After all the info I've leached from Pradopoint in the last 12 months, it's time to give something back...
I've put a decent stereo in every car I've owned, but always used subs in boxes in the boot. For the Prado I wanted decent sound, but not sacrifice any cargo space. The answer? 8 inch speakers in all doors, with the option to switch the rear door speakers to bass-only to act as mid-bass support.
Here's how I did it...
First, check out this guide to getting the door skins off - http://dixonarchive.com/motorblog/?p=787
You're left looking at this:
As others have found, the factory speakers are a custom type with an integrated plastic mount to the door. Unscrew the four mounting screws and you'll see the cutout in the door panel that you have to work with.
This is easily big enough to fit an 8 inch speaker. Depending on the mounting depth of your speakers, you could just cutout a flat MDF baffle and screw this to the doors. But the speakers I'm using are Morel Elate SW9, which are actually 9 inch and have a large basket and so they needed to be mounted out a bit from the door panel.
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I've put a decent stereo in every car I've owned, but always used subs in boxes in the boot. For the Prado I wanted decent sound, but not sacrifice any cargo space. The answer? 8 inch speakers in all doors, with the option to switch the rear door speakers to bass-only to act as mid-bass support.
Here's how I did it...
First, check out this guide to getting the door skins off - http://dixonarchive.com/motorblog/?p=787
You're left looking at this:
As others have found, the factory speakers are a custom type with an integrated plastic mount to the door. Unscrew the four mounting screws and you'll see the cutout in the door panel that you have to work with.
This is easily big enough to fit an 8 inch speaker. Depending on the mounting depth of your speakers, you could just cutout a flat MDF baffle and screw this to the doors. But the speakers I'm using are Morel Elate SW9, which are actually 9 inch and have a large basket and so they needed to be mounted out a bit from the door panel.
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