conversion on a relatively low budget. I want to thank Steve T for the ideas and his freind Wes who has designed a fantastic speaker upgrade for the MKiV. I mostly appreciate Steve Ishii for helping hammer out the stock wiring plug-n-play...
Hi all,
I've gotten used to not listening to music in the car, but now wouldn't mind some tunes for my weekend cruises (few and far between unfortunately).
Any recommendations? I've narrowed it down to Pioneer, but not sure what to do get to have Sat Radio/SIRIUS, Navigation, and apps as well...
looking at this product currently. seems like it might be legit.
HOT Vehicle Car GPS Tracker TK103A Real-time tracking Listen-in Google Map Link (search for that on ebay)
im wondering if anyone has used that particular one.
otherwise im also looking at any kind of secretly installable GPS so i...
From what I read my 87 has 4" speakers in the doors and 5" in the rear, correct? Can I fit 5.25" in the front door pods and 6.5" in the rear? or should I go with 4" in the front and 5.25" in the rear?
I will probably use Infinity Kappa speakers and an Infinity Basslink sub.
Head unit will be...
I've been working with Isaac to have these brackets made and my god these are next to being as easy as the tsx brackets Isaac have previously made, seems I am starting to really like the rx330's and rx350's
I currently am installing this on the fly, but I will completely disassemble the whole...
