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So I made this thread here And so far it seems that either I get some kind of amp or not bother with stock speaker replacement. I was thinking of getting smallest amp possible to power the speaker replacements and hide it in dash, taking power and ground from factory harness would be even better, but finding such an amp, that's challenge. How about Alpine KTP-445 http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_22630_Alpine-KTP-445.html Would I be able to just cut the wires and connect speaker wires to my speaker wires and ground and power to the ones in Toyota harness ? I woas thinking of these speakers for replacement... Fronts http://www.woofersetc.com/p-8696-sc95-boston-acoustics-6-x-9-sc-series-2-way-full-range-coaxial-speakers.aspx Backs http://www.woofersetc.com/p-8698-sc65-boston-acoustics-6-12-sc-series-high-performance-2-way-full-range-coaxial-speakers.aspx

Hey guys, we recently purchased '11 Toyota Venza with stock stereo and I'm pretty dissapointed with the audio system in a $40k car, whether the stock or the upgraded JBL package system, real disapointment. I want to upgrade the stock speakers only, as this is mainly my fiance's car to work and our family car for trips. I already did my Scion last year with Sundown amps, ID speakers, knukonceptz, secondskin, I went from simple upgrade to $3k built So one car is enough or I'm gonna get serious beating from my lady Anyway I'm looking to upgrade the stock speakers, we listen to everything from techno to rock, I like warm sounds, no harsh sounding speakers, something laid back that can work well on factory unit. Location Size Depth Front Door Speaker 6X9 3 Front Dash Tweeter 1 1 Rear Door Speaker 6.5 3 Should I go for 2-way or 3-way, because recent post on Venza forums shown below confused me a little. "I originally purchased Polk DB 6x9 3-way but the Venza's crossover only sends lower notes to the front door speakers so the tweeters in the 3 way are wasted"

lol, don't they ? The magnets are about a quarter size, Toyota really outdid themselves on this car

Well the speakers distort like crazy when you put it up higher, bass is horrible, just doesn't sound right. I was thinking maybe $300 for all speakers. The layout is 6x9s in front doors 3inch depth available 6x5's in back doors 3inch depth available 1inch in dash 1inch depth available Here's how stocks look

Yup, happy it all worked out I actually just asked the shop to do a custom box for me and asked for double terminal I installed everything myself but I missed that one crucial part, good learning experience

So I'm running Sundown 100.4 with fronts and backs with no problem for last month or two. But I have a problem with 125.2, I just hokked everything up and this amp that feeds subs is turning on and off constantly, as soon as there is a bass in the song it hits very quiet, barely noticable and amp turns itself off, but as the bass dissapears in the song amp turns itself back on, and it's like that throughout the whole song, it will literally turn on and off maybe 20 times in 1 minute. But the 100.4 runs without a problem in the meantime and rest of speakers play fine. here's the hookup for 125.2 2 Id8's dual voice coil 4ohm http://www.imagedynamicsusa.com/manuals/iD/ID8D4%20V.pdf each wired to 2 ohm thx to this diagram each sub is going to each channel on the amp did I get lost somewhere ?

I figured out what the problem was, the post above yours but thx for help

Actually cheese20323 was right, I was running mono or whatever that wiring came out to, I checked the wiring and it turns out that the box terminal was double, 2 reds and 2 blacks, each for separate sub, just like I asked the shop to do, but there was a tiny stip of metal going from one red to the other red and another from black to another black, not sure what this is for but I had to let all of the loose and take those pieces of metal out, separating each channel, hard to explain, but I think you guys should understand.

-grounded to a nice piece of metal, same point as 100.4 just opposite side of car, grinded paint off to make good contact -set the gains with dmm, I follewd the sticky guide on this forum in amplifier section -as far as I know no bass boost, but remind me which way should the knob be turned ? -the amp didn't even get a chance to start running and get hot -I will double check the subs and wiring

These are subs, and each sub is going to each channel on the amp this is from the sundown specs, and that's how I got it setup, each sub is wired parallel to 2 ohm and it's going to one channel on the amp, and same with other sub, going to the other channel on the amp ----RMS power, 2 ohm stereo 200W x 2CH

What do I think ? I think you need new camera I can't see any detail on how it came out, I'm sure it's nice, but can't see much...

