2000 Land Cruiser Speaker Wiring Solutions (1 Viewer)

[Les Summer]

So your Land Cruiser is almost 25 years old,
and if you clicked here it’s probably because the opening and closing of your doors has probably broke your speaker wires after 25 years of bending back and forth and add in temperature fluctuations.
Drivers front speaker:
Now you can run that wire from the back of your radio and down and out from under the dash where your gas pedal is, slide under the top of the carpet and poke back out from under the carpet by your fuse box. Then you can fernangle around with your rubber grommet which houses the harness that crosses over from the vehicle body to your inner door, and once you hurdle some how getting a wire or two thru that tight harness, run that wire thru a big hole in your metal door to meet up with your speaker and you are home.

Drivers rear speaker:
It starts out the same, but you run your wires under the drivers seat, after removing driver seat, and you can wiggle wire across under the carpet to poke out by the center post where the front seat belt is mounted. From there you are screwed. Harness is too tight to get wire thru…. Thoughts?? Maybe I’ll keep going and get something good sounding going in the back…

 

[rbrave]

Do you have passengers in the back often? Rear speakers are for them, not you as the driver. Your sound quality will be significantly better if you drop the rears all together - this is what basically anyone doing a high end stereo install will advise these days.

 

[Les Summer]

Do you have passengers in the back often? Rear speakers are for them, not you as the driver. Your sound quality will be significantly better if you drop the rears all together - this is what basically anyone doing a high end stereo install will advise these days.

Wow, that's an interesting comment. Please give me a reason not to fix that speaker. why will the sound quality be better? no I hardly ever have passengers in the back. I don't think the sub in the trunk ever worked, so should that go too? thanks !

I might use that wire to place this little RC subwoofer under my seat. check it out:

https://www.amazon.com/B2-Audio-4-Ohm-Rampage-Subwoofer/dp/B0DKK3SYQR/ref=asc_df_B0DKK3SYQR?mcid=e3aa87be580a34c3ac2a1065433cb775&hvocijid=18404355673002098269-B0DKK3SYQR-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18404355673002098269&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9193132&hvtargid=pla-2281435177658&psc=1

 

[Les Summer]

This little speaker could also be mounted somewhere inside the cab easily, and is small

https://www.amazon.com/Kicker-43DSC3504-2-Inch-3-5-Inch-Speakers/dp/B01BLVEV8S/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2A991VBUASD61&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ba5kow-RzxswB8mu_7KfBVYMNT-TdCJzS4DrMHQKKe-KmyyjxJ33jVfROC2eHIOR-1uEBNyFzP6xBYisx-E93EPNo3UNkO2uBqayGaNpzFxNGrq-nl4fFoX_Ae64dh9chps6qHU7657Pv-opz6cEExiynuZeVATn-1sE0fBUXVqeYgIji3gmbF67t0z-GlZvawyGXHC8g7iRUetXMLz7DMDrj0DEjnel4PlFU9tuBttn-6-TDIGXM1SVIiagot1kR5FhxiFFGHZjaF-C2hKTZSLyGkrgqWCdff1sFd6kJo22XZQG2-SMPxN4wU7gmEgz_KgWjaoxJb3lLVg7YupwxHQ8_uuBKYHiXUIRBkOXc88.LOkWr8eKnNX4nBKrg_-jcezCRPHmtjxa-v2cPpSLHFs&dib_tag=se&keywords=dcs+350+kicker&qid=1737319515&s=automotive&sprefix=dcs+350+k%2Cautomotive%2C1033&sr=1-2

 

[rbrave]

Wow, that's an interesting comment. Please give me a reason not to fix that speaker. why will the sound quality be better? no I hardly ever have passengers in the back. I don't think the sub in the trunk ever worked, so should that go too? thanks !

I might use that wire to place this little RC subwoofer under my seat. check it out:
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https://www.amazon.com/B2-Audio-4-Ohm-Rampage-Subwoofer/dp/B0DKK3SYQR/ref=asc_df_B0DKK3SYQR?mcid=e3aa87be580a34c3ac2a1065433cb775&hvocijid=18404355673002098269-B0DKK3SYQR-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18404355673002098269&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9193132&hvtargid=pla-2281435177658&psc=1

I’ve found myself deep enough down this rabbit hole to have to refer to the European guidelines for car audio competitions. Rules for “sound stage” are laid out in page 8, and the key part is that sound tracks they use are much more the concert recording type than movie theater surround sound.

Music is recorded in stereo (left/right) and the front back mix has little to nothing to do with the quality of a stereo system’s performance. This is why most car stereo installation folks just unhook the rear speakers and focus on the front - there’s little you can improve in stereo imaging if the sound is coming from behind you.

Of course, if you have passengers, they might have a hard time hearing things if you have a noisy vehicle. That is why there are speakers in the back doors, not for those riding in front. Ditch them and enjoy the improvement in sound, save yourself the pain of wiring.