Ok so Ive been sitting on this for a while. I did and are currently upgrading my audio system in my Lexus. Wanted to post on here for those wanting ideas for a DIY upgrade. Its a lot of custom work but it shows that it can be done. Hope you guys enjoy..

First few shots are of the aftermarket radio and location.







Sorry I dont have any pics of the mounting of the radio but i used the bracket from the factory cd changer. When I pull this out to do some more work Ill take a few shots of it.

The look im going for.

Let the work begin.

 

Here is the glove box removed and ready to start the custom work.


That black trim piece is a leftover from another audio kit so I figured Id put it to use. Used some leftover polyester to mold onto this piece.



A little resin to make it solid


And the molding away

 

Some sanding and test fitting later





For those on here who are into this stuff you know there are a lot of hours of sanding going into this.

 

How's it sound, any better? Was it hard to wire up?

Look's pretty good, but how do you change the volume? lol

 

Sorry had to go finish dinner. I will be adding more pics that explain all of that, but lets just say that its loud ..

 

Added my new head unit while I was installing.. Another test fit

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and some more sanding

 

Here is after a month of back and forth sanding, test fitting, blowing this thing off and more sanding. I just realized I didnt take any pics of the primer work but it did get primed and sanded some more before paint.

 

And here is the almost finished product. I just have some minor touch around the paint edge..


More to come..

 

A little door panel action



Out with the old..


test fit of the new..

 

A little more work on the door panels. I free handed some mdf brackets to fiberglass to the rear of the door panel to mount the speakers to. A quick look from the rear.



and the front


Those rings are there for structural purpose and arent going to ever be seen so I just freestyle cut em.

 

While that was drying I decided to paint the screws that are going to mount the speakers.







coming along..

 

So since im adding 2 component sets I figured Id mount the rear tweeter in the front door. Heres that coming together. The before pic





a little hole saw aftermath



and the after..

 

Finished front doors



finished rear

 

Now as I said there are 2 component sets going in yet you only see one full one.. The other tweeters are mounted in the dash where the factory one were. So this is the stock tweeter pod





pulled out of the car



and let the fun begin..

 

I took the tweeter rings from the speaker set and epoxied them to the pods to get the framework for a structure