ES350 Levinson Upgrade Steps & Photos
11-15-09, 04:30 AM
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ES350 Levinson Upgrade Steps & Photos
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I am ready to order all my parts for the ES350 Levinson upgrade. I've sourced everything, I think. I will fully document this upgrade so you all can see how it is done. I'm doing this over Thanksgiving.
Would someone who has done this, especially LEXUSAUDIO, be willing to contact me off-list? I want to make sure this is going to be a real full upgrade and no tuning is going to be required. Also, I want to see if dynamat is going to be helpful or any other additions which thing sa re apart. But above all, I really want to make sure I have all the parts!!!!!
I have the 14 speakers, the amp and the new head unit and even a replacement nav system just in case I need to upgrade my nav. (The seller is allowing me to return or exchange the nav so I'm not really buying that, as it were.) I also think I need new real door panels for the tweeter mounts.
Could someone please contact me who has done this so I can be sure I've got everything before I tear the car apart? I'd really appreciate it. I promise you I'll photograph and describe it every step of the way for the benefit of the other list members.......
Many thanks!
Andrew
I am ready to order all my parts for the ES350 Levinson upgrade. I've sourced everything, I think. I will fully document this upgrade so you all can see how it is done. I'm doing this over Thanksgiving.
Would someone who has done this, especially LEXUSAUDIO, be willing to contact me off-list? I want to make sure this is going to be a real full upgrade and no tuning is going to be required. Also, I want to see if dynamat is going to be helpful or any other additions which thing sa re apart. But above all, I really want to make sure I have all the parts!!!!!
I have the 14 speakers, the amp and the new head unit and even a replacement nav system just in case I need to upgrade my nav. (The seller is allowing me to return or exchange the nav so I'm not really buying that, as it were.) I also think I need new real door panels for the tweeter mounts.
Could someone please contact me who has done this so I can be sure I've got everything before I tear the car apart? I'd really appreciate it. I promise you I'll photograph and describe it every step of the way for the benefit of the other list members.......
Many thanks!
Andrew
11-15-09, 09:42 PM
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Before you get all the aforementioned parts, I would like to know whether the wiring harness has to be changed also? If so, I would chuck the whole idea and trade in your car for a factory equipped Levinson sound system. IMHO
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Well, according the LexusAudio on the other post, it's completely plug&play if you already have the nav system?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...ase-radio.html
As far as I can tell, all you should have to replace is the rear door panels for the tweeter mounts.....
Thoughts? I'm listening to jazz, folks and classical and classic rock...
Thanks!
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...ase-radio.html
As far as I can tell, all you should have to replace is the rear door panels for the tweeter mounts.....
Thoughts? I'm listening to jazz, folks and classical and classic rock...
Thanks!
11-16-09, 09:00 PM
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My Opinion of Aftermarket Car Stereo
Also, I absolutely cannot stand after market stereo equipment on a whole bunch of levels.
MAYBE if everything else is perfect, I could see adding an aftermarket amp and sub if you can get a clan input signal, but I finally sold off my last car with a boatload of Kenwood crap from nearly two decades of aftermarket car stereo goose-chasing and there is no way I'm gonna muck up this perfect ergonomic car with some crappy aftermarket garbage installed by some goofball at the boom boom boom car stereo shop.
The last time I had anything installed it was to replace the expensive bridged sub amp that shorted out because the previous establishment drilled right through the floorboard and water seeped in over time and ruined everything. So this BS place sells me on a completely new amp that turned out to be a floor model, and new installation with "rubber bushings" and low and behold, the only put them in the front where you can see them. The back of the amp, where you can't see it, was AGAIN drilled completely through to the outside and water has started to seep in and that amp was beginning to flake off and there is all kinds of water....
No way Never again!
Andrew
MAYBE if everything else is perfect, I could see adding an aftermarket amp and sub if you can get a clan input signal, but I finally sold off my last car with a boatload of Kenwood crap from nearly two decades of aftermarket car stereo goose-chasing and there is no way I'm gonna muck up this perfect ergonomic car with some crappy aftermarket garbage installed by some goofball at the boom boom boom car stereo shop.
The last time I had anything installed it was to replace the expensive bridged sub amp that shorted out because the previous establishment drilled right through the floorboard and water seeped in over time and ruined everything. So this BS place sells me on a completely new amp that turned out to be a floor model, and new installation with "rubber bushings" and low and behold, the only put them in the front where you can see them. The back of the amp, where you can't see it, was AGAIN drilled completely through to the outside and water has started to seep in and that amp was beginning to flake off and there is all kinds of water....
No way Never again!
Andrew
11-17-09, 03:53 AM
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Also, I absolutely cannot stand after market stereo equipment on a whole bunch of levels.
MAYBE if everything else is perfect, I could see adding an aftermarket amp and sub if you can get a clan input signal, but I finally sold off my last car with a boatload of Kenwood crap from nearly two decades of aftermarket car stereo goose-chasing and there is no way I'm gonna muck up this perfect ergonomic car with some crappy aftermarket garbage installed by some goofball at the boom boom boom car stereo shop.
The last time I had anything installed it was to replace the expensive bridged sub amp that shorted out because the previous establishment drilled right through the floorboard and water seeped in over time and ruined everything. So this BS place sells me on a completely new amp that turned out to be a floor model, and new installation with "rubber bushings" and low and behold, the only put them in the front where you can see them. The back of the amp, where you can't see it, was AGAIN drilled completely through to the outside and water has started to seep in and that amp was beginning to flake off and there is all kinds of water....
No way Never again!
Andrew
MAYBE if everything else is perfect, I could see adding an aftermarket amp and sub if you can get a clan input signal, but I finally sold off my last car with a boatload of Kenwood crap from nearly two decades of aftermarket car stereo goose-chasing and there is no way I'm gonna muck up this perfect ergonomic car with some crappy aftermarket garbage installed by some goofball at the boom boom boom car stereo shop.
The last time I had anything installed it was to replace the expensive bridged sub amp that shorted out because the previous establishment drilled right through the floorboard and water seeped in over time and ruined everything. So this BS place sells me on a completely new amp that turned out to be a floor model, and new installation with "rubber bushings" and low and behold, the only put them in the front where you can see them. The back of the amp, where you can't see it, was AGAIN drilled completely through to the outside and water has started to seep in and that amp was beginning to flake off and there is all kinds of water....
No way Never again!
Andrew
Most folks who work at the boom boom shops know more about skateboards than stereo
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11-18-09, 04:42 AM
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You haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the problems that could be encountered. There was a guy over on the IS forum that tried it on his IS250/350. He got it to work but it never worked like factory and the issues he ran into were incomprehensible. Good luck.
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