Crow's 2021 ORP Super White

Hatch was sagging but when I finally pulled my Gobi Struts from their original packaging they were pretty beat up and rusted. So I threw them in the recycling. You can clearly see they sent me not only used gear, but very beat up used gear. Kinda ticked me off.

Ordered Lift support PM3489-PR. They work REALLY well with the weight of the Gobi Ladder, added sound deadening, after market speakers and speaker brackets.

 

Bummer man, I’ve had my share of parts delivered in similar condition, it’s no wonder I’m known to drive quite a ways to work with a vendor in-person.

 

Does this happen every time you start the vehicle?…

I need to read your thread again, better sound is really starting to call my name

 

I dont follow. I was saying theres more weight on the hatch and the stock struts actually could work on hot summer days. But not at all in the winter.

 

Haha nah I was being sarcastic that you added to the already awesome sound system you have setup
I’m interested in upgrading mine, sloooow at first n was gonna check out your thread to see how yours has progressed

Side note:
My gobi struts have never really been all that great either, another thing to fix come to think of it

 

Sorry im slow on the uptake

Sound system is all there now. I just need to take it somewhere to get it tuned. At the moment im running a Dasaita HU because it just fits and looks nicer. Other than the looks its just OK at best.

The uncertainty on HU's has delayed getting the system tuned.

I just rudimentarily have all the speakers and sub working within the amp software. Doesn't sound as nearly as good as the kenwood HU I had in prior (also no tune).

Could have done this in a much less expensive fashion but any way you wanna do it I highly recommend a sound upgrade. Its really nice have quality sound. I enjoy driving the 4runner even more now.

 

OP, did you run into any issues installing the GS25 in the factory brackets? I am using the same tabs as you (Toyota/Mercedes) and they appear to match up the factory speakers, but I cannot get the passenger to fit in the bracket. Driver-side fits fine, but it appears I need to snip the passenger site tabs some more to get it to fit. I'm not sure if you ran into the same problem when you did yours.

Also, I noticed the Drive-side speaker terminal is touching the metal bracket. I may need to insulate that a bit with some tape.

 

Hey @legend1011

Edit: ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh I seem to recall i cut off tabs that are not used. Yeah. I think thats it. You got extra tabs, right? Yeah if you zoom in on my pic I think you can see where tabs got cut off.

The brackets that came with the AudioFrog speakers seemed to work just fine. Here's a picture from my passenger side I just took right now if this helps.

Looks like the cable also hits my bracket a bit but should be fine.

 

Thanks. I was able to get this to finally fit by trimming my tab a bit more. Looking forward to putting this all together and finally hearing how everything sounds over OEM. Thank you!

 

I'm sure it's guna sound great. If you're not already post pics!