Scion Sound System

Oct 02, 2006 9 Replies
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OK. I don't like the rear speakers in my tC. I have a set of 6.5" MB Quarts hanging around doing nothing.



Has anyone replaced the rear speakers in a tC? It looks like I have to pull the whole side panel off the car to get to the speakers. Does anyone have a Short Cut, or something I'm not seeing?



I may do the fronts, too. I have a pair of MB Quart 5" speakers hanging around doing nothing, too!



If these make the sound more worthwhile, I think I'll leave the Scion/Pioneer deck alone. It plays MP3s and I can get a direct-in adapter for it, and it doesn't really sound THAT bad. I'm hoping better speakers will clean it up a bit.



My previous experience, with ALL my Toyotas, is that no matter who the manufacturer of the radio is, the speakers are almost always Fujitsu-Ten. This is not a BAD thing, but they are not as good as aftermarket, and certainly nowhere near Infinity's or MB Quarts!!

I was just thinking, Delphi. They probably have manufacturing in Mexico. Wonder how many other parts are Delphi/Delco? Primarily the reason I wanted my new car Made In Japan! I bet the battery, alternator and AC Compressor are 'Genuine GM Parts'.

You have my sympathy...

I don't think that Delphi actually makes speakers. I have a couple of clients (both Japanese) that are OEM speaker suppliers. One supplies speakers for GM (I think Delphi), Chrysler, Jensen, as well as for cell phones, consumer telephones, business phones, boom boxes, televisions, and high end speakers.

I think it was Hachiroku who wondered:

For the answers to that and many other Scion questions you can go to:

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and find some pretty knowledgeable Scion folks.

The only problem I have with the xB side of this group is that it's HARD to resist the urge to MODIFY everything about my xB when I'm there. Maybe that urge isn't as pervasive in the tC Lounge. It gets a little crazy on the xB side, though . . . .

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ENJOY your tC . . . as much as I enjoy my xB, I hope . . . !

-Don

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LOL IT gets JUST as crazy on the tC side!

LED Mods? Who needs LED mods.

Hmmm...blue LEDs would look REALLY cool in my Supra dash....

BTW, who's Pooder? My mom had a Siamese cat that was called Spooky, and that was later changed to Pooder...

I sure hope it's a lot easier to get to those speakers than it was for the damm Supra. I'm sure you know what a project those are.

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I think it was "Mark" who stated:

How so?

And which would you be calling the Chevette and which the Corvette? Neither is CHEAP (although both are inexpensive) and neither is HIGH performance (although the tC is slightly moreso than the xB).

They're both small inexpensive Toyotas, both aimed at the youth market, and both really nice cars -- but they have different appeals.

-Don

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I think it was Hachiroku who stated:

*I* am Pooder; Pooder means ME!

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