2008 Yaris sedan ‘S’ sound deadening project.

[Herbicidal]

My bad, I misunderstood which speakers you were referring to. The ones on the right in that picture are the Kickers. According to Sonic, the Top Mount Depth is: 1 15/16's inches. Just a click short of 2 inches deep. These are used in "shallow mount installations", according to Sonic. Maybe I'll be OK?

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by Herbicidal

The ones on the right in that picture are the Kickers. According to Sonic, the Top Mount Depth is: 1 15/16's inches. Just a click short of 2 inches deep. These are used in "shallow mount installations", according to Sonic. Maybe I'll be OK?

They may be OK, I had the window control handy and plug it into it's connector to move the window up and down when I had the door naked, to test fit the speakers. It's good also to double check if the speakers wires don't get stuck with the glass too. But you won't know until you get to the doors.

Keep it up!

Nice speakers by the way!


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[Herbicidal]

Put some more time into the car tonight. Finished installing the rear speakers and actually put the entire trunk, rear deck and 'C' pillars back in, plus some plastic body panels that go over the rear wheel wells. The back seat is still out as I have some more deadening to do underneath and in front of the back seat. The rear speakers sound great! But I'm still toying with getting an amp before the backseat goes in. Before I get too much further I may buy some higher quality speaker wire and pre-run it before I cover everything up again. That will make it pretty much plug-and-play without having to remove a bunch of plastic panels again.

Deadened the license plate and inside the frame with scraps of RAAMmat and Ensolite. Don't throw your scraps away!


Put some extra Ensolite on the back of the plate where it may touch the car during EXTREME base.


Reassabled the trunk area after installing the rear speakers. The new ones sound great!

[Herbicidal]

I decided to get an amp, an amp wiring kit and a line output converter. Since I'm already 'into' the car, I might as well do it right!

Amp: Eclipse EA4200, free shipping, no sales tax (already shipped) for $129.99 from Crutchfield. Sonic Electronix wanted $209.99 and it's out of stock and backordered on their site.


Amp wiring kit: Earthquake Sound AK-3000, free shipping (already shipped), paid CA sales tax from Sonic for $29.99.


Line output converter: PAC SOEM-4, free shipping (already shipped), paid CA sales tax from Sonic. Listed at $32.99 but had a make offer button. I clicked it and submitted an offer of $25. It countered with $26 and I bought it! That savings more than covered my CA sales tax.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by Herbicidal

Amp: Eclipse EA4200, free shipping, no sales tax (already shipped) for $129.99 from Crutchfield. Sonic Electronix wanted $209.99 and it's out of stock and backordered on their site.

Amp wiring kit: Earthquake Sound AK-3000, free shipping (already shipped), paid CA sales tax from Sonic for $29.99.


Line output converter: PAC SOEM-4, free shipping (already shipped), paid CA sales tax from Sonic. Listed at $32.99 but had a make offer button. I clicked it and submitted an offer of $25. It countered with $26 and I bought it! That savings more than covered my CA sales tax.

Some thing tells me that WE ALL LOVE FREE SHIPPING!


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[Herbicidal]

Oh yeah! I'm sure we're paying for it somewhere, but it looks good to see "free" where usually you see a big number!

Speaking of big numbers, I randomly checked the price of the Kicker speakers I bought for $109.99 at Sonic Electronix and they are now $199.95!!! What the heck happened to the price!!! I would not have bought them for $199! I guess I got real lucky on that one. Kind of the same thing price-wise with the Eclipse amp I bought today, Sonic was like $80 MORE than Crutchfield! That's just crazy!

[Herbicidal]

The line output converter and the amp wiring kit arrived yesterday. The amp should arrive tomorrow. I've been chipping away at laying down the Ensolite on top of the RAAMmat the over the last several nights. I just about have it done up to the existing sound deadening on the floor of the passenger compartment. Once that is done, I'm turning my attention to the doors, front speakers, amp, etc. I'm leaving the rear seat out until I can run the speaker wires from the amp to the rear speakers since I have pretty good access on the passenger side. Since the jack is under the drivers seat, I think I will mount the amp under the passenger seat. By the way, the Alpines in the rear sound great even with only the power from the stock HU! I can hardly wait to wire up the fronts and the amp!

Here's two pictures of my progress in the back seat area:

Passenger floor area, drivers side. I still need to lay some Ensolite on top of this small section of RAAMmat to finish up the rear seat area. Maybe another 15 minutes worth of work.


Passenger floor area, passenger side. I have layed the Ensolite on top of the RAAMmat up to the existing sound deadening material on the floor.