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Toyota Overland Pickup Build Pt. 15: Car Audio Full System Update



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In order to stay true to the classic Land Cruiser theme of this build, which hasn’t changed much since the 1980’s, we decided to only use only heavy duty reliable equipment for our added electronics. The cabin (in stock configuration) contains absolutely nothing but the bare essentials, and we love it. Solid steel, hard vinyl, manual controls… There were two speakers in the dash when we bought the truck off the showroom floor and an in-dash Pioneer head unit. That was the electronics. But we believe a good sound system is a high priority for long road trips, the bare cabin doesn’t serve well for keeping out road noise, and the original audio quality was poor at best...
We solved this by adding a powerful new double din head unit in the dash, two 6"x9" speakers custom built into the front doors, two 6" speakers custom built into the rear doors, and a pretty sweet custom center console we built out of heavy duty marine grade plywood. We otherwise kept the bare bones man cabin, didn't drill any holes in anything we didn’t want to, and now jam out to full concert level and quality audio. The other problem this large custom center console solved was the lack of a stock armrest for extended drives, two birds with one stone. The center console houses a down firing 12” subwoofer, two more 6” mids, and a 6-switch rocker panel to control the lights and accessories.
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