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[rasta]

hi,

I am looking into installing a new head unit and 6" front speakers into the doors at the front.

I have the original toyota cassette player and speakers but do not like it.

is it easy to swap this system and put in a Sony DAB stero and infinity componant speakers?

http://shop.audioimages.co.uk/sony-cdx-dab...rol-p-1049.html
http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-...0cs_p-22418.htm


Could a novice like myself do this? Does it require expert installation? Do I need to mess around with any of the car's electrical systems eg affecting the fuse box etc? sorry i dont know much about cars!

thanks

[rasta]

also guys what is the original size and make of the front speakers? is it toyota own brand 6.5"?

is it worth getting new speakers?

is infinite a better brand than Alpine series S?

I am looking at getting the infinite with a seperate tweeter speaker

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INFINITY-6-5-6520scs...id=p3286.c0.m14

[RickJamesBish]

also guys what is the original size and make of the front speakers? is it toyota own brand 6.5"?

is it worth getting new speakers?

is infinite a better brand than Alpine series S?

I am looking at getting the infinite with a seperate tweeter speaker

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INFINITY-6-5-6520scs...id=p3286.c0.m14

The brand is Fujitsu. Your speakers are probably blown, but even if they were perfect, aftermarket speakers would still be an improvement. I have Type-S all around and I'm hugely happy...I've never heard the Infinity's, but I can vouch for the Alpines and they're very good. It might also depend on the type of music you listen to. The only bad thing I can say about my speakers is that they sound like they distort a little to me, but I listen to everything pretty loudly.

We have a factory amplifier under the center of the dash (infront of the shifter, under the ac controls) that cannot be hooked up using the scorche harness. IDK if someone made one to go thru our factory amp (witch'd be gay & make the audio sound like sh!t) but the direct speaker out harness has to be connected to the aftermarket head unit itself. (provided that you've got atleast 45w / 4chan out )

My head unit is 50x4. So how is this done exactly? I wired mine up according to Crutchfield's directions specific to a '97, so I'm guessing that they account for this?

[D-Man]

perhaps. Or perhaps via crutchfields directions they had you wire around your factory amp just like the rest of us have. Unless there was ever a lesser version of a factory stereo than what my vert had in it... then again, i know that us vert guys got hooked up on all kinds of stuff like that... so idfk.

all i know is that if you have a factory amp, you wanna wire around it. otherwise, you'll be sending in way to much power thru the "INPUT" so the FA would amplify an already ideal/sufficient "OUTPUT" signal, and distort the crap out of it, then bellow that nasty sound out at the same wattage. So in the end, it wouldn't be louder, it'd be distorted.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Oct 21, 2008 - 3:55 PM