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kinda odd but when i think back, for the past 5 years or so, about 90-95 percent of the builds i have done have been active system with a dsp. To the point that things like multiple runs of speaker wires upfront, sorting out a location for the dsp, 6 channels or more of amplification, etc etc all seem commonplace for me.
so it was actually kinda odd to do a very basic passive build utilizing a pair of point sources upfront a single sub in the back. I kept on thinking i am forgetting to run something or build something, when in reality, those pieces were simply not in the design
so, the simple goals for this toyota tacoma double cab are:
1. a nice improvement over the stock system
2. keep all the products hidden and out of sight
first up is the underhood fuse holder, and once again, i borrowed Julia to make me one of our usual metal tabs that is welded to the top of the battery tie down:
the signal source is a pioneer 5600bhs double din headunit:
i was able to retain the customers oem usb plug by securing a new usb cable to it and running it to the pioneer headunit's usb input:
i also tapped into the oem backup camera system so the same image thats present on the stock rear view mirror can also be displayed on the headunit:
becuase this is a very modestly budgeted system, we went with a set of Morel's new Tempo Ultra 692 6x9 point source system as her front stage. first, a new set of speaker wires were run into the doors:
next, the outt door skin received some blackhole tile, while the inner door skin got some coverage with focal BAM xxxl composite damper:
I then fabricated some speaker adapter spacers and coated them with several layers of truck bedliner to protect them against the elements:
the spacers were then bolted in place using oem hardware:
and the morel point sources wired up and secured:
here is a close up if the new tempo ultra point source:
the outer door skin also receive a bit of CLD damper
the same procedure was then repeated on the passenger side:
now comes a series of pics showing the wiring bundle as it travels from the front of the car to the back...all signal and speaker wires came down the driver side, while the powercable is the only thing running down the passenger side:
moving to the amp rack and subbox...the idea was to keep everything hidden and out of the way, that means everything had to go behind the backseat...there wasnt a lot of depth back there but in the end, i managed to fit a sub enclosure housing a single audiomobile GTS 2110 10" subwoofer, along with an arc audio xdiv2 600.4 amp. the arc amp sends 150 watts to each front door point source, and 300 or so watts to the subwoofer. The enclosure has been carpeted with black trunkliner, while the amp sits on a black vinyl wrapped racl:
so it was actually kinda odd to do a very basic passive build utilizing a pair of point sources upfront a single sub in the back. I kept on thinking i am forgetting to run something or build something, when in reality, those pieces were simply not in the design
so, the simple goals for this toyota tacoma double cab are:
1. a nice improvement over the stock system
2. keep all the products hidden and out of sight
first up is the underhood fuse holder, and once again, i borrowed Julia to make me one of our usual metal tabs that is welded to the top of the battery tie down:
the signal source is a pioneer 5600bhs double din headunit:
i was able to retain the customers oem usb plug by securing a new usb cable to it and running it to the pioneer headunit's usb input:
i also tapped into the oem backup camera system so the same image thats present on the stock rear view mirror can also be displayed on the headunit:
becuase this is a very modestly budgeted system, we went with a set of Morel's new Tempo Ultra 692 6x9 point source system as her front stage. first, a new set of speaker wires were run into the doors:
next, the outt door skin received some blackhole tile, while the inner door skin got some coverage with focal BAM xxxl composite damper:
I then fabricated some speaker adapter spacers and coated them with several layers of truck bedliner to protect them against the elements:
the spacers were then bolted in place using oem hardware:
and the morel point sources wired up and secured:
here is a close up if the new tempo ultra point source:
the outer door skin also receive a bit of CLD damper
the same procedure was then repeated on the passenger side:
now comes a series of pics showing the wiring bundle as it travels from the front of the car to the back...all signal and speaker wires came down the driver side, while the powercable is the only thing running down the passenger side:
moving to the amp rack and subbox...the idea was to keep everything hidden and out of the way, that means everything had to go behind the backseat...there wasnt a lot of depth back there but in the end, i managed to fit a sub enclosure housing a single audiomobile GTS 2110 10" subwoofer, along with an arc audio xdiv2 600.4 amp. the arc amp sends 150 watts to each front door point source, and 300 or so watts to the subwoofer. The enclosure has been carpeted with black trunkliner, while the amp sits on a black vinyl wrapped racl: