Subwoofer in an 03 Tundra?

I'd like to put in a pair of 10's or 12's in my 03 Tundra access cab.
The only thing I can think of is a custom enclosure in the rear doors
or abuilding a box for the bed. I have a shell, so that's not a
problem. But I'd rather not have to open the slider window to hear it -
I'd get better sound in the cab. And I want loud. I had 2 12" Cerwin
Vegas in my last truck in a ported box in the bed - but I had removed
the rear window between the cab and the shell, but I'd rather not do
that with the Tundra.

Also, what are the stock speakers? What sizes and in what locations?
What are their power handling limits?

Thanks!

"RichBarron" <richard.barron@phs.com> wrote in message
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> I'd like to put in a pair of 10's or 12's in my 03 Tundra access cab.
> The only thing I can think of is a custom enclosure in the rear doors
> or abuilding a box for the bed. I have a shell, so that's not a
> problem. But I'd rather not have to open the slider window to hear it -
> I'd get better sound in the cab. And I want loud. I had 2 12" Cerwin
> Vegas in my last truck in a ported box in the bed - but I had removed
> the rear window between the cab and the shell, but I'd rather not do
> that with the Tundra.
>
> Also, what are the stock speakers? What sizes and in what locations?
> What are their power handling limits?
>
> Thanks!
>[/color]

Based on a friend's 05 Tundra, the stock door speakers look like 6 or 6.5
inch, with tweeters mounted high on the front doors. Any speaker will sound
better with more amplification. You should be able to drive at least 25
***clean*** watts per channel through each of the stock speakers. That's not
much. To do the job right, you'll want to replace the lower speakers. You
might do OK leaving the factory tweeters, though.

I emphasize "clean watts" to suggest another thing: You'll need to use
separate amps. There is no such thing as an in-dash unit with enough power
to properly drive a system.

The next thing I'll say comes from being a bass player: Putting in a
subwoofer without first making the door speakers sound awesome is a total
waste of money, time and space. The subwoofer will produce extreme lows, but
without beefing up the existing speakers & amplification, there'll be an
enormous acoustic gap between the frequency where the subwoofer leaves off
(at the high end) and where the door speakers pick up (at their low end).
This is why most vehicles with subwoofers sound like crap, and why (if you
ask musicians who still have functioning ears), subwoofers in cars are a
really dumb idea.

Put your money FIRST into a good dash unit with pre-amp outputs (4 of them,
one for each speaker), good outboard amplification, and replacement door
speakers. I think you'll find that once this is done, you won't need
subwoofers. And, your truck won't be such a magnet for thieves.