Gen 6 – Gen 6 – fast and effective AUDIO upgrade

This week we installed new FOCAL speakers on the 2022 Wilderness and it’s a huge night/day difference compared to the factory speakers (sourced from Toyota). Everyone has different tastes in audio. For home stereo I prefer a flat and accurate British sound (KEF and B+W speakers) and the Focals bring you more in that arena.

Highly recommended…

Front Door – FOCAL ICU 690 Speakers – super fast 6×9 woofer replacement, discrete tweeter mounted in enclosure (supplied) with bullets on door sill in small front quarter window area. This is the third car I have installed the Focal Integration series speakers in they are a joy. At 93db for the first watt they take the factory amp further and you get a 2-6db jump over the factory units. Bass is tight and accurate and the soundstage (with door sill tweeters) is a delight.

Rear Door – FOCAL ICU 165 Speakers – these are a more traditional two-way coaxial design, as the busy rear door panel design left no good opportunity for mounting a discrete tweeter. In a conservative moment, we flipped the Focal 130 and went with the 165. Quick install โ€” snaps into factory place with a Metra adapter ring (82-8148).

For now, I’m not going to make a subwoofer. My last two cars had subwoofers with Focal Integration speakers, but I’m happy with how the 6×9 woofers sound with the factory amp (bass at -2).

When the internet cried for no H/K audio options in the desert, I said to myself “this would be a great system to add Focals to”.

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