Gen.Ben

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Hey there guys,

I am picking up a Toyota Aristo in the near future and the stock system has room for 4" speakers only. The thing is they are built in a little plastic pod underneath the door panel.

Here is a picture



Seeing as 4" speakers don't have the power handling I want, (100w @ 4 ohm or 150w @ 2 ohm) per channel. I want to create some type of housing or pod to fit 5.25" or 6.5" speakers.

Wondering the best way I can fit this under neath the door panel.

I was thinking maybe a mdf base so I can screw it into the mounts and then a fiberglass housing. Would a sealed design work well? And what would the best way to get a enclousure that uses the maximum space but still fits under the door panel.

Haven't picked the speakers yet but I am going to be going with a 2 way setup for my mids/highs and its going to be powered off a Alpine MRP600.

Thanks!

ndinadis

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What year?
Just so everyone doesnt go with the car its the japan version of the Lexus GS series

Lord Huggington

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You maybe be able to buy kick pods, search crutchfield etc.

Gen.Ben

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It's a first gen mk1 aristo, year 1991.

I was looking to build something to retain the stock look so it fits under the stock door panel. So surface mount pods would be the last resort.

ndinadis

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2jz tt?

Gen.Ben

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But of course

hotdog6172

you can buy spacers that only add an inch or so to the to the overall thickness and the can covert the space to a larger size speaker, i changed mine in my altima from 5 inch to 6. worked out great. there available pretty much anywhere.

Lay

^ Don't forget to apply fibreglass resin onto the MDF rings so that they aren't affected by water as much. I'd recommend getting the MDF rings+Resin+foam speaker baffles, so that you have a sealed enclosure, with superior waterproofing.

hotdog6172

the only thing i disagree with is that with using a mdf ring your doin 3 times the work when you could just use a spacer and caulk it. it has the same result without building a whole new mount.

Lay

Very true, it's really up to the OP's choice, if he wants to buy a sheet of MDF or if he wants to buy the spacer.