For Christmas I recevied 4 6.5 speakers and a speaker install from Best Buy, well they said they couldn't do it. And I am just not brave e-nuff to drill out the current speakers and making the template for the speakers and such.

Well in my research I found a post on this forum where a guy built a sub rack and placed where the trunk cover (can that really be called a cover?) goes.

So I took that idea, and used 2 6x9s instead of the sub.

I must admit I paid cartoys to run the power wire for me (again my confort lvl is just not there when it comes to that kind of stuff, and watching how they had to tear apart the dash and all running a wire tru the fire wall.. I am glad I did pay for it LOL)

And I must say I am very happy with the results, and I now have a more "surround sound" fullness in the cabin where before the back sounded so flat.

All in all with the install and parts, I spent about 300 bucks.


Base rack cut, and parts ready to go.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/flybynight_x1/Scion/GettingitReady.jpg

Holes cut for rack,
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/flybynight_x1/Scion/IMG_0596.jpg

Veiw of amp and crappy staple gun work
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/flybynight_x1/Scion/IMG_0648.jpg

Completed!!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/flybynight_x1/Scion/IMG_0644.jpg

Looks kool but where are you locatedIf your in georgia
I could clean that up pretty quickly for you and install your speakers

Thanks
Lil Dave

what size is the board u used? im wantin to do somethin similer.

Looks kool but where are you locatedIf your in georgia
I could clean that up pretty quickly for you and install your speakers

Thanks
Lil Dave

Thanks for the offer... but I am in Texas :-(

what size is the board u used? im wantin to do somethin similer.

I don't have the exact specs down on paper (other than the slab of wood is 1/2 inches thick)

I will get the exacts if you want.

But I will tell you how I came up with the template to cut the wood, I had ordered Guitar Hero for my son from walmart, I took the box it came in, cut it up a bit till I was able to get it to fit in the trunk, then just took the template, marked it on the wood and cut away :-)

Well I hate to toot my own speakers so to speak :yawn:

But now that I have been driving around rocking out. I am loveing it :-)

It took me a bit of tweeking, adjusting the imput levels on the amp and such.

I find the SSP set to Feel with a car setting of Tc seems to give me the best results.

And it really does give a "surround sound" feel in the cabin, the only thing missing is a center speaker :-)

Hmmmmmmmm

what size is the board u used? im wantin to do somethin similer.

I don't have the exact specs down on paper (other than the slab of wood is 1/2 inches thick)

I will get the exacts if you want.

But I will tell you how I came up with the template to cut the wood, I had ordered Guitar Hero for my son from walmart, I took the box it came in, cut it up a bit till I was able to get it to fit in the trunk, then just took the template, marked it on the wood and cut away :-)
If you can get the exact measurement for the rack, that will be great! and where can I get the matching cloth to cover the rack? lol

yeah, exacts would be awesome

yeah, exacts would be awesome

I see you are in Texas so you know how the weather is at the moment (and they are saying it might ice and sleet for tonight)

So give me a few days and when it warms up I will go measure the exacts for you.

It was 80 just a few days ago...damn texas weather!!

lol i know what u mean man thats cool.

yeah the weather here is so bi-polar. lol.

yea i had 1/2 inch of ice on top of my car (not cool) and what makes it so weird is that its gonna be sunny and good weather over the weekend. but then cold again on monday and so on, Bi-polar it is :tap: , but where can I get the grey fuzzy thing you wraped the rack with? lol

yea i had 1/2 inch of ice on top of my car (not cool) and what makes it so weird is that its gonna be sunny and good weather over the weekend. but then cold again on monday and so on, Bi-polar it is :tap: , but where can I get the grey fuzzy thing you wraped the rack with? lol

Yes it has been some realy Bi-polar weather this year... I am suprised more people are not sick.

The black covering I got at Joann Fabrics, so any store like that should have the cloth, even some walmarts have a fabric section

All it is is just a black velvet feeling cloth, about 4 bucks for 1 1/2 yards.

Tthe front side of the board (the rear seats side) is 43 1/2 inches

The back side (the side that goes against the hatch) is 38 8/10th (almost 39) inches

Thickness is 1/2 inch.

Width is 11 3/4th inches (I would say I could have added another inch each way)

Now the trick is getting the correct angle on the sides and cutting the space for that little notch that is there, for this again I suggest using some carboard or something like that so you can get an exact fit.

I hope this helps :-)