FJ62 Stereo Install

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Also, if anyone wants to go with aftermarket speakers in the front doors you'll run into some fitment issues.

As I mention above, the stock speakers are super wimpy (I think my alarm clock has more bass than they do) but part of that is because they need to provide clearance for the windows to roll all the way down. Better speakers will invariably have larger magnets, deeper cones, etc to punch out more sound and will as such go too far into the door panel and will block the windows coming down.

To get around this I wanted to find a fix that looked/was OEM for a Land Cruiser and was also relatively cheap. Well, I cruised the parting out section and managed to put together a set of FJ62 cargo area speaker grills/enclosures for $45 total.

Once they arrived, I popped the old speaker cover off the front door panels and centered the new (to me) speaker mounting base over the hole. I used 4 short screws to mount it to the door panels. I then took my speaker and mounted it to the new speaker base with two short screws to mount it to the plastic base and two long screws that go all the way through the base and into the door panel as well. I used small 1/4" and 1/2" spacers to set everything just right in the mount and give me extra clearance for the window. There is plenty of room inside the enclosure for 5 1/4" speakers so don't worry about mounting the speaker too far out on the base.

Slap the covers on them and the external grills and Voila'! My windows can roll down no sweat and I have new speakers in the front in OEM speaker cases that match my cargo area speakers so it all looks nice and stock (albeit a bit more rugged now in my opinion).

Hope this helps, let me know if anyone needs more pics. It is pretty straight forward.
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alpinecowboy said:
Final impressions of the stereo
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I'm curious as to the look of the ipod and USB drive controller on the display... There is a single DIN version of this unit but i cannot find it ANYWHERE... it's the CQ-5300U
 
It's a digital readout on the display in terms of artist names, playlists, etc, and the controls basically mimic an old-school ipod in terms of menu hierarchy and structure.
 
And yes, these grills fit over 6.5's as well - they are just the OEM speaker grill/mount from the cargo area and I'm running 6.5's back there (the one's I linked above). As I mention, you have to shape the speaker case a little bit to make it fit but it will go.
 
alpinecowboy said:
It's a digital readout on the display in terms of artist names, playlists, etc, and the controls basically mimic an old-school ipod in terms of menu hierarchy and structure.
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Might you be able to post pictures?

I have, in the past, found it better/easier to use the iPod's controls rather than the head unit's... how do you feel about that?
 
I'd agree 100% that using the ipod/iphone directly is easier. I am probably going to keep an old ipod permanently mounted in the glove box connected to the ipod interface cable and use the AUX in on the front and plug that into my iphone. My iPhone is on a windshield mount that is within finger's distance of the steering wheel so it is easy for me to switch songs, etc without having to reach very far. I'll end up channeling the 3.5mm aux cable back through the dash and over to the mount to keep it hidden with the exception of the faceplate plug.

I'll try to post pictures later but it isn't too wildly different from the pictures above (see post #7). Just substitute the words "NO IPOD" for "ROBERT EARL KEEN" or "MACEO PARKER" or whatever your musical inclinations are...
 
alpinecowboy said:
"ROBERT EARL KEEN" or "MACEO PARKER" or whatever your musical inclinations are...
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I'm inclined that way... and add Gary P Nunn and Jerry Jeff... :beer:

Thanks for the info...
 
I will try and get some pics together when my install is finished this weekend and give a reveiw of the mp3 interface through head unit of the Sony stereo..... picked up an antennae extension and some wire that is already contained in a sleeve for protection to splice from harness to new stereo input since I am moving it to center console from dash. Wish me luck
 
Here's a shot of the iPod readout... hope this is helpful
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alpinecowboy said:
Also, if anyone wants to go with aftermarket speakers in the front doors you'll run into some fitment issues.

As I mention above, the stock speakers are super wimpy (I think my alarm clock has more bass than they do) but part of that is because they need to provide clearance for the windows to roll all the way down. Better speakers will invariably have larger magnets, deeper cones, etc to punch out more sound and will as such go too far into the door panel and will block the windows coming down.

To get around this I wanted to find a fix that looked/was OEM for a Land Cruiser and was also relatively cheap. Well, I cruised the parting out section and managed to put together a set of FJ62 cargo area speaker grills/enclosures for $45 total.

Once they arrived, I popped the old speaker cover off the front door panels and centered the new (to me) speaker mounting base over the hole. I used 4 short screws to mount it to the door panels. I then took my speaker and mounted it to the new speaker base with two short screws to mount it to the plastic base and two long screws that go all the way through the base and into the door panel as well. I used small 1/4" and 1/2" spacers to set everything just right in the mount and give me extra clearance for the window. There is plenty of room inside the enclosure for 5 1/4" speakers so don't worry about mounting the speaker too far out on the base.

Slap the covers on them and the external grills and Voila'! My windows can roll down no sweat and I have new speakers in the front in OEM speaker cases that match my cargo area speakers so it all looks nice and stock (albeit a bit more rugged now in my opinion).

