The Sax Hauler: S/C'd TRD Pro lux truck

Time for some speaker upgrades

 

Turns out the "plug & play" kit didn't plug & play

It took a bit more wiring than I signed up for but it's in now and it sounds great. Here's the writeup on the install for posterity.

 

Enjoyed the new speakers on a cruise to pick up this one last week. It’s still like you would’ve found it in the 1950s, hang tag and all.

 

The sax hobby is treating my wallet well lately ... front 1” spacers are on the way to go with the 3 leaf that’s been sitting around. Should I do Spidertrax too?

Here’s a pic for kicks, the sun was hitting my grill just right:

 

I got my 3 leaf AAL and Toytec top plate spacers on yesterday. The extra height is perfect, it's completely level now, and the ride is WAY better -- much less bouncing around in the back.

The rear is sitting at 24-24.5", front is 23-23.5" from center of wheel to fender right now in the almost level parking lot.

 

truck looks amazing. If youre Looking to put spidertrax on, don’t waste your money if you’re thinking about 285s - they’ll rub like crazy. The OEM Pro wheels are the perfect offset for 33s. If not, the 265s will work well with spacers.

 

Thanks man.
Well the good news is I just finished putting the Spidertrax on like 20 minutes ago. The other good news is I’ll stick with 265/75s for the near future.
If I do decide to go 285s down the road, I’ll plan on some serious trimming.

 

So @doorsidedown you’ve got 285s on Pro wheels with the same-ish height as mine? Did you have to trim much?

 

I did a CMC but didn’t trim anything else.

 

When I had 265 on my last taco I had spidertrax. They make it look awesome. On my pro I went 285 right away but we did some test fitting and I couldn’t run 33s with the spacers.

 

Love that black truck though man. Looks so good.

 

Thanks. I try to take pictures on the 3 days a year it's clean.

 

Im gonna be helping out a fellow member install some speakers in his ride during new years. Im looking forward to the project, but sound proofing wont be as much fun if I had to guess. Looks like the build is coming along well! Forgot you got the S/C!

 

Any more vintage saxophone pics?

 

Definitely get a roller if you're going to do soundproofing ... it makes it less terrible.

Thanks, I'm definitely happy with the build. It's way more than I need / use it for right now but hey, why would that stop anyone?

 

You bet, I’m almost done overhauling this silver Buescher C Melody. They’re pretty common and not worth a ton, but it’s in great shape for a 1920s sax so I went all out with white Roo Pads.

 

@Coot83 what kind of speakers are you guys doing? Changing the head unit, adding amp & sub?

 

Purdy.

 

I put the Spidertrax on last night & got those wheels sticking out properly:

 

Yea my buddy has the roller and all that, but agreed it doesn't stop 90% of us on here.