Southeast GX Broverlanding and BS

I mean, not everyone can be a bad bitch...

 

Replaced the blown out Mark Levinson 6x9s in the door this morning. Went with a 6.5" woofer to add some much needed bass to the ML system. Turned out sounding pretty good! Luckily the ML subwoofer in the back wasn't shot but it doesn't put out much bass anyways. The JBL system in my 4Runner sounded much better.

Went with Dayton Audio 6.5" woofers, it's hard to find speakers in 8 ohm

$37 Dayton Audio DC160-8 6-1/2" Classic Woofer

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002KRBH8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Metra speaker adapters, they fit perfectly in the door. Had to trim the inner tabs to fit the 6.5"

$20 Metra 82-8147 Toyota Multi 02-up 6-6.75" Plate - pair

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIC60ZG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And used Metra speaker connectors, Amazon says they don't fit the GX, but they do. Had to connect a wider spade for the negative side though. Since the Daytons negative tab was the same width as the positive. Not you standard car audio size. You could probably use the old ML connector and crimp on some spade connectors, but I happened to have a set of these sitting around.

$10 Metra 72-8104 Speaker Connector for Select Toyota Vehicles, MULTI COLOR

https://www.amazon.com/Metra-72-810...&keywords=metra+72-8104&qid=1609524366&sr=8-1

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I desperately need to do that to mine. Tried replacing the foam but the driver was shot.

 

Sound is on the next round of upgrades

 

yeah I need to do some research on audio as well. I don’t wanna rip the interior apart more than once.

 

Dayton Audio makes better 6.5" 8ohm woofers but these meet my needs.
Parts Express is a good place to find 8ohm speakers. Mainly because it's home audio stuff. Thanks Lexus!

 

Yeah I bought 8 ohm Dayton mids/tweeters off there and they sound pretty great.

I tried to basically match the OEM specs for the ML for rms. And tweets being apparently 6ohm?

 

Got the Prinsu on today, other than blacking out the chrome I think I’m done for a while. The Tacoma is feeling neglected

 

Nice! I recently got the victory 4x4 roof rack and Cali raised ditch lights installed.

 

Our builds are the same, but different lol

 

@captrussia253 what window vents do you have there? Are they in the channel?

 

Weathertech. Yes they install in the channel. I don’t like the ones that you have to tape to the outside.

 

Same, I’ll have to pick those up. I have avs in channel on my Tacoma but most of the GX offerings tape outside which I don’t like at all

 

Lol that’s exactly what I was envisioning

 

*hey dear you should let me put some wheels and a roof rack like this on your GX*

her: that’s f’n ugly. No.

 

Luckily the wifey is fully on board. She’s the one on my ass to get the chrome deleted lol

 

she said “it’s perfectly fine the way it came” she’s a queen.