Sound System

[Fitze]

Hello Guys.

I have a 1995 Getaway since new. Love the vehicle its great for keeping the kids apart. Now that the V6 is availabe my only whinge is the standard speakers.

I know its been a long time but is it posible to replace the F&R speakers with some good ones.

How hard are they to do it yourself. It looks like a big job. no screws to be seen. Do you have to pull off the side panels inside.

I know this is a big ask and I have put up with them for 12 years but the girls are growing up and want more THUMP in the music.

Cheers

Fitze

[D'Ice]

Getaway???

[Brad!]

Screws are normally hidden under plastic circles etc.

First place would be inside the door handle thing ( THe thing you pull the door to you.

Power Windows? if not, get a screwdriver to pop the winder handel off. Once the door is off its up to you how much you want to spend.

Run the speakers off the cd player (Using existing wire), getting a new HU and Amp, then running the speakers off the amp. Its really up to you and your budget.

No real point in replacing the rear speakers, as they are more fill then anything else.

2 Ways of doing it

1. Replace the front speakers with some cheap 6" or 5" speakers, just conecting it to the old speaker wire.

2. Replace the CD player, something with RCA inputs. Get a 2ch/4ch amp and get some decent 3 ways. You would then run the Speakers off the amp rather then the head unit its self.

Im sure others will give a better example/advice...

Bit hard when i dont know what a Getaway even is lol

[theDefiant1]

As in the Rav 4 getaway, or the Tarago?

Hallowed antiquity, batman!

[Fitze]

Thanks for the reply.

Its a Tarago GetawayII 1995

No screws showing around speakers

Cheers

Fitze

[D'Ice]

lol now i get it... sorry i'm tarago retarted lol... but try to get some amped splits up front... they are a gift from G OD lol

[akuma]

wow, are you still finding out how to do your stero? its hard for the first time, i suppose you just gotta pull out the frames, theres no screws in them its just clips!

[Stumperdom]

Just to add to this thread:

I've got a 92 Tarago and I changed the sound system.

HEAD UNIT

I put a 208 Watt Sony CD/radio (head unit) in. It cost about $160.

SPEAKERS

The existing front speakers and rear speakers are 5" (I think) and these don't seem to be a standard size that retail in the shops. (The retail standards seem to be 4", 6", 6 x 9"). The originals are only 15 watts (I presume rms?) and they aren't particularly nice.

FRONT SPEAKERS

The front speakers are a split system, ie there are little tweeters on top of the dash (left and right) and the 4" woofers in the doors.

You can get 5" replacement speakers but if you go bigger the sound is heaps better. I put 170 Watt, 6", "2 way" Sony speakers in the doors (about $60). I left the tweeters in the dash connected.

To make 6" speakers fit I made a bracket out of about 5mm thick ply wood. The bracket is a simple circle with a hole in it for the speaker to slot into. Then I drilled little holes in the plastic door covers and used nice stainless bolts to attach the speaker and the bracket to the inside of the door cover, so that the head of the bolts are showing on the door cover when everything is in place.

REAR SPEAKERS

The rear speakers combine the tweeter and the 4" woofer "coaxially" (ie it has the same central axis).

I replaced this with some quality speakers from an indoor home stereo, turning it also into a split system; a tweeter and an 8" woofer. The only issue here is that car speakers tend to be 4 Ohms and home stereo speakers tend to be 8 Ohms, but they do the job quite well. I used the original frame of the 4" rear speaker to hold the new tweeter. I used the speaker cabinet from the home stereo speakers to make frames to place the 8" woofers low behind the rear seats in the side wall panelling. This frame was bolted to the steal parts of the wall of the car where there were some holes. The crossover came from the existing home stereo speakers and is attached to this bracket (crossover is the frequency controller for the two speakers in a split system). On the rear left I located the woofer behind an air vent that the Tarago has, making it now a speaker cover for the woofer. On the right I had to jig saw out a circle of the panelling and make up a new cover for the woofer and bolted it to the pannelling. I stuffed lots of cushion foam inside the pannelling around the speakers and where ever there was air pockets to improve the sound.

There you go, a new Tarago sound system with a bit of thump. If I wanted to get more volume I'd add an amp to run the rear speakers but so far I haven't felt the need and it goes pretty loud. There's plenty of bottom end from the 8" rear woofers, though they are firly high quality speakers (Electro Voice).

Cheers

Stumper

[joe loyzaga]

But how to take out the speakers????

A good basic "howto" would be great - please?

Just to add to this thread:

I've got a 92 Tarago and I changed the sound system.

HEAD UNIT

I put a 208 Watt Sony CD/radio (head unit) in. It cost about $160.

SPEAKERS

The existing front speakers and rear speakers are 5" (I think) and these don't seem to be a standard size that retail in the shops. (The retail standards seem to be 4", 6", 6 x 9"). The originals are only 15 watts (I presume rms?) and they aren't particularly nice.

FRONT SPEAKERS

The front speakers are a split system, ie there are little tweeters on top of the dash (left and right) and the 4" woofers in the doors.

You can get 5" replacement speakers but if you go bigger the sound is heaps better. I put 170 Watt, 6", "2 way" Sony speakers in the doors (about $60). I left the tweeters in the dash connected.

To make 6" speakers fit I made a bracket out of about 5mm thick ply wood. The bracket is a simple circle with a hole in it for the speaker to slot into. Then I drilled little holes in the plastic door covers and used nice stainless bolts to attach the speaker and the bracket to the inside of the door cover, so that the head of the bolts are showing on the door cover when everything is in place.

REAR SPEAKERS

The rear speakers combine the tweeter and the 4" woofer "coaxially" (ie it has the same central axis).

I replaced this with some quality speakers from an indoor home stereo, turning it also into a split system; a tweeter and an 8" woofer. The only issue here is that car speakers tend to be 4 Ohms and home stereo speakers tend to be 8 Ohms, but they do the job quite well. I used the original frame of the 4" rear speaker to hold the new tweeter. I used the speaker cabinet from the home stereo speakers to make frames to place the 8" woofers low behind the rear seats in the side wall panelling. This frame was bolted to the steal parts of the wall of the car where there were some holes. The crossover came from the existing home stereo speakers and is attached to this bracket (crossover is the frequency controller for the two speakers in a split system). On the rear left I located the woofer behind an air vent that the Tarago has, making it now a speaker cover for the woofer. On the right I had to jig saw out a circle of the panelling and make up a new cover for the woofer and bolted it to the pannelling. I stuffed lots of cushion foam inside the pannelling around the speakers and where ever there was air pockets to improve the sound.

There you go, a new Tarago sound system with a bit of thump. If I wanted to get more volume I'd add an amp to run the rear speakers but so far I haven't felt the need and it goes pretty loud. There's plenty of bottom end from the 8" rear woofers, though they are firly high quality speakers (Electro Voice).

Cheers

Stumper

[akuma]

^ LOL

[Wallrus]

I took the left side panel off without too much drama but the right side seems to be more of a pig.

I plan to cut away just enough of the panel to change the speaker and then use a larger speaker cover to cover over the mess made cutting the panel, dus that make sense.

Several years ago i used some flexible glue to glue the outside of the cones back onto the speaker frame and they have been great eversince!