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I have a 94LS400, I will be replacing the factory speakers for various reasons. Either sun damaged and so forth, I have heard various opinions on this topic and I am putting it out here for review and comments. I have been given links to sites that suggest sound proofing the car. I like this idea even for a quit ride from the sound of car travel. But it adds to my question of should all this be done at one time.

Question: Since the rear woofer of a LS400 is open to the trunk, would creating an enclosure help produce greater sound? Or simple speaker wrapping around the woofer. Would this idea hold true for the doors? Is it better to control the air around a speaker than to let is operate free and unrestricted.

I have heard about every opinion for both yes wrap it and no leave it alone. Has anyone attempted this and what were your results? If there is anything I enjoy its great rich sound.

I have replaced ALL of the audio equipment in my 96 for various reasons (blown speakers, CD changer went out, no lighting on radio, etc.). However, I would recommend leaving as much stock equipment as possible simply for the reason that once you start replacing its hard to know where to quit and the stock equipment sounds great in general. I think you have the right idea with only replacing the speakers. A couple of things to keep in mind:

-Make sure that the after-market speakers match the ohm load of the factory speakers. (Its usually printed on the back of the factory speaker 2,4,8, or 10 ohm. The ohm symbol looks like an upside down horse shoe.) Failure to do this may cause damage to your amplifier of head unit.

-Your subwoofer is a "free air" style woofer. Building an enclosure around it will not make much of a difference. just make sure that the one you replace it with is free air capable. There are other options if you are interested...

-Even though these cars come sound sealed very well, there are options to suppressing exterior sound. The product I used was dynamat. It is a sticky material with sort of an aluminum backing. I lined all of my doors and trunk with it. There are a few different companies that produce a similar product. You can also use spray on bed liner. (Sounds silly but its effective).

Good luck!

That DOES look good!!! Thats more along the lines of what I was going for. Sounds like a good bit of work but looks well worth it. I'm just not happy with the OEM "basic" look. Thank you so much for your help and the pics.

I am very happy with the light quality. I would just like to modify the OEM look. Thanks for the help!

I've had my 96 for a little over a year now and it IS a high mileage car. I replaced the timing belt at 238,000 and now have almost 300,000 on it! Power steering is beginning to go out and I have a small exhaust leak. Overall it has been a great car with minimal problems.

Well hello everyone, i have been thinking of trading in my acura legend for a ls400 the legend just has too many issues to deal with something seems to go wrong every month So i was just wondering if the ls400 has any such issue like for example the legend has a major engine defect in the sense that the head gaskets tend to leak after a certain time like around 200 000 km the shocks , the transmission the electronics have a mind of thier own sometimes the alarm will go off if you open the door with the key. So i was looking for a sliglty more reliable luxury sedan. I have read a lot of reviews about the ls400 and it has been recomended by many but as a daily driver how is it ? i read about the power steering going out on pretty much all the older ls's but is there anything i should know before i get myself into this. Any major engine or transmission issues ? h

Does any one know if there is a company that makes after-market headlights for a 96 LS400? I have searched the web with no results. I'm looking for a factory replacement style. I would like something a little classy (possibly projector style).

Thanks