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Gnzo · 08-27-2003, 12:57 PM

If you want to go with more of a stealthy install, but still great sound, I can send you pics of what we did with my friend's Tacoma. You can't tell by looking that anything other than the stock deck has been changed.

Consider: How much money you want to spend and how much of the work you are planning on doing.

Here is what we put in it.

Kenwood Excelon KDC-X759 - Deck
Kenwood Excelon KHD-CX910 - Keg
Eclipse EA3532 - Amp
Diamond Audio Hex Series S600s - Front Speakers
Diamond Audio Motorsport M6 Series M661 - Rear Speakers
Diamond Audio CM3 08D2 - Sub

All of the speakers had to have custom mounting plates made because we put bigger speakers in the stock locations (you won't have as hard of a time because your stock speakers are round). We also had to shave plastic off the inside of the door and back side panels to get the panels back on. I did a complete custom sub enclosure for him, built into his rear seats. We decided to go with an Integrated 5 channel Eclipse amp rather than one 4 and one 2 channel amp to save space. We used the passive crossovers that came with the Diamonds to filter the desired frequencies for the front and back channels and the amp's LPF to get the desired frequencies out of the sub. The signal coming out of the Deck is completely flat, and we have turned off the deck's internal amplifier.

Consider the size of the cab, a "GOOD" 8" sub with a good amp is plenty for the inside of a Tacoma. Granted, you won't really be shaking the cars next to you, but that just depends on what you are trying to achieve. His system is completely balanced, sounds absolutely amazing, and can get louder (without a single bit of distortion) than any normal person would want to listen to it.

Let me know if you want me to post some pictures, he has them all or I would just do it now.

08-27-2003, 12:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gnzo Insane	If you want to go with more of a stealthy install, but still great sound, I can send you pics of what we did with my friend's Tacoma. You can't tell by looking that anything other than the stock deck has been changed. Consider: How much money you want to spend and how much of the work you are planning on doing. Here is what we put in it. Kenwood Excelon KDC-X759 - Deck Kenwood Excelon KHD-CX910 - Keg Eclipse EA3532 - Amp Diamond Audio Hex Series S600s - Front Speakers Diamond Audio Motorsport M6 Series M661 - Rear Speakers Diamond Audio CM3 08D2 - Sub All of the speakers had to have custom mounting plates made because we put bigger speakers in the stock locations (you won't have as hard of a time because your stock speakers are round). We also had to shave plastic off the inside of the door and back side panels to get the panels back on. I did a complete custom sub enclosure for him, built into his rear seats. We decided to go with an Integrated 5 channel Eclipse amp rather than one 4 and one 2 channel amp to save space. We used the passive crossovers that came with the Diamonds to filter the desired frequencies for the front and back channels and the amp's LPF to get the desired frequencies out of the sub. The signal coming out of the Deck is completely flat, and we have turned off the deck's internal amplifier. Consider the size of the cab, a "GOOD" 8" sub with a good amp is plenty for the inside of a Tacoma. Granted, you won't really be shaking the cars next to you, but that just depends on what you are trying to achieve. His system is completely balanced, sounds absolutely amazing, and can get louder (without a single bit of distortion) than any normal person would want to listen to it. Let me know if you want me to post some pictures, he has them all or I would just do it now.