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First off, thanks for having me!
I purchased a used 2007 RX 350 about 16 months ago and just love it. I couldn't afford a new car so I wanted to buy a car at a decent price with a proven reliability record and I took my time searching, over a year of searching for a well documented, terrific condition RX 350. It was April of 2017 when I located it. Lexi came to me with 80,000 miles on the clock and she has all the bells and whistles so far as I know, it's AWD and totally factory original. I have all documentation of the regular maintenance done, interestingly enough at the Lexus dealership 3 miles down the road from my home. The only option not included so far as I can determine is the upgraded Mark Levinson audio system.
Shortly after purchasing I took a drive out to Iowa and while I really enjoyed the drive it became apparent that the "premium" audio system was anything but. I found it to be atrocious and knew that I had to make some changes.
I didn't wish to spend a fortune and I didn't want to do any surgery on my car. I wanted to keep the interior looking stock and figured that the head unit wouldn't be removed. I opted to simply swap out all of the speakers and chose JBL Club series, 6x9's in the front doors, 6.5" in the rear, 3.5" in the dash and then I added a pair of Rockford Fosgate Prime series tweeters in the A pillars. The result has been well worth it. I'm not going to call this modest upgrade anything more than modest as I have heard some tremendous audio systems in vehicles over the past 3-4 decades, but it's a huge difference and I am completely satisfied. Everything dropped right in with the exception of the 6x9's which required a pair of adapter brackets that ran me $15.
I'm curious to know what other music lovers have done to upgrade their ride.View attachment 2944
I purchased a used 2007 RX 350 about 16 months ago and just love it. I couldn't afford a new car so I wanted to buy a car at a decent price with a proven reliability record and I took my time searching, over a year of searching for a well documented, terrific condition RX 350. It was April of 2017 when I located it. Lexi came to me with 80,000 miles on the clock and she has all the bells and whistles so far as I know, it's AWD and totally factory original. I have all documentation of the regular maintenance done, interestingly enough at the Lexus dealership 3 miles down the road from my home. The only option not included so far as I can determine is the upgraded Mark Levinson audio system.
Shortly after purchasing I took a drive out to Iowa and while I really enjoyed the drive it became apparent that the "premium" audio system was anything but. I found it to be atrocious and knew that I had to make some changes.
I didn't wish to spend a fortune and I didn't want to do any surgery on my car. I wanted to keep the interior looking stock and figured that the head unit wouldn't be removed. I opted to simply swap out all of the speakers and chose JBL Club series, 6x9's in the front doors, 6.5" in the rear, 3.5" in the dash and then I added a pair of Rockford Fosgate Prime series tweeters in the A pillars. The result has been well worth it. I'm not going to call this modest upgrade anything more than modest as I have heard some tremendous audio systems in vehicles over the past 3-4 decades, but it's a huge difference and I am completely satisfied. Everything dropped right in with the exception of the 6x9's which required a pair of adapter brackets that ran me $15.
I'm curious to know what other music lovers have done to upgrade their ride.View attachment 2944