[16psibrick]

Its been a while since i did an Ed install, so i figured its time again

Car is a first gen 94 GS300 lexus.

the goals:

1. good sound quality on a relatively tight budget
2. utilize existing gear customer already had
3. clean and fully stealth, with as little room taken up as possible.

lets get started:

upfront, a csutomer supplied Premier 690UB headunit resides in the stock location, note the USB cable coming out of hte pocket:



the stock location for the front speakres is pretty bad, i believe 4" stock sizing with not much room. plus its middle of hte door...so basically, if you are looking for good SQ, we should perhaps move away from that location.

The customer already had a set of old school sound stream exact 5.25" component sets, these were very very nice sounidng comp setes back in the day, better IMo than anyhting SS has made in a long long time. anyway, i complimented the set by switching to a set of DLS UR5i 5.25" midbasses, and built simple little kicks for them. the driver side was specially tricky since the parking break pedal still needs to come down











note also the phoenix gold LPL remote bass control knob between the tw ofactory switches on the left end of hte dash

the back door speakres, i ran new wires from the headunit to the output side of the stock amp in the trunk, to run them as well. while also removing hte stock subwoofer on the rear deck for better venting into the cabin:



moving on to the trunk...the first gen GS has a very short, albveit wide and deep trunk (gas tanks takes up the frnt half ot he trunk area)...so its tailor fit for a spare tire well enclosure type of stealth install.

here is the view with the carpet in place, as you can see, floor wasnt raised an inch



once oyu pull the carpet off, you can see a whole new fake floor trimmed in grey carpeting, w tih a big cutout in the middle. I also built a side rack on the passenger side, with two additional covers





and here is what it looks like with all the covers off. two Nine.2s flank a single image dynamics IDQ10 Version 3 10" sub. with all three under a white vinyl and routed top cover. on the side rack, facing sideways into the trunk, is a Pioneer 12 disc cd changer, while on top, a phoenix gold EQ215ix EQ/xover resides. both were supplied by the customer. this way, everything can be hidden yet easily accessed for tuning or cd insertion with the removal of a cover.













and one last pic showing the wiring and assembly behind the floor and covers



honetsly, this car suprised even myself with how good it sounds...esepcially considering i have done cars that feature much more high end gear and much higher budgets. but overall the combination works very well...the UR5 does a remarkable job of conveying midbass, more so than i could have possibly imagined from a 5.25" speaker

happy thanksgiving

[z-lite]

yay, awesome install, did you get any pictures of the doors where the SS speakers were? one question I've always asked myself, how to you keep the sub box from sliding all over the place and the amps mounted? Do you screw right into the car's metal?

[16psibrick]

Originally Posted by z-lite

yay, awesome install, did you get any pictures of the doors where the SS speakers were? one question I've always asked myself, how to you keep the sub box from sliding all over the place and the amps mounted? Do you screw right into the car's metal?

yup, no simpler than that...just pick the spots so you dont hit anyhing.


no i mean i didnt touch the doors, the SS tweeter and the UR5 are both in the kicks...

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[Typo_Knig]

Delicious again, Bing.

[raga55]

I dont know if this is a great secret of yours or something, but i was wondering how you make those covers so that they dont mess with the movement of the speakers, I love that look and kinda want to go in that direction on my next project.

[norcalsfinest]

Originally Posted by raga55

I dont know if this is a great secret of yours or something, but i was wondering how you make those covers so that they dont mess with the movement of the speakers, I love that look and kinda want to go in that direction on my next project.

just a matter of recessing the baffle (white part) down far enough so the sub won't touch the cover (which is level with the rest of the floor)

[16psibrick]

thats one part of it...the other part is that the top cover, where hte speaker goes, was cut out, rabitted, and then a piece of grille mesh secured to it, to form a flat top surface but vented...

let me see if i can get you a picture of it later on today.

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[gregfarz78]

nice work

[irq21]

Nice work as always.

[StealthBox]

Very nice; another clean simple install. I am loving your work...

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[envydew]

Look good. Is the parking break still functional?