People with aftermarket speakers...
06-22-02, 04:05 PM
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The rear panel, the one leading into the side panels, I handmade a new one to follow the contours of the trunk, but extend further than the original panels, so it would come flush with the side panels (the oe side panels extend into the center area where they wrap around, so the oe rear panel was now way too short, took a couple days to get this piece up to Lexus quality, but as you can see in the pic (take a good look at the curves), no way to tell it's not factory, i've had many installers look at it, they all agreed it looked just like oe. Constructing the box behind that side panel for the distribution and getting it to still fit flush was lottts of fun 
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06-22-02, 04:21 PM
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K, dinner's ready manny, nice bloody Steak with some pasta with garlic and oil and sun-dried tomatoes, much rather be eatin' than talkin' to your psychotic gun-toting Asian mug, so later....
- JonJon
- JonJon
06-22-02, 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by Lex Luthor
K, dinner's ready manny, nice bloody Steak with some pasta with garlic and oil and sun-dried tomatoes, much rather be eatin' than talkin' to your psychotic gun-toting Asian mug, so later....
- JonJon
K, dinner's ready manny, nice bloody Steak with some pasta with garlic and oil and sun-dried tomatoes, much rather be eatin' than talkin' to your psychotic gun-toting Asian mug, so later....
- JonJon
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06-24-02, 02:50 AM
#26
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Originally posted by Lex Luthor
...much rather be eatin' than talkin' to your psychotic gun-toting Asian mug, so later....
- JonJon
...much rather be eatin' than talkin' to your psychotic gun-toting Asian mug, so later....
- JonJon
I'd much rather have a steak than talk to me too! Thanks for all the picture Jon! I think I have a layout for my setup now (thanks to your pictures!)...I am just debating between a couple things however...if anyone has an opinion, please let me know...
1) I have a four MQ Quart Q series speakers from a former car...they are 5.25" and can be seperated to make it a component set (the tweeter rides on a "bridge" across the top of the mid with seperate leads). Should I just mod the car to accept these speakers or should I just get 4" JL Audios (like Mjames) and make the install easier? MJames, do the 4" JL's sound MUCH better than the stock speakers? (I can't imagine that they wouldn't!)
2) I am having a SERIOUS debate about getting a JL Audio 500/5 or the PPI 5800 amplifier. I can get them for about the same price (within $40)...will the JL Audio's 100W/25W front to rear difference matter in anyone's opinion? I mean I could care less about the rear...but will it sound odd w/o equal rear fill? I've NEVER done a offset setup like this in any of my cars so I don't know what it'll sound like...
Oh yeah, one more thing, Mjames, did you replace the tweeters on the front speakers also? Did you use the XR100 tweeters? How did the 1" fit into the stock space? Is it the same size or are stocks 0.75"? Did your 4" driver fit right into the stock "box" in the door?
Thanks again Jon!
06-25-02, 03:31 PM
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I decided to bite the bullet and get rid of the free air sub. They usually sound crappy. I had a local shop custom build a fiberglass enclosure for a 10 inch X-max sub. Fits right in the stock speaker location. Sounds much better than the stock system and I didn't lose any trunk space.
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06-26-02, 03:00 PM
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I am just courious how you put an enclosure in that small space. What is the squared area of air space? Is the speaker raised above the back deck? Its tuff to give a free air enough space, what did you fit in there?