Making Toyota Sexy - Crescendo, Rockford, Ascendant, XS Power, Mechman, Knu and More

[Guest]

Hello everyone, my name is Taylor. Some of you might know me as the guy asking too many questions on this forum. This is my first big build. (What I would consider big at least!) I am no professional by any means, but I aspire to make my work as clean and well done as I possibly can! Anyways, I finally have all the parts to start/finish a good chunk of my build, specifically the electrical. I am working on a 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Edition; my goal is a solid daily driver setup. I will post pics as I go if you guys like and I am more than open to receiving constructive criticism. Here is an overview.

- Kenwood DDX771 Touchscreen Double Din HU

- Crescendo Mezzo Series 6.5" 2 Way Components (Bi-amped : Woofers in front doors, tweets in pillar)

- (2) 6.5" Crescendo Neo Forte Loudspeakers (Rear doors)

- JBL GTO509 5.25" Components (Woofers in pillar, tweeters not used)

- 12ga KnuKonceptz Kord Speaker Wire

- Lots of OFC Zero Gauge Knu

- Knu Fuse Holders, Fuses, Krystal RCAs, Ring Terminals

- XS Power D2400

- XS Power XP750

- Droppin Hz Toolmaker 4/0 Lug Style Battery Terminals

- Peal n Seal, Qmat and Rubberized Spray

- 240 Amp Mechman Alternator

- Stinger Volt Meter

- Techflex Fray Resistant

- Ancor Marine Grade Heat Shrink and Knu Heat Shrink

- Rockford Fosgate T1500.1bd

- Ampere Audio 125.4

- Kenwood Excelon XR400-4

- (2) Ascendant Audio 12" Chaos Subs (Subject to change)

- Custom Ported Subwoofer Box (Pending)

I have already deadened the doors, rewired all the doors with 12ga wire, installed all the door speakers (bi-amping the component set though), and done some of the power wire, remote wire, and rcas.

Here are the pics of what I have done.

My custom speaker mount for the front. Looks ugly, thats just because I sprayed edge of mfl with rubber spray to waterproof it.

Mezzo speaker mounted using MDF, ABS plastic and speaker rings from Mark CAF video. Worked amazingly.

Here is a before and after of my sound deadening. I also used plexi to seal off all the big holes. This pic is just peel n seal with rubber spray. I added an almost full layer of qmat on top of it afterwards. I do not have a pic of qmat. No issues with anything. None of it has come off. And the midbass response is way higher and ratting is significantly reduced. I have had the p/s on since this past summer. This pic has old speaker/tweeter btw.

I put some Qmat on the door panels too.

Neo Forte installed in rear. I was more lax about sound deadening on the back doors. The deadening was not 100% done in this pic fyi.

[Guest]

Here are the pics of what I am going to put in this weekend. Or at least most of it. I'm so pumped!!

[ImaNoob]

Nice choice in equipment !

[Guest]

Nice choice in equipment !

Thank you! I tried to pick decent quality stuff.

[Smoove]

Tuned in. Get to buildin'

[Guest]

Out with the old! In with the new!! (Btw, any of you guys know how to change the title of a post? I realized someone else had the same title as me!)

[mgameforever01]

Tuned nice choice of equipment

[magillaru]

Out with the old! In with the new!! (Btw, any of you guys know how to change the title of a post? I realized someone else had the same title as me!)

Yeah man, get your own title! Haha

Click edit on your first post > full editor > change title.

Looks good so far man. Tuned in!

[Guest]

Update!!

I successfully installed my first alternator! Bit of a pain, but totally worth it! I used Goodyear Gatorback belt and I have no slipping!!

I also did the Big 3 and installed the XS Power D300. The main power run is not complete yet as I need to buy the correct fuses still.

I think it is decently clean. I added a second battery to ground run that is not in this pic as well.

I soldered all my connections, used Ancor marine grade adhesive-lined heatshrink and then used electrical tape.

I also installed a stinger voltmeter. Pretty clean. I ran the wires to the rear, where the second battery will be installed.

Voltmeter placed back in car.

I also started on my relay setup. I did as much as I could outside the car. This relay is weird, the red wire is the ground, and the black wire is the 12v source. lol

[CortezDTV]

Some one did some research before order

Nice choices and clean install

Good job!

Nice watching people come into the game and pick some solid gear no wasted money