For Christmas, I would like to get my daughter a new head unit and all new speakers....while trying not to break the bank.

Amazon is my best source at the moment, so I wonder if any of you have researched replacing the speakers in the 8 speaker system and could steer me in the right direction?

I am looking for a pair of 1" tweeters, a pair of 4" speakers, a pair of 6.5" speakers for the back and "something" to replace the pair of 8" speakers in the door.

This is the head unit that she likes: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0091UW7F...d=ATVPDKIKX0DER although I don't know if it's any good.

Also do I need any harnesses or anything? (I know nothing about car audio)

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated....thanks!

Oh and also, she would like some sort of amp and subwoofer w/box in the trunk (her dad is going to get it for her) but I don't know what to look for there either (nor does he).

Thanks again!

1 thread below. You can see my speakers. That stereo looks like a2012 model. Some were not compatible with ios6 iphone. Make sure it is. Otherwise you need to do a firmware upgrade.

Im going 8 inch sub on the doors. My vert trunk space is priceless. You will need a harness for toyota. The sicky section has a thread about replacing the stereo

That's one I'm looking at getting, from everything I can find it's supposed to be a really good unit for the money. The problem you have is that you have the 8-speaker system, so that complicates matters a little. You'll have to rerun the wiring and bypass the factory amplifier for the new speakers. What I'd suggest is getting a component set for the tweeters and 4" speakers, coaxial 6.5" speakers for the rear, and then getting shallow mount 8" sub-woofers for the bottom door panels. Then you wouldn't need a box in the back. You even might be able to find a small enough amplifier to sit in place of the factory amplifier for powering the 8" subs. On that particular head-unit run power to the component set and coaxial speakers from the head-unit itself, then can use the rear/sub RCA outputs to go to the amp and then out to the 8" subs.

This post has been edited by Box: Dec 2, 2013 - 3:27 PM

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just wail till its done...

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I see you're using RF speakers, which is what I was looking at thru Amazon, but there are different ones....and I know nothing about wattage, etc. of car audio.

Do you happen to have the part #'s for the speakers and harness that you chose?

I will check into the iPhone compatibility of that stereo, as well. I think she is on iOS7 on her iPhone now.

I agree with needing the trunk space....do the 8" subs in the door produce a rattle when they hit?

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What size amp would I need, do you think?

And this is a dumb question....but would having the 8" subs inside the car produce the "bump" that teenagers are after?

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Waiting...lol.

Especially interested in the route you go with the subs....

Harness is any 1996 +. Toyota harness. Rockford f punch series 4 ohms, what I'm using, just matter of size

If you're wanting to mount the amp where the OEM amp is, you'll need one similar in size to it. njccmd2002 could probably give you some specs on it, I have the plain Jane 4-speaker system so I couldn't tell you. As far as wattage goes just get something with a RMS equal to or very close to the sub's combined RMS rating. The door subs should provide more than enough bass that's needed for safe driving.

nope, my amp is small but wont fit where the oem amp is. Mine is going under the seat. ill have it there by the weekend.