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Speakers replaced
I followed this post as a good starting point. I took a few photos that might prove useful to someone. Thanks @UncleRenty for the deep dive! @RiotfunK was the impetus for getting the PowerBass speakers, that and the fact that the Pioneer speakers I ordered never shipped.
First, the stock speakers are truly anemic in comparison:
I want to point out that the connector is a very tight fit on the PowerBass speakers. If you go this route make sure you get them completely plugged in. The will seat all the way down, you just have to really force it.
I used the 2-way speakers both front and rear. I don’t believe that the tweeters in either set are actually getting powered. The back door has a tweeter in the top of the door panel and the front has tweeters in the dash. The connector for the 6.5’s only has two wires, I think. The speaker has 4 pins in the connector. I only have about 2 hours with it so far but it sounds pretty good but needs some level adjustments.
Here is a picture of the back door. Not much different than the front door in the other thread. I didn’t take pictures when I had that open.
I coated the whole plastic panel in a mastic (Dynamat knockoff).
I found it kind of difficult to get the little panel behind the door lever off. I took a picture of the back side just so others will know what they are trying to release. I ended up pushing a plastic trim tool into the gap and then inserting a small flathead screwdriver into the opening made by the trim tool and prying with the screwdriver.
Another bit of information for others is the reflector and the snap you need to release.
Another weird thing was the angle of the front screw on the bottom of the back doors. Just for reference, here is the piece it goes into.
I’m adding a link from here to get to the post for replacing the subwoofer speaker.
I followed this post as a good starting point. I took a few photos that might prove useful to someone. Thanks @UncleRenty for the deep dive! @RiotfunK was the impetus for getting the PowerBass speakers, that and the fact that the Pioneer speakers I ordered never shipped.
First, the stock speakers are truly anemic in comparison:
I want to point out that the connector is a very tight fit on the PowerBass speakers. If you go this route make sure you get them completely plugged in. The will seat all the way down, you just have to really force it.
I used the 2-way speakers both front and rear. I don’t believe that the tweeters in either set are actually getting powered. The back door has a tweeter in the top of the door panel and the front has tweeters in the dash. The connector for the 6.5’s only has two wires, I think. The speaker has 4 pins in the connector. I only have about 2 hours with it so far but it sounds pretty good but needs some level adjustments.
Here is a picture of the back door. Not much different than the front door in the other thread. I didn’t take pictures when I had that open.
I coated the whole plastic panel in a mastic (Dynamat knockoff).
I found it kind of difficult to get the little panel behind the door lever off. I took a picture of the back side just so others will know what they are trying to release. I ended up pushing a plastic trim tool into the gap and then inserting a small flathead screwdriver into the opening made by the trim tool and prying with the screwdriver.
Another bit of information for others is the reflector and the snap you need to release.
Another weird thing was the angle of the front screw on the bottom of the back doors. Just for reference, here is the piece it goes into.
I’m adding a link from here to get to the post for replacing the subwoofer speaker.
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