I almost feel embarassed posting this, but after only 2 nights driving the car I've already blown a speaker I assume they're stock (bought the car used) and I have some stuff to replace them with, but I'm a bit worried about damaging the door panel when I remove it. I would search, but that is busted. Anyone have a link to a how-to for door panel removal? Perhaps it's simple (I haven't even taken a look yet), but I busted too many clips and crap on my track car doing things without proper instruction to want to just go for it in my "nice" car

TIA!

edit: Just these four spots have clips or screws?



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lock her down! might want to add this info in to the faq.

 

I'd say "See my website", but I keep forgetting to move it to the new server.

Anyway, remove those three screws and one clip, then tug really hard from the bottom (there's even a handle of sorts underneath).

 

turned out the speaker wasn't blown, and it wasn't stock. it's a 3-way crossovered infiniti kappa thingamabob. the tweeters had become unglued and were rattling on the woofer. a zip tie did the trick, but one of the wires need to be resoldered so i'm now running around without the ultra-high frequencies coming from one side - not too big a deal. also, as i expected, one of the panel clips wouldn't snap back in... grrr

 

They should snap right back into place....just hit the bottom of the panel with the heel of your hand. I have taken mine off at least a half dozen times in the past 3 weeks.

John

 

Welp, I keep disocvering more and more. The speakers are a bit deep for the holes so they stick out more than a stocker. This doesn't allow the snap closest to the speaker to POSSIBLY secure, but when the door closes it doesn't much matter.

 

Even though they stick out, it should not matter for door speakers. Mine have a 3/4" MDF spacer between the face of the speaker and the mounting on the door. The speaker should not hold the panel off.

John

 

i'm telling you, the speaker is pressed right againt the grille. i guess i could force it, but i have a feeling that is how the tweeters fell off in the first place.

 

This is perfect timing, my Kappas should be coming in this week and I'll need this to install them this weekend.

 

umm... it already is in the FAQ.

 

a link to mac's, yes, which currently returns a 404. so it's as good as the info not being there