Hope this helps, let me know if anyone needs more pics. It is pretty straight forward.
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Was thinking about doing this myself. I just put some Kenwood excelon 6 1/2's in my doors, but the grilles don't cover the top two holes from the original grilles that were pinned into the panel. Looks like holy hell to me.:bang:
 
Any one know of an equivalent (mounts easy, stock looking, plug and play, etc..) to this radio because this one is no where to be found. Thanks.

Panasonic CQ-5800U
 
You fj62's and your double dins! So jealous! Nice man!
 
More old school then most are looking, this is the third Toyota CD unit I've install in my 89. Second picture shows how I installed the amplifier below the head unit with plumber's tape. Last picture show where I relocated the amplifier to the stock location for the Middle East market which got premium audio in the 62 series. The brackets on the amplifier are from a 3rd Generation 4Runner and holes lined up perfect with the two studs in the dash. This head unit has second plug on the back that may take adapter for RCA or USB port. Still trying to figure if this true or not. If it does the area below head has a small and large blanks this ports could be mounted. I know this head unit can work with different amplifiers. I also know this amplifier plugs into later head units. Just not sure for how long and if they are any with the extra ports. If you can find a head unit that fits this opening with ports and use this 2000-2002 Tundra/4Runner amplifier it may be complete plug and play. There are adapters available that will allow you to add a sub woofer. Factory wiring plugs into the adapter and then the adapter plugs into the amplifier. There are Scion units that will plug in as well if your not trying to keep Toyota on the face of the unit. I like it to look like Toyota put it in there.

Has anyone found a decent replacement for the front door speakers that didn't require any mods? Guessing the rear speakers are easier to find good replacement?

For the record while the 62 series isn't that hard to work on the 3th and 4th generation 4Runners are a lot easier.


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alpinecowboy said:
Final impressions of the stereo:

It is a great unit that does everything I want plus more. Having the weather radio is killer as is having the ability to plug everything from an ipod to a usb drive to a cd into this unit gives me tons of versatility.

I also like that it doesn't look out of place in my rig, nor is it something that I think would tempt someone to break in for it.

The sound quality is rock-solid, I also put in new speakers all the way around as well which helps. Getting the front to fit was a hassle as the windows couldn't roll down but I fixed that by buying a set of rear cargo mounts like the 62's all have and mounting those in my front door panels instead of the stock speaker grills. This was killer. It gave me way to get modern speakers in the front but pull their mounting surface out the 3/4" needed to give the windows clearance, that also looks stock.

100% happy with the results on this one.
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Nice build!!! I just got an FJ62 with no radio.. just big holes in the dash.
I'm going to install a single-DIN stacked on top of an altimeter/inclinometer.. just cuz it's cool.
I'll probably have to mod a mount, since the alt/inclinometer is actually from a 4Runner.

I SEARCHed for this thread for awhile.. to find the nice pics of your front speakers, which now
match the rear. My question to you (finally)... where did you get those "rear cargo mounts" for
your front speakers?

Thaks again.
 
alpinecowboy said:
Thanks, I'll try to grab a picture of it at night for you. It looks just right to me.

Lolo, I am running new speakers as well:
Polk Audio 6.5 in the rear cargo area
Polk Audio 5.25 in the front doors

These were a good value in terms of overall sound quality for the money (given the fact that I'm driving a 22 year old rattlecan around so I can't be too stereophonically picky...)

The rear set install no problem at all. The OEM speaker housings make installing any speaker pretty simple. I had to tamp down the housing on the speakers a little bit to get the fit but it wasn't too big of a deal.

The front set are too big for my doors in terms of depth. The OEM speakers are really shallow to allow the window to roll down... Luckily, I found an easy fix: I just bought a set of OEM cargo area speaker enclosures from folks that were parting out an FJ62 and mounted them in my door panels. Looks killer, looks OEM and allowed me to mount the speakers in 10min allowing plenty of clearance for the windows to roll down.

Speaker installs is a piece of cake and again, I've never even tried this before.

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Hmm... I'm on the CRUTCHFIELD website, and it says that none of the 6.5 size speakers will fit in the 1990 FJ62.
Seems 6.5 are 6.5... but why would the ones you got from Amazon fit, but these do not?
 
FWIW I put a "component" set of speakers in my 60: rounds in the doors and little tweeters up on the dash at the far left and right facing straight up at the windshield. They come with adjustable crossovers. They sounds good, partially because of the highs not getting lost in the footwells/floor/carpet/peoples legs from the low mounted door speakers.

I'll check the specific brand/model later. (Either Blaupunkt or Polk from Crutchfield I think)

Another mounting tip is to mount the door speakers from the outside of the board/panel rather than from behind. This pulls the speaker about 1/2 inch farther out and away from the glass. My grilles still sit right over the speaker housing...
 
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