front speakers

[etlsport]

vehigaz, all makes sense, but as you said, there isnt a significant change in how it sounds, so im not too worried about it, but definately am trying to keep everything the same, all my speakers are going to be rockford fosgate, i got a kenwood head unit now, but just ordered a rockford fosgate DVD/mp3/cd player and will be returning the kenwood

biju, thanks for the heads up, i had heard something about clearance issues, so i made sure to order low profile speakers made for doors, hopefully that will help. when you say metal fab, did you have to add to the housings? or just trim away to make room for the new speakers? any photos/tips? i plan on taking lots of pictures and hopefully writing a how-to when im done, so if you have anything you think i should add in please let me know

anyone else who has upped the size of their rear speakers (i know spazz and a few others have) any tips/suggestions would be appreciated for when i do it or for the how-to

[VehiGAZ]

Man, now this thread has me thinking about why my rear speakers have so much more presence than my fronts, and maybe it's time to open 'er up and take a look at what's going on inside (maybe a previous owner replaced one set or the other?).

Can someone give me a quickie lesson on how to get at each set of speakers before I start breaking retainer clips all over the place?

[etlsport]

rowhard has a great howto that explains how to remove the door panel, thats the only way to get to the fronts
http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...warticle&id=22
the only thing i'd add to it is to put the door panel back in can be kind of a pain, when you set it down over the top of the door, make sure it is lower than the little metal piece you screw the tweeter pod into (there should end up being like 1/8-1/4" below the metal piece and the top of the door panel when you go to push the door clips into place, you shouldnt need to apply any kind of hard force or 'stretch' the door to make any clips reach, it should just set over and snap into place with minimal effort

ill post on the back later when i can get outside and take a couple pics of my progress

i found that using this tool covered in e-tape to protect the paint worked wonders for removing the door panels and rear panels got it at advanced auto, made by ampro
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...tnumber=T70606

[etlsport]

ok so i got the rear panels completely free except for the seat belt bolt.. i have the T50 torx bit in my socket wrench, and cant get it to turn for the life of me, also tried the air ratchet, it turned maybe a quarter turn and stuck.. is there something im missing? like does it turn opposite? HELP! (thanks)

[Hotsauce]

I put in a mounting board to replace the stock speaker mount in the rear. I also filled that rear panel with fiberglass batting while it was open.

John C.

[MZ-N10]

ok so i got the rear panels completely free except for the seat belt bolt.. i have the T50 torx bit in my socket wrench, and cant get it to turn for the life of me, also tried the air ratchet, it turned maybe a quarter turn and stuck.. is there something im missing? like does it turn opposite? HELP! (thanks)

theres loctite on the seatbelt screws so u might need a breaker to get it loose....

[etlsport]

im having no luck with this torx bolt, so i just removed the speaker mount all together and ill just work on it in my workshop, as biju warned, its turning out to be quite the challenge, some metal fab, i have my pattern all done and theoretically i just need to make a few cuts, mount it and reinstall...

vehigaz, should be able to get a how-to together sometime this weekend, you can pm or email me if you have any spec. questions about how to get to the speakers in the rear before that

[biju]

I was unable to get that to come loose either. I just carefully propped up the panel with a rod while I worked behind the panel. Figured if it was going to be that difficult to get off it wasn't meant to be tampered with...

best of luck.

-biju.