Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[derickveliz2]

OK!

I did a test for my self that I had to do... before continuing my install:


I put the MIDS down in the Kick panel area! see pictures below my temporary installation.

Thoughts:

Yes I could live with that! It's amazing how our brains work, stage is way up around HU area. Even I know and I see the speakers down there I hear and feel the music up there!

The stage is wide and smooth, If I didn't have the option of going with the MIDS up in the a-pillars I would be very pleased with the MIDS in the kick panels, what I didn't like was that I found out why they call them kick panels! I was so afraid to kick my mids, but that's an issue that we can take care in the installation.

If I had a sports car or a car that you are close to the floor and your legs are stretch out forward, I see a very convenient opportunity for MIDS at kick panels, on the Yaris even though PLDs are improved the kicks are kind of forward/ down, think like in a SUV that the kicks are 45 degrees or more from you. Maybe that is way the stage stops at the HU area.

Now I'm going with the MIDS up on the a-pillars like you see in the pictures above, because I want to take advantage of the cavernous "Windshield - Dashboard" of the Yaris, it's like a big open mouth, see your self other cars the windshield and the dashboard create a very small area, angle, how ever you call it, it doesn't compare with the Yaris' proportions. And I'm going to take advantage of that!

For example my Corolla doesn't brings me the same space, and some other cars have the instrument cluster on the pilot's side, the Yaris has a symmetrical dashboard, Yes my PLDs suffer a penalty of about 2 inches and the distance between speakers is less for about 3-4 inches, but I can deal with that, my PLDs are under 12 inches (9.5" for a-pillars scenario) and the COOL factor watching the cones of the MIDS move like little woofers it's amazing!





Yeap! bags of rice are great to hold down your speakers!


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