Pic next to a 100.4 ? Damn, I just installed 100.4 and 125.2 last weekend, I think once I get too used to the power on my boys I might think about grabbing this one measurements would be nice.....

did you look at knukonceptz ? I just finished installing all their wiring, rca's, terminals, and I'm happy, quality products

huh ?

yup, been there for years, ToyoXrsPl or sumik on clubxb.com

So thx to the forums and great people I got from a point where I had no clue at all about car audio half a year ago, to the point where I'm all finished with my first built ever. I'm pretty happy that I did all the work myself, I can be sure there were no shortcuts taken and I know what's what. It took me around 6-7hrs for damplifing front doors, rear hatch and a hatch area, then around 6 day(30hrs all together) to do everything, from wiring, custom baffles, watersealer, just a lot of stuff. Pioneer Prs880 Sundown 100.4 Sundown 125.2 Image Dynamics CTX65CS Image Dynamics CTX6 Image Dynamics ID 8'' Knukonceptz wiring, rca's, distro block Secondskin damplifier lite, overkill, speaker tweaker So here's few pics.... Total mess, the beginning of a nightmare Back speakers, the biggest they could be, had to tap on speaker a little bit cuz the bolt was in the way Front doors, damplier, speaker tweaker inside, closed the big hole with watersealed wood, baffles that I did myself(friggin mdf dusts like crazy) Overkill on the door panel, pretty easy Nice and clean lookin hu Drilled a hole in doors for tweater, scary as hell... Looked for some good place to hide crossovers to make them accesible And last the amps, threw out a spare, put them nicely so everything looks oem when covers go back on Waiting for custom box to go in the back, can't wait

I simply love the Xb, it's great on gas, it looks sweet, I'm one of 2 ppl in my city that has one I imported this here, so everyone has no clue what the hell am I driving And my favourite, pull the seats forward, take the headrests off and lay the seats flat, you got youirself a bed

Nah, nice red and nice black, just the writing is below the wiring block and u have to look down to see the writing, I just somehow forgot to read which is which and autopmatically put them the opposite way, for some reason I was sure I was putting them the right way. Unless you have the amp raised your way, or you're on the amp level, you don't see the writing.

Well I started my first car audio install, after not knowing anything half a year ago, thx to forums and helpfull ppl I learned and decided to do everything myself, and I was very carefull unhooked battery, made sure ground points are good, took my time untill I did a big mistake..... ......I installed Sundown 100.4 and Sundown 125.2 and Pioneer PRS880, hooked everything up and wanted to set the gains the dmm way. I hooked the positive back to the battery and I saw sparks flying on battery port, looked kinda strange, but I connected it anyway and I heard a lound bang in the back of a car,oh oh. Amps were in protect mode and I could not find the problem, I thought to try hook the new speakers to amps, maybe it would power on, but nothing, and then it hit me, I checked power and ground wire, and I hooked them up the opposite way on both amps........ -------yeah, took the fuses out of the amps and they were gone, one of the fuses was charred black, I freaked, and run to the store quick to buy new fuses to hope for some miracle that nothing fried, while driving I also remembered reading that amp will often ground itself through rca's when there's bad ground, and I remember Pioneers being very picky and easy to pop their fuses, I thought I might've finished both amps and plus a radio But somehow when I put new fuses in both amps they powered ok, radio worked aswell, everything played nice and I could not believe I didn't destroy something, lucky

Lol, yeah, I'm just happy that the mistake I did wasn't that serious, the guys really made those amps Idiotproof

Lol, at least I'm not the only one

Lol, these subs look like they're made for "cool" ppl the graphics are worth more than the sub

thx for response and hope you get better...

Trevor pls answer to my e-mail, I see you poking around on forums but maybe you missed my e-mail I need to know what's going on, just a simple answer on whether I should look for someone else or what ?

hmmm, are you sayin I'm one of the unlucky ones that will get refunded ?