Just a few quick notes about replacing the speakers in the front door. My Bose speakers (4") had blown so time to replace. I had no luck finding 2 ohm speakers, but was able to find some 4ohm which I was told should work fine, and have been working well. The speakers I found are 5 and 1/4" pioneer 2 way speakers.

When I did the passenger side I took the door panel off following the "Interior door handle replacement" tech article (tech, interior, 7th one down) (really easy), unconnecting all the wires. For the drivers side I decided it would be easier and less time consuming to leave all the wires plugged in, but I still disconnected the door cable. Letting the door panel hang down to the ground, push the panel towards the door frame and prop something behind the panel to hold it in place. This make the speaker easily accessable on the other side of the door.





With the speaker exposed remove the red screws. As you have probably noticed there are three screws in triangular shape. The replacement speaker you have purchased most likely is square in shape.

Stock Bose Speaker (triangle)


Pioneer 5 1/4" speaker (square)

As the picture shows, set the speaker in and screw the bottom two holes into what was the bottom two holes for the triangular speaker. Use washers with the screw to make sure you have snug grip on the speaker. The top is secured in by screwwing a screw w/ washer into the top triangle hole. Nothing actually goes thru the speaker, but the washer puts pressure on the speaker and clamps in tightly. The pic shows before I used bigger washer (top screw).



The wire connections match right up. the larger one fit on, but my smaller one did not so I spliced in the connectors that came with my speakers. Red outlined wire shows this. The main things I recommend are to use the bigger 5 1/4" speaker and mount it like I did, it will fit in the triangular screw holes and stay put as long as they are tightened down well. Also avoiding disconnecting all the wires makes reassembly much easier and faster. I was not looking forward to guessing which window plugs are which...

Kingtr

- Tyler -



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