shancerlelby

your rear speakers don't work because the power antenna isnt hooked up. the power antenna and rear amp are on the same circuit too so with the cd player on and for the rear speakers to work that damn antenna still needs to be up

89pickupsr5

onlinecarstereo.com was great for me. their dynamat was a really good price and so were the two 10 inch alpine type r's that haven't failed me yet for the two years of abuse i've put them through.

make sure you run the power going down one side of your rig(probably the side the battery is on) and the audio/remote wires from the dash down the other side to the back

and when choosing an amp, less ohms=less resistance=more power

Drew

hiluxwanabe

First thing's first, do you want SQ OR DB? I would cosider looking up a company called Q-Logic, they make pre-formed kick panels which will usually hold a 6 1/2 and a tweeter. They are a little pricey but do the trick nicely if your not good with fibreglass and such.Those you can run directly from the deck, if you don't want to run multiple amps. Now about Amps, GO OLD SCHOOL!, amps like the old RF Punch 45 and such. You dont need big gawdy amps to generate big sound. Choose good quality wiring, even Wal-Mart have a decent amp wiring kit. Do some research. Once you have an idea on what you want, go play on e bay, seriously.If you would like any advice I can send pics of my last vehicle, Grand total cost for stereo gear $200.00. Oh and by the way I won SQ trophies with it. I bought everything off e-bay for $200 bucks, which included Pheonix Gold Octane R series 6 1/2 component set, 2 10" Kicker SoloBaric Subs, Sony X-plode cd/mp3 player with remote, Monster cable wiring kit, GM battery post adapter, and a Zapco S-80 amp. I was asked if I wanted to compete in the under 400w class. Just picked up th 4runner yesterday so now I have a new project. I will be posting pics up as I progress. Oh and finally, be patient, it took me about three months to piece my system together.Cheers

Here's a link for my 91 check it out:

http://www.qlogicenclosures.com/c-3970-ql-k4002.aspx

Texas91Runner

You have to hook up the antenna power wire to the blue wire in the harness. The antenna power wire puts out the 12v current needed to power up the rear amplifiers.

Texas91Runner

A 12" will USUALLY produce lower tones better than a 10", and a 10" will USUALLY produce higher tones better than a 12" (in their own range frequencies of course). How hard and clean they hit will depend on the enclosure [construction & volume], and amp.

annoyingrob

I would argue that a 10" and 12" model with an equivalent motor design would produce the same frequency range, just that the larger cone could do it with a greater efficiency. The actual mass difference in the cone of a 10" vs a 12" is not that much, and should have little to no effect on the ability of the speaker to produce certain frequencies.

But you're right, it's 80% install, and how they're powered.

modlite

Where are you guys running the wire to the battery through? Is there a grommet somewhere in the firewall?

dfoxengr

there is a large grommet on each side of the firewall you can use an exacto to get through