Door Speakers
My door speaker on the driver side in my Silverado started buzzing recently so I decided to replace both sides. They were 18 years old so they had a good run. Normally I would rather take out my own appendix as to work on anything in the interior of a car or truck. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they weren't all that hard to replace. GM could have made it a whole simpler though by just putting a cover over the speakers with 3 screws holding it where you could just take it off and pull the speaker out and replace it. But noooo, they made it where you have to take the door panel off to get to it which wasn't as bad as I feared.
Years ago I replaced dash speakers in my Corvette and I do believe they were the first things that came down the assembly line and they built the car around them. It was easier to remove the transmission than replace those speakers.
Anyway on the truck it just required prying off a small piece of trim around the door handle, prying off the door lock and then popping off a small triangle piece of trim at the front top of the door panel and then remove three 7 mm screws and then lift the door panel off. My truck doesn't have power windows so I guess that made it somewhