but y?

-Jason

 

dude


i'd put the kicker comps in kick panels and run no rear fill

ditch those 6x9s in the trunk..please

 

I'd recommend you either put them under the front seats (if they can fit) or delete them altogether. They are not going to help your sound while in the trunk. Not unless you have tailgate parties.

 

Yes...Please DO!!

-Jason

 

Does that DB351 fits into the existing space/center grill without any modification???

 

Yes, it screws into the existing stock panel. The holes line up perfectly. All you will need is a wiring harness if you don't want to cut speaker wires.

 

Thanks for the help!

 

I was thinking of installing an amplifier board in my 08 TL similar to this guy. I have two questions:

1. What kind of screws should I use to fasten the board securely to those metal support beams?

2. What kind of wood should I use?

3. Does anybody have a good template to use for the wood cutout?

 

I am selling my center channel Polk Audio DB351 speaker if anyone is interested. It fits perfectly into the center grill of the third gen TL's. All you need is a screwdriver. PM me if you are interested.

 

I completely disagree with the idea of swapping the stock headunit. I've recently started competing in Iasca events (2) with my stock unit and have won 2-1st place trophies and 1 - 3rd place overall against pros and manufacturers.

All I did was add Balanced Line Transmitter from the Stock Headunit to the aftermarket amps. It sounds great!! I've yet to see an aftermarket HU in a TL that looks decent and it won't outperform the stock with the right set-up...You'll get more by adding a Zapco DSP-6, Fosgate 3.2, or Audiosound Bit 1 ( I think that is what it is called)

Anyway, kudo's for doing all of that yourself. For a first time, it is a great start I'll be at the Huntington Beach Competition on Aug. 8th and yoou can hear for yourself

 

Polk Audio DB351 What's the cost ?

 

Chico,

Did Bing install a BLT for you or was it a SLB-U (a balanced line driver / pre-amp)?

Thanks,

 

You had to call me on that...it is the slb-u. He took out the stock amp all together. no center channel or rear fill...I was thinking about a Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich when I wrote the original post

 

Wasn't trying to call you on that but I've been trying to decide on the proper interface between the TL's HU and Zapco amps. I read on here somewhere that the TL HU outputs about a 1 volt signal. The Zapco amps have a .5 V minimum sensitivity. So I've been trying to decide if a pre-amp is necessary. I've decided to go with the SLB-U pre-amps. It's just a pain to try and fit them into the stock amp location (all three of them).

Anyway thanks for the feedback; your system is one of the Bing systems that I'm drawing inspiration from.

 

I am currently running a DQL-8 off the post factory amp wires, the sound is good, but there is some hiss at low volume levels. Nothing too bad, but its there. Do you think I would have better results if I ran the DQL-8 off the pre-factory amp wires? Would I still get my navi-voice, etc?

 

If you haven't done so already, give the guys a zapco a call. The've dealt with plenty of TL's and provide great customer service...

 

Unfortunately, I can't answer for your specific application, never used a DQL-8. What I can say is the stock amp was completely removed and the HFL works fine. I did loss the nav voice, which I found annoying, but I pulled all the center channel speakers as well....Hiss at any level would be a problem for me...

 

Hello Tech14,

Did you have a navigation system in your cars? How do you connect it to your amplifiers?

 

Why would you want to amplify your navigation system?

 

Great work on your new audio system, and a really nice post too, just got one question does anyone now if i can make fit 2 6X9 in the rear deck.

Thanks

 

Really nice work Tech, do you know if you can use 6x9 speakers on you rear deck instead of the 6.5?

 

2 year old thread, and 6x9 on rear deck???? waste of time energy and money. why do you think that would be necessary?