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Land Cruiser Prado speaker summary installation |
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120 Series |
Ok here's the summary of the results of the Prado's stereo upgrade. Although there is lots of space in the Prado there are not many 'stealth' setups you can create because of the amount of open space. More so by installing fixed audio equipment you'd be sacrificing usable flat luggage space. Eg. It would be quite obvious that it has a sub woofer or amplifier in the back cause there's no where to hide. I didn't want that anyway.
To upgrade the stereo and speakers has not been too difficult. The most difficult task was to create the new speaker bases and to work out the positive and negative terminals. Overall time probably worked out to about 6 hours for the complete installation again due to the cutting and getting materials and care with the wiring. It would probably be quicker if I had all the material on hand.
- Clear sound from any audio source. Sound quality is subjective but to me the sound is so clear that I can tell the difference between a CD and a MP3. But more telling is that the difference between a poorly ripped MP3 and a good one is very obvious. Previously I couldn't tell the difference without a concentrated effort to listen to the difference tracks. I have not installed a separate amplifier so relying on the Sony's inbuilt amplifier. I think it is loud enough. Also considering I have used the standard speaker wiring it works out well. If I where to use a separate amplifier I would also need to use separate wiring to handle increased power output. I did not replace the separate tweeters on top of the door panel since I haven't found any I liked. I don't think they improve the sound so will deal with them later. So the end result is much improved sound quality from the original system and much more flexibility to expand. Yes it was worth the effort. After hearing the difference between the standard system and my upgrade I would recommend it to anyone. Having so many tweeters means that vocals are are outstanding and there is proper bass.
There are one or two things I'd like to modify further and they are the tweeters and the addition of a sub-woofer. I think I've added too much mid range! While very pleased with the sound quality so far there is
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room for additions and changes. Only because I have to use the EQ to adjust
the sound further. |
Door speaker installation images
Since the front speaker mounting screws are an odd distance and the speaker hole its self is an odd shape so you will need to create a mounting base. Just trace the OEM door speaker shape on a thin piece of MFD and use a powered jigsaw to cut out the shape. *Note on the finished product that I had to use a spacer to bring forward the 6x9 speaker by 1cm because the window would not go down fully. Simply get a thinner speaker if you don't want to get an additional spacer. Also I kept the standard OEM separate tweeters on top of the door panel.
This is the rear speaker.
This is the new rear speaker. I'm not sure if I should have put in a spacer to bring the speaker forward more but the window works and there isn't any wind noise etc... Pictures of the Prado's speakers - speaker size for the Prado - removal of the door trim How to connect an iPod or other portable MP3 or music player to your car's stereo |
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