ok guys I've got a question for you.
my wife has a 2001 Toyota highlander. it came stock with 6.5" door speakers with tweeters at the top of the door panel. her drivers side speaker is going out and i want to replace them. i have after market components in my truck so i know they run through a crossover...question is, do i have to replace my wife's speakers with components or can i just use a regular 2-3 way speaker and wire it up to the existing wires?
also, before i waste money on speakers, give me an opinion. the speaker that i think is out isn't popping or crackling. it sounds fine. but it'll work for 20 minutes and then just shut off for a few minutes, then come back on again. it doesn't pop or anything weird before it turns off either. i was thinking it was a short, but that would knock out all 4 speakers right? its just the passenger front thats acting up.
any thoughts?
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Hmmm.....you're in luck, cuz i just finished a full install on a 2004 Rav4, which very well might have the same setup as you.
The rav4 i had had 6 speakers - 1 per door, and 1 tweeter in the front doors in the a-pillar cover. Sure enough, i noticed after disassembly that everything was run off the radio as a simple 4 speaker setup - the front tweeter was simply coupled into the door speaker wires with a simple capacitor as the crossover. Better yet, the 6" (or so) speakers were 4 ohm, meaning that you could run a set of aftermarket 2 or 3 way speakers and have no problems in terms of impedence/loudness when using the stock radio, AND still use the stock tweeter (this proved super beneficial for us, as I originally was just going to cut out the tweeter). Sure it doesn't sound as good as a real component system, but it is MORE than adequate for this person's wants.
Also, you would need to construct (or buy) some speaker adapters, because the oem speaker pod is actually built into the speaker.
Now, if you have the JBL setup where they use 8 speakers, I think that runs off a separate amp, which means that it probably won't work.
And as for your real problem, its odd that the speaker just cuts out. That sounds to me more like an internal radio overload problem, and perhaps the speaker isn't the problem at all.
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excellent. i was hoping setting up the speaker would be THAT simple. and making a speaker adapter is no problem, had to do that in my tacoma too. not sure about the problem yet, i'm going to take the door apart on Wednesday to see if its as simple as a loose connection. that'd be really nice.
i've been trying to talk her in to a new stereo anyways, maybe i'll just tell her the stereo is going bad and i need to replace all four speakers and the head unit.
thanks for the help.
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the headunit is also a pretty weak part in the system in terms of clarity. i went with two sets of kenwood 2 ways (6.5") and the stock tweeters in the front doors ran off a kenwood headunit, and my friend loves it. much much better clarity.
and yes, surprisingly the system is way too simple. no busses or anything are ran through the radio (unlike many of today's cars that put oil, air bags, bla bla bla bla bla bla through it) and the speakers are 4 ohms so they can easily be swapped, keeping the stock headunit.
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most toyotas have simple sounds systems, except if you got an JBL system which has an AMP. Any speaker should work just fine, on most toyotas that i worked on the front and rear speakers are separated so in other words if you got a short in your front driver speaker your pass speaker would go out too but your rear speakers would still work. AND vice versa.....if its only one speaker you prolly got either a bad speaker or a bad channel on the radio......either way an upgrade wouldnt hurt =)
