Lexus install

[Electrodynamic]

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.

[CrazyKenKid]

so far the install looks to be going smoothy! are you going to put some sound deadener in there? and i was going to ask why you wnet 5.25 but i see now the 6.5 woudn't fit lol!

it loosk good so far!

[mSaLL150]

No deadening?

[CrazyKenKid]

Originally Posted by mSaLL150

No deadening?

lol some ppl kids! tsk tsk lol!

but i bet he is going to put deadener in!

[ku40]

ouch, that poor mid

[Electrodynamic]

Deadener will be applied. ...maybe. The car is SO quiet as it sits, I'm wondering if I should do it to the door skin or not. I'm definitely going to apply deadener to the inner door panels though. They rattle a little bit when going over bumps.

[HHawk]

Originally Posted by Electrodynamic

Deadener will be applied. ...maybe. The car is SO quiet as it sits, I'm wondering if I should do it to the door skin or not. I'm definitely going to apply deadener to the inner door panels though. They rattle a little bit when going over bumps.

Trust me (as a Lexus IS 220d owner) deaden the doors. E.g. my doors rattle and I have them already deadened.

[B_Campbell]

Originally Posted by Electrodynamic

Deadener will be applied. ...maybe. The car is SO quiet as it sits, I'm wondering if I should do it to the door skin or not. I'm definitely going to apply deadener to the inner door panels though. They rattle a little bit when going over bumps.

I thought you made SQ speakers...Deaden the doors.

[hoss]

Originally Posted by B_Campbell

I thought you made SQ speakers...Deaden the doors.

he makes SQ speakers, not cars...

if the car is dead enough to his liking, what does it matter if others are aware to the amount of resonance dampening that he has done?

last i checked, nick was selling sub woofers. he also has a hobby of home and car audio enthusiasm. if he is happy with the results he gets from his fronts and mids, what dif does it make if he has pics of his doors being deadended?

[Electrodynamic]

Originally Posted by hoss

he makes SQ speakers, not cars...

if the car is dead enough to his liking, what does it matter if others are aware to the amount of resonance dampening that he has done?

last i checked, nick was selling sub woofers. he also has a hobby of home and car audio enthusiasm. if he is happy with the results he gets from his fronts and mids, what dif does it make if he has pics of his doors being deadended?

Thank you. I've said that the doors might be deadened. I only had so much of day light to work with and I didn't have enough time to deaden the doors and do all of the fab work for the mids. I will put one layer of deadener on the doors once I install the other 5.25's (yes, I'm going to install another set of them). However, the car is very quiet already. For instance, this car is quieter than my last Civic with 5 (read: FIVE) layers of Second Skin damplifier on the inner and outer door skins...and this car has zero deadener.