After upgrading the original Toyota car stereo in my new car to a new Sony I decided to upgrade the speakers as well. The '98 model Toyota Starlet I just bought only has front speakers so I decided to simply upgrade the existing ones to Sony Xplod XS-GTF1027 speakers to match the new Sony car stereo. The 4" model are only $49 for the pair from Supercheap Auto ( the stock toyota front speakers are 4" so it's a simple swap ).
This was a quick job. Remove the dash panel and the existing speakers. Unclip the existing speaker wires. Screw the new Sonys into place using the existing mount points. Connect the new Sony speaker wires to the car speaker wires. Give it a test and if all's well, replace the dash panels and done!
The new Sonys are decent speakers with nice sound quality and are louder than the original Toyota ones at 30W / 130W Peak. With such an easy install ( about 1 hour ) and with them so cheap at the moment it's definitely well worth upgrading the speakers to go with your new stereo..!
I definitely miss having rear speakers though. They would be quite easy to add on to this car on the hatch boot lid / tray however unfortunately that tray was missing from this car when I bought it so I have to find one of those first..!
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