rear speaker covers

vms150 · 01-10-2004, 12:22 AM

I am installing new rear speakers and i cant figure out how to get the rear covers off with out breaking them. help please i would like to get them in today.

Coldsolderjoint · 01-10-2004, 12:52 AM

what model do you have?

om my car, the speakers are under the carpet on the back deck...

vms150 · 01-10-2004, 12:57 AM

i have a 93 SC2 and mine are the same way but they are under speaker covers(grills you cold say)

vms150 · 01-10-2004, 03:31 AM

HELP. the high for tomorrow is forcast at 6 degrees (actually warm cause its above 0) so i want to get them in tomorrow and quick before my hands really start to freeze off.

picksl1 · 01-10-2004, 04:39 AM

first step is turn the car on and let warm for 15 minutes....shut all doors once you get in and NEVER get out till ur done....bring with you a screwdriver and wire cutters. pull down both back seats and use the wire cutters to gently pry the black clips off, then pull up on the carpet and put in the front seat....voila there are your rear speakers. now unscrew the 4 screws and disconnect the speakers now.....trash old speakers(or kepp if you ever plan on sellin the car) and connect new speakers.....reinstall 4 screws....reach into front seat, grab rear carpet, reinstall.....pop back in black plastic pieces.....turn off car....run inside and warm up

that 5 second run from the car to the house you must be cold

KAdams4458 · 01-10-2004, 09:24 PM

Well, I might be a little late for this, but I'll put in my two cents as a fellow '93 SC2 owner who has swapped rear speakers in the bitter cold.

Do what picksl1 said. Warm the sucker up, go for a drive, whatever, just get some heat going. (I suggest warming up the car with the fold-down rear seats in the down position so the trunk gets some heat in to it.)

Next, get yourself a flashlight or droplight and crawl on your back head-first in to the trunk from the back seat. it's a bit awkward, but it seems to be the best position.

I don't believe that you need to remove the speaker grilles to remove and replace the speakers, but it has been a year since I did this and I have a hard time remembering yesterday.

If you need to remove the grilles, there will be four round speed clips on each grille, visible from below. The honest to God easiest way to remove them is to just grab them with a pair of needle-nose pliers and give them a twist to break them. You can try salvaging them, but it will take forever and chances are they will break anyway.

If you don't have to remove the grilles, and I don't think you do, there will be fasteners accessible from below the package shelf.

The wiring to each speak unclips pretty readily.

Everything else is pretty self-explanatory.