Author Topic: Replacing the door speakers (Read 7106 times)

chrisc · « **on:** December 02, 2012, 06:12:48 AM »

I have been given some fancy 6.5" dual cone speakers for free.

Do you have to remove the entire inside door trim to get to the speaker? I cannot see any grille that pops off like in most other cars.

Thanks

DV · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2012, 07:56:15 AM »

In my Jazz I had to remove the entire door panel to get to the speakers.

eljuero · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2012, 10:41:58 PM »

According to the service book, yes.

chrisc · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2012, 06:11:44 AM »

Thanks guys, I thought as much. And is 6.5" the correct size? The sound is a bit muffled on the Jazz, compared to other cars I have had. Do the speakers fitted to the Jazz have integrated tweeters?

guest1272 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2013, 10:44:12 PM »

Hi Chris,

Short answer = you don't have to remove the whole panel completely if you don't want to. You unscrew the door panel as IF you were going to lift it off, but there is enough space so that when the it then "hangs loose", you can lift enough of the bottom away to get at the stock speakers to replace them...without having to remove the door panel completely off. This isn't so much an issue on the fronts, but at the rear the windows have a small bit of triangular plastic at the top that means taking them off completely is quite difficult.

Also, the speakers are 16.5cm max - I chose 16.5cm coax's but the plastic "lip" around the circumference bought the total size to 17cm - so be aware that some 16.5cm speakers may physically be a bit larger. It had to be dremmeled off with mine in order to get the size back to 16.5 in order for them to fit the spacers.

I've done a brief guide with piccies here for speaker replacement.