Originally Posted by Alexus416

Only the front speakers work?

How do you get the rear speakers to work as well?

Originally Posted by guyrat7

UH

Not sure what happened...


You definitely want to replace the front speakers. There's a huge difference in sound quality between stock and aftermarket. I DID leave the 3" OEM dash squawkers in place though and they seem to be up to the task. You could ...maybe....get away with using an aftermarket amp with the stock speakers. The stock amp is definitely a weak spot IMHO. Anyways...

I did see what appeared to be an in line capacitor as a crossover near the tweeter (going by memory here). I don't see why that would be a problem for you though if you're replacing the speakers and want to use the stock wiring. Just remove the OEM speakers and the crossover, replace them with the focal drivers. If your focal crossover is too big to mount up front, then mount it where the stock amp is and tap into the stock wires as they leave the OEM amp.

Originally Posted by uh2

Thank you! now thats valuable information. IF there is an inline cap where I can reach it, then its all good. i might be able to use the old wires and position the crossover in the kickpanel. gonna check that tomorrow. Thanks!

Originally Posted by guyrat7

Sorry, I'm a little confused. Are you WANTING to use the inline OEM cap or are you trying to bypass it?

Originally Posted by uh2

I installed an Android head unit and a 5 channel Pioneer amp that feeds all the internal speakers plus a subwoofer. It sounds GREAT (I replaced the tweeters and mids in the front, and left the stock dash "squawkers").

I just tapped into the stock speaker wires leaving the stock amp (I totally bypassed the stock amp).

I tried to start my own thread, but apparently i don't have enough posts and/or haven't been active long enough.

Originally Posted by chris948

how was getting the 12v ignition and memory wires without the amp? Also, what do you miss without it? I've been meaning to disconnect the stock amp and see what beeps don't happen, but been lazy

Wish you could start a thread with what you did.

Originally Posted by uh2

The amp is located behind the rear bench. I was able to easily tap into 12v wires that the stock radio was using. I used a schematic of the stock connector that spelled out which wire was which. It was probably the easiest part of the install. The hardest part was tapping into the stock speaker wires leaving the amp. It's a very tight bunch of wires.

I didn't lose any default beeps/sound by bypassing the amp, so no worries there.

Originally Posted by guyrat7

Did you replace the tweeters on the A-pillars? I read some threads and did not want to take it apart fearing I would damage the airbag or set it off accidentally

So I placed the new tweeters on top of the mid range ones. I don't use the mid range since I only used a 2 way components.

Originally Posted by uh2

I detailed all of this in my thread that the mods won't post because apparently I haven't posted enough or been active long enough ....but I've seen other users with less time/posts able to start threads. Maybe it's because I'm logging in with my Facebook ID....dunno.

Anyways, yes I replaced the tweeters. Taking the A pillar cover off wasn't THAT difficult, and once you do the first one the second is a breeze. There was a trick I used to make one of the clips come out easier. I think I just used a needle nose pliers and squeezed it together so it came out with no troubles.

I removed the mounting bracket from the stock tweeter and mounted my Alpine tweeter to it. Make sure to cross fire the tweeters before you put everything back together. The driver side was a really close fit, but I was able to get the pillar cover back on. It looks totally stock. I left the squawkers connected.

If you remove the positive cable from the battery before doing any of this work, you won't trigger the air bags. The air bags aren't going to be a problem.

Originally Posted by uh2

The amp is located behind the rear bench. I was able to easily tap into 12v wires that the stock radio was using. I used a schematic of the stock connector that spelled out which wire was which. It was probably the easiest part of the install. The hardest part was tapping into the stock speaker wires leaving the amp. It's a very tight bunch of wires.

I didn't lose any default beeps/sound by bypassing the amp, so no worries there.

Originally Posted by 1koolfella

i promised you a few snaps so here goes. I was used my camera phone so please excuse the poor quality.

This is the rear of the pioneer avh-p8400bh.

I used the metra axxess to retain all of my steering wheel control functions along with the beat sonic kit. Although with both i lost the ability to view the dvd on the factory unit, but that's not a big deal for me.

Beat sonic kit was easy to use, it was a matter of matching the colors with pioneer wire harness. Only thing you lose is fading your rears. You will hear music from all speakers, you just wont be able to fade the rears, but i can still fade left and right.


With the metra axxess kit, i also purchased the toyota wire harness to make things easy. With the metra axxess kit, it's generic and you have to download the pdf to know which wires you will need to splice into the factory wire harness. I could of did it that way but i didn't want to cut into any factory wires. So i got the snap on kit metra 70-8114 toyota, which snaps on the factory harness and the other end goes to the metra axxess kit, and the 3.5 mm wire that goes to the back of the head unit.

Originally Posted by uh2

If you remove the positive cable from the battery before doing any of this work, you won't trigger the air bags. The air bags aren't going to be a problem.

Originally Posted by Carver

I guess I've had these parts for over a month messing around trying to find an installer so after reading a review on Yelp I decided to go with Car Toys in Plano (a Dallas 'burb), so glad I did. I called about 11 this morning and Frank told me to come in so I fired up the 330 and headed North.

The unit was installed by Mike and he went out of his way to keep me informed (I waited) and actually came to get me occasionally as it progressed so I could snap some pics of the install.


Here's what was installed today:

Kenwood DNX 6960 NAV/GPS/BT/Stereo
Axxess steering wheel controller
Kenwood CMOS 200 back up camera
Kenwood iPod video/audio connector
Microphone, GPS antenna

So, we begin, Mike is getting ready to tear it up!

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Big holes in my car...

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Out with the old...

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Backup camera...

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I couldn't believe the amount of stuff on the deck!

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We have back up!

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This was the main impetus for this install, I felt like I was going to mash someone before it was all over so I had to have this camera.

Tests are complete! Ready to finish...

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Just like it says on the screen...

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I have not played with it at all, I had to run some errands after the install so I'll set it up tomorrow, phone, iPod, GPS, radio, splash screen, light color.

If you have any electronic install needs in North Texas I can highly recommend Car Toys in Plano.