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Old 11-08-07, 11:15 PM
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I've been around the boards over and over searching and couldn't find answers I was looking for... What exactly will I need besides Amp, Sub, amp kit to hook up 2 12" subs and an amp to the stock system? I'm trying to do some homework before I go out and get things ripped apart and installed. I need to know they know what they're doing by asking yall here first. Thanks for your help
Old 11-09-07, 12:12 AM
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That's mostly all you'll need, a few wires, they'll need to tap into the wiring from your rear door speakers unless you have an aftermarket head unit. I recommend a capacitor, but its definitely not required.
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So as far as my Hz range, I did read one post when dude tapped into some wires somewhere and his range was only filtered range the stock sub could handle 50-80hz I believe. What's the way around that?
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you didn't search hard enough my friend. I did a write up on this a while back, it will answer most of your question and has a low cost solution to get great sound from the stock system.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=TT061880
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So that I understand, instead of just tapping into the sub wires with minimal freq, you used the sub woofer AND the front 2 woofers wires hooked up to the LOC for full freq and then hooked up all that to the amp and good to go right?
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yes...........
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I couldn't quite see, but did you tap into the wires while they're still connected to the harness or did you just clip them from the harness and connect?
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Originally Posted by tt061880
you didn't search hard enough my friend. I did a write up on this a while back, it will answer most of your question and has a low cost solution to get great sound from the stock system.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=TT061880
Will the Scosche LOC work on non ML setup the same way for ML guys??

Will I need a 4 or 2 channel?
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Got everything installed, the subwoofer was the only thing tapped into with the LOC, i'm about to adjust the crossover on my amp today. It sounds GOOD!! 2 12" in a sealed box... It's not too much at all nothing is rattling, and I mean NOTHING. It sounds so crisp and clean!!!
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