2005 Tacoma Double Cab Aftermarket subwoofer installation

trevis · 02-23-2005, 12:22 PM

Hey there. I have a 2005 double cab Tacoma on its way, and I want to transfer a few 10" pioneer subs from my current car into my new Taco. From what I can see, there's no way i can put subs in my new truck without sacrificing back seat space. Does anyone know of any way this can be done? PLMK, Thanks!

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Trevis

PHTaco · 03-27-2005, 01:30 AM

wassup,

i have one 10" digital designs 3510 subwoofer in my dbl. cab 05 tacoma. it's in a 1.25 ft.^3 ported enclosure in the back of the rear seats. as long as you don't mind removing the plastic storage containers in the back and know how to notch a subwoofer box then it's possible to fit one or even 2 10" woofers in the back. never thought i would be able to fit anything larger than 8's in my truck, but luckily i have a pretty good shop that i take my truck to. sounds pretty damn good. anyways, good luck w/ your install

aloha

ponchonutty · 03-29-2005, 08:54 AM

I don't think you can do it with those Pioneer subs. You should find subs that like small enclosures. In my ext. cab S10, I ended up building a huge box but made it into a bench seat so people could actually sit on it.

speedwaytaco · 03-31-2005, 04:53 PM

Hey.. I've done a substantial amount of work in the back of my 05 Dbl Cab.. What I've found is if your going to add 2 -10" they really need to only require about .5 sqft of space. Even then with the wood to build the enclosure its difficult. I ended up just buying 4 new 6.5" JL subs and installing those. I'm ok with them but think I'm going to modify to fit in 2 - 6.5s and 1 - 10". I've installed MB quart 6x9 components in the front and Focal 6.5 polyglass components in the rear doors. Threw in a couple Xtand 300 watt amps (301a & 302a) and an XM satellite radio and thats my system. I also used fatmat on all the surfaces while I was installing all of this stuff. Good luck with your setup!

ponchonutty · 03-31-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by speedwaytaco

Hey.. I've done a substantial amount of work in the back of my 05 Dbl Cab.. What I've found is if your going to add 2 -10" they really need to only require about .5 sqft of space. Even then with the wood to build the enclosure its difficult.................

That's a gereralized statement. Not all 10" woofers are designed to work in a .5cu/ft box. This is were too many people screw things up. They see/hear one setup and think that applies to everything.

Personally, I'd shoot for an enclosure that's ported. The biggest problem is lack of space so you need an effecient setup. Many times a bandpass box is really the only way to go but not too much anymore.

Building the enclosure really isn't that hard. You can find many free sights online that shows how to calculate space and such.

In my truck, I built a single box for one 12" woofer that was only .34cu/ft. The reason I got away with it is that it was mounted with the magnet side out and the box was full of polyfill. It lacked some in the low end but it wasn't that bad.

speedwaytaco · 04-01-2005, 08:12 AM

[quote=ponchonutty]That's a gereralized statement. Not all 10" woofers are designed to work in a .5cu/ft box. This is were too many people screw things up. They see/hear one setup and think that applies to everything. QUOTE]

I agree poncho and apologize as I obviously didn't state what was intended.. What I meant to say is you can "find/buy" some 10" subs that only require .5 cu/ft, examples would be a Boston Pro 10.5 & a JL 10W0 or 10W6v2. Subs that work well in small enclosures are typically very expensive though. Your average 10" sub typically requires double that or more.

I would also agree that what you stated about polyfil is good approach to as it make the sub think the enclosure is bigger than it really is. On your port statement I would have to urge beginners to proceed with caution as calculating port size and length (depending on where freq. likes/dislikes as well) are especially difficult if you're working with very small amounts of tricky space. Resonance in certain freq. ranges can be an ugly thing. Turning the sub inside out is a good technique as well but most people can't do that because of space (seat won't lay back, etc).

All and all there are many ways to skin this cat and I've found that in the 25 years I've been into audio and building enclosures, personal touch and experimentation is a lot of the fun (tweaking it to what your ears want to hear). The approach I've always tried to take is get your electronics wired/mounted (if possible and you don't have them competing for the same space as the enclosure), then you can build away and experiment with the sub as you wish.

Whatever approach you take good luck.

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