Introduction/Small system build 05 Pilot EXL

[okpiloteer]

Hello all, I've been a follower here since before we bought my wife's 05 Pilot a couple of years ago, but this is my first post. Definitely do not regret getting the Pilot, we both love it! It's a silver EX-L with RES. Has 147k miles and still going strong! She's a kindergarten teacher and I run a window cleaning business.

Before starting my own business, I worked for Best Buy for 3 years. While there I used the employee discount like crazy (which was awesome but now sucks). Before quitting last August I bought a full Infinity Kappa system for her Pilot. I run a full Kappa set-up in my S10 as well.

Here's a list of the component's that I bought:
2 pairs of Infinity Kappa 60.9cs component speakers for all 4 doors.
Infinity Kappa 100.9w sub that I will put in the factory location thanks to this thread's instructions and pictures.
Infinity KappaFive 5 channel amp to power it all.

Since my wife is a school teacher I had to wait until she had a school break to do any installation of the speakers. I got the rear doors done the last Friday of December, and the front doors done yesterday, Jan 16. I didn't take any pics during install since I'll be getting back into the doors to run speaker wire once I get the amp installed, but here are the pics of the finished product of all the doors. I'll add more in coming months as I get the amp and sub installed.

Here are a couple comparison shots, stock vs Kappa.



Front driver's door.


Front passenger's door.


Rear driver's door.



Rear passenger's door.



It already sounds 10x better than stock running off of the stock HU. The components will really come to life once I get the amp in. We're keeping the stock HU because we use the RES on trips. I did the install myself thanks to all the info I've gathered so far from PTO, Luis, Bernie, PrG, and several other people I can't find off hand.

[Groundpound4200]

Those tweeters look interesting... do they swivel?

[3rdrow]

Originally Posted by Groundpound4200

Those tweeters look interesting... do they swivel?

ditto, ive never seen a set installed without a grille on them. its a good start to making the music sound better. are you going to use the factory head unit with an amp?

[okpiloteer]

That mount I used lets you set the angle to your liking. There is a grill on them, just not a typical stock looking grill. I'd like to paint the cup that the tweeters sit in to match the door panel, as well as the silver grill to blend in a bit more. I'm sticking with the stock stereo because I have the RES and I don't want to lose it. I went with the components in rear too because we use it as our travel vehicle so we end up with 5 adults in it and the ones in back always complained about not being able to hear any treble. Those components fixed that.

[oejeffrey]

Nice install !! I have to agree with G.P. on the tweeters. I have never seen any quite like that. If it will make you feel any better I had to run upgraded speakers off the stock head unit for a while. The Polks ( & I imagine the Infinitys ) sound way better than the factory speakers. When you finally hook them up to the amp though they will come alive...wait and see !!!