2001 Tacoma Speaker Upgrade

Alright guys! Install day is tomorrow. I am super excited to finally upgrade the system on this bad boy. It is a 2001, SR5, Xtra Cab, 4x4, 4 cylinder, automatic, 167k miles. Cherry condition.

I went with Alpine 5x7s for the front and back, with an Alipine 4 channel amp to power them. I am also replacing the factor tweeters with some Alpine's as well. I have a Kenwood, double-din, touchscreen stereo, brand new, with Android Auto. What do you think!?

 

That should sound pretty good, I've had a lot of Alpine equipment over the years and always got good performance & reliability out of them. Do you have a crossover for the tweeters?

 

I do. It came with the crossovers.

 

Are you putting the amp under the front seat or in the back?

 

Front. I had another 2001 that I sold a few years back. That is where my old one was.

 

I've got the Kenwood DDX-9702s in mine, what head unit did you get?

 

DDX-9703s

 

@Dimestore55 did you upgrade the speakers at all?

 

Yeah, I've got Infinity speakers in mine. I really wanted that 9903 deck but there was an open box 9902 at Best Buy with a deal I just couldn't pass up.

 

How do you like those Infinity speakers? Do you have an amp pushing them?

I just have the stock speakers in there now and it sounds like ass.

 

I chose the infinity speakers because they are 2 ohm and pull a little more power out of my amp. I have a Kicker 400.4 driving the doors and a Kicker 800.1 for my subs.

 

That's awesome. Is that an Xtra cab like mine?

 

No, it's a double cab and it all fits behind the seats.

 

Wow, that's awesome!

 

Got everything installed today! Sounds great!

 

Do you have the plans for that box?

 

Awesome, how do you like that head unit?
I've got the Sirius tuner and a back up camera on mine.

 

The head unit is legit. The Android Auto software is MUCH faster and responsive in this model, versus an older model we have in my wife's car. I haven't added a back up camera, but I love the unit so far.

 

No man, I just built it piece by piece. If it helps you out I started with the back channel that goes around the body brace and went from there. The angle for the front face is 15 degrees.