How to remove front door tweeters? sparky? anyone?

[font=Comic Sans MS:758e5b2bac]Removing the tweeter is easy :smile: putting it back is the hard part.

Just grab the tweeter and pull straight out from the door. The plastic housing is held on by a spring clip and a slot that hooks over a screw. To put it back on you have to hook that screw and put the clip back in, which is not hard if you don't have the door panel on. The screw the tweeter housing hooks on is down inside just a bit, so it's almost impossible to hook the screw right without removing the plastic door panel.[/font:758e5b2bac]

 

my experience is the same as bill's. the tweeter itself comes out of the panel very easily... the tough part is getting the panel off, and it's pretty easy if the door panel is already removed.

if nothing else, a little liquid nails will do the trick (JK!) :wink:

good luck... speaker replacement is a good thing! you will not regret.

 

Hi Gents,

I've looked at Sparky's great door panel speaker replacement guide and the Infinity options he used. Does the group have a recommendation as to what tweeter replacement goes well in the small compartment?

Warm regards, CAPT Seabee

 

Here's what it looks like back there...

 

#2: The tweeter is held in place by three plastic hooks (How come I remember such miniscule things and forget all the really important things....). It's easily popped out. To put new tweeters in will most likely require some cutting and reconstruction of these hooks. The good news is that they are real soft plastic and cuts easily. An X-acto would be perfect. The good news is that you don't need to do a nice, clean install 'because none of it shows...

#3: Sorry, can't help as I have the base model...

 

Hi Wilco,

No I tossed them...

The replacements were bigger than the OEM's both in terms of circumference and depth. Here's the dimensions of the replacements which had room to spare:
Diameter: 2-1/16"
Depth: 11/16"


You can pull the tweeters off without taking the door apart. Actually, when pulling the door trim off, the first step is removing the tweeter. As mentioned earlier, it's pretty easy: Just pull.

-bob

 

Hmm, everything gets put back on in reverse order. The last thing I did was to put the tweeter back on. So, the door trim was already back in place.

FWIW, I may have just been lucky, but I didn't have any problems whatsoever with both of my doors.

Y'know, I just went back and read Bill's post. I think what happened is that when he pulled his off, the plastic snap stayed attached to the door instead of coming off with the tweeter. This happens when pulling trim of anywhere in the car (speaking from experience). When you pull the speaker off, look at the two attachment points, two snaps should be on the tweeter. If not, with a screwdriver, pop the snap off of the door and slip it back on the tweeter. Then, when you put the tweeter back on, it pops straight on. There's no having to finagle it around to hook anything.

In the photos, two of these snaps got left behind. The one for the tweeter and one for the door trim. Pop 'em off and put them back on the tweeter or the door trim. Then, it's as easy as pushing them onto the door frame to re-attach.

 

[font=Comic Sans MS:dbf3914edc]Yep, that's what happened. Thanks![/font:dbf3914edc]