Wow, so I finally got time to install the front speakers and tweeters the other day (after multiple sicknesses in the household, thanks to the pre school kids' parents who send them to school sick!).
What an amazing difference! I thought I'd put speakers in this car but I must be thinking of my Formula. I took the door panels off and what a nasty mess of wiring it was.
The previous owner was a mechanic who worked for Toyota, not sure if he did this wiring or what but it was a hodge podge of epic proportions as you can see in the pix below. I did everything up proper.
I had an intermittent speaker going out issue on the drivers' side since the weather got cold and traced it to a really terrible soldering job on a couple of wires (which were connected in a redundant fashion that would makes sense only to an insane person).
So anyhow, the stereo sounds amazing now- I mean phenomenal compared to how it ever sounded since I bought the car. I haven't had time to do the rears yet and I can hear them struggling with the stereo in contrast with the new speakers that are just doing an amazing job.
Oddly, the speakers in the lower door were only rated to 35 watts and weren't actually blown just seem to have been straining.
I'd like to add an under seat subwoofer next, we'll have to see how money goes, damn kids are expensive!
