Pretty much a full day doing this stuff, but it was a LOT of fun. The Lexus comes apart really easy. Ok, enough about the car.
I decided to install my tweets and see what options I have as far as mids are concerned. The tweeters that are in it are TINY neo's (0.75" neo's). The cars come factory with an amplifier in the back and I decided to use the factory wiring.
I had to modify the Morel MDT12 by shaving ALL of the flange off or it wouldn't fit.
Oh, hey, wait a minute, let's do this in order:
Door panel removed:
The cool thing about the tiny 4.5" speaker in the door is that it has its own ported enclosure from the factory.
Here's a comparison of the factory mid and the Audax Aerogel:
And the Audax by itself:
I made baffles out of 3/4" plywood to adapt over my 5.25" Audax Aerogel's. While making the baffle I had to recess the screws that were going to hold the baffle to the existing enclosure. I also had to flatten the baffle and the 5.25" mid in order for the door pannel to go back on.
And then the ring installed:
Mid mounted:
I soldered and the Morel's in with the factory harness from the factory tweeter:
And the tweeter mounted on the bracket and installed:
Here's the top door panel portion without the grille:
And with the grille:
And a picture of the Audax installed:
The factory grille won't fit so I'm going to have to modify it in order to get them back in place. For now they'll go as they are - without a grille.
I only have FM, so I'm not going to comment on how they sound until my CD changer gets here.