Petrolhead159 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Ive had my car a couple of years now, when i bought the car the standard head unit had some liquid spilt on it & would no longer tune in.So i did away with that & stuck in an Alpine 136BT DAB receiver with hands free.I went with the wire windscreen antenna to keep it in uniform to the FM loop.I have now installed rear 5" coax speakers Hertz DCX 130.3 2 way backed with dynamat, next weekend i will be doing the fronts which are 6.5" Component Hertz DSK 165.3 again backed with dynamat. Im not after big sounds, just crisping up & getting a better sound than the standard system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 sounds good - any issues with window clearance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 rears are fine as they do not fully open, so it stays above the speaker, however the fronts will need brackets made up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Sound good to me. It was one of the 1st thing's I did was sort the speaker system out. worst sound system as standard in any car I've ever owned :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitman Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Sound good to me. It was one of the 1st thing's I did was sort the speaker system out. worst sound system as standard in any car I've ever owned :D never had a Toyota Rav 4 then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 TBH i was expecting to see slightly better quality speakers, they can't be all bad as they've done 12 years service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 never had a Toyota Rav 4 then Nope had Fords BMW's Evo's before I bought the Scoob and never looked back but was one of the 1st thing's I found bad with them. But had no other car make me smile when driving like it does, so I excuse the poor Stereo equipment, and upgraded them straight away :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitman Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 in the 80s we had Altec Lansing The Voice of the Highway ; never had anything like that these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I live near the A180. It doesn't matter what you have in the car that road has to be the worst for road noise and boring in the UK. Luckily the only town it leads too is Grimsby. Not sure if it was done on purpose I still think the roads the same from when the Viking was here :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 all speakers in & happy so far with the sound i have, nice & clear. since everything is being powered off the head unit i used the existing loom to drive the speakers, i found this page to identify the polarity.http://ae64.com/Forester-pinout.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 useful link that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Nice one and I agree handy link should help others planning to do the same :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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