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You can do it man. Took me 30 minutes per door, by myself. Take your time to do the following:

Take the A pillars off to do the tweeters: even doing that, the tweeters should take no more than 10 minutes per side

Take care removing the door trim. Pay particular attention to the little black pin clip thingy that each door has one of.

When you Noico the first rear door, cut the pieces for the other door at the same time. Same with the front.
Keep all your pieces parts together!

The inside door handle/lock comb for the back doors pop out of the trim really easily, so you don't have to disconnect the cables. The front door handle/lock combos do not pop out as easily. Remember that when you are putting the cables back on that the white one goes on top!

Make sure to account for all of the white trim tabs. If any stay in the door, pull them out and put them back on the trim right away (helps keeping track of them that way). To get them out of the door if they stick, I used a pair of cheap wire stripcrimpers. Slide the crimper on it then pull forward. They pop right out.

 

I'm Probably going to give it a try...you obviously scored higher on the ASVAB since you went Coast Guard.... I went Army if that tells you anything....So I will start around 0900 and hopefully be done before 2200 lol....I plan on trying to cover the entire doors since I got 25 square feet of the stuff and I don't want to mess with it again.

 

Ha!

Covering the whole door is what's going to take the most time.

 

I read through all 7x pages a week or two back, and I seem to sort of maybe recall a link to a DIY audio page where a guy was detailing how he wrapped fiberglass ceiling tiles in 1mm plastic sheeting, and used that to fill the door cavity to stop all the reflected sound in the doors.

Does anyone have that link, or can figure out a way to search this thread for it? I'd really rather not go through 70 pages looking for it.

Also, I ordered the Kicker KSC670 6.75" speakers for the back, but Crutchfield thinks they're only for the fronts, and so I got the wrong brackets. Are the stock brackets permanently attached to the speakers, OR, should I just get in touch with Crutchfield, get the proper brackets and wait?

 

Call crutchfield. They'll send you the right ones.

 

One thing that I forgot to note in my post is that you will need new screws for the rear doors. Since you haven’t started yet I’d figure I’d save you the hassle. The 3 (per door) that hold the current speaker in are tiny & wont reach the door with the Crutchfield door housing. The ones Crutchfield provided are too small in diameter to hold in the provided holes. Good thing I had a Walmart screw/bolt set handy & found 6 that fit perfectly with the right diameter & length. Without it I would’ve been SOL.

 

That's weird, mine were plenty long with the rear adapters.

 

Did your Crutchfield housing sit into the door cut out? Mine didn’t, it stuck out & the original screws wouldn’t work. The screws provided in the Crutchfield kit were too small in diameter as stated.

 

Does anyone recall the size weather stripping needed to fix the loose A pillar insulation issue? I thought someone posted a “how to” in here but can’t find it. Thanks!

 

5 weeks into taco ownership and I'm starting to feel an illness coming on..... moditus. Coming off a BMW X5 w/higher end OME sound, hope this bridges most of the gap. Likely add an amp and sub down the road.

 

Wow, you lasted 5 weeks?!! lol

 

LOL, 5 weeks of hard TW lurking. Nitto ridge grapplers ordered today, speakers, and LED's for interior. Time to step away from the computer!

 

Def loving this thread. Luckily for me Crutchfield is 20 mins from me so I will b able to do some shopping around in the store and they frequently have discounted items that r sometimes able to get u a higher end upgraded speaker for a much lower price. I have been a customer there for years and have always had a good experience. I’ll lrt u guys know what I end up with, but it sounds like the Kickers have satisfied many members so I will def have that a plan A.

 

This is my 2018 DC with the kicker speakers with the crutchfield supplied adapters and the OEM screws.

 

So they definitely sent me the wrong kit. My rear doors had 2 places on all 3 screw sites to try & use to match up the holes to the door. I had to spin the damn thing & find out which way I needed to place it to tighten my screws. My front doors were the same thing. Neither front nor back housing they sent actually fit into the doors, they both jutted out and the speakers went into them. I’ll have to re-pull a door & see if I have to jam the Crutchfield housing into the door? Shouldn’t I have noticed that it fits right in? It definitely didn’t...

 

They are left side right side specific. Also, the tabs on the inner ring need to be pulled. You can do this by bending up with a pair of pliers.

 

Wow, don’t remember seeing that on here or in the directions. I didn’t do any of that & didn’t know they were L/R specific. Probably why my install was fubar. I’ll go back & check my Crutchfield email with the install directions. Thanks

 

I didn't see it in the instructions. I put one up to the hole and it didn't line up. So I switched to the other one. But I had the same issue in my tundra when I did the system in that truck.

 

I'm not being a dick here.

You have them upside down. The last picture is correct. Break the tabs in The inner ring by bending them.

Zoom in on this picture:

 

Wait,where did your pics go?