Truthunter's 2015 Toyota Camry XLE V6

[Truthunter]

Was able to work more on this last night. Finished up a prototype baffle for the dash. Learned some things doing so and will incorporate what I learned into the baffles I will actually use for a better fit.

Need to decide a way to secure the baffle to the dash. Was considering the 3m double sided tape that I've been using for holding down templates when routing. It's actually rated to hold up to 5lbs per linear inch, removes clean without residue and I feel would seal & act as a decoupler also. It is a little thick though, about 1/16", and I need all the height clearance I can get to get the stock grill to fit. Maybe a couple of machine screws and either riv-nuts or hex nuts from the bottom. Riv-nuts would require a clearance bore on the back side of the baffle. Would still need something to seal and decouple the baffle in either case... possibly use some clear silicone

Here's the baffle by itself



Had to use this router bit to cut relief slots on the ID of the baffle. These Morel mids mount with spring clips that will snap into these reliefs. Baffle is upside down in this photo:




Here is the mid snapped in place. Need to decide on how to seal the speaker to the baffle... maybe just a thin bead of clear silicone.

[Truthunter]

Actually needed to trim some more of the plastic around the dash opening to get this to work. Used a combination of end nippers and a utility knife to accomplish this in such a tight space.

[Babs]

This build has really come along nicely.. Nice work on that dash baffle.

[Truthunter]

Fabbed up both permanent dash speaker baffles. Didn't install them yet because I want to wait until I have everything else installed otherwise I be without tunes for a while. So still running the stock speakers for now.

[Truthunter]

Took apart the passenger door to start the NVH reduction process.

Here's how it looks with the trim panel removed:

[Truthunter]

Need more light so I built this frankenlight stand. Was tempted to buy a $80 LED work light stand but decided to spend just $40 on 4 brooding lamp fixtures & 4 100w equivalent cfl bulbs and attach them to an old camera tripod I haven't used in years. Ended up with 6400 lumens compared to the 3000 lumens the LED light stand would of provided.

[Truthunter]

Was pleasantly surprised to find these semi rigid molded panels plugging the large holes in the inner door skin. I'm thinking of maybe adding some aluminum angle cross bracing over these panels to make them more rigid.

[Truthunter]

I'll be using products from sound deadener showdown. Starting with the butyl rope and cld:




Butyl robe between the outer door skin and crash bars:






Covered the butyl with aluminum foil to prevent debris from building up on it and collecting moisture:




CLD installed about ~40% coverage on the outer door skin, a lot less on the inner skin as it really didn't resonate much I guess from all the bends in it:

[Truthunter]

Ran speaker wire through the factory boot. It has quite a bit of extra room and the 14awg Stinger Pro speaker wire went right through, using a small fish tape, with no need for any lube.




Planning on installing MLV/CCF and fabbing mounting baffles next...

[Truthunter]

Stock door speaker next to new one. Toyota uses some comparably large woofers than other vehicles I've messed with. Problem is look at that motor - they call it green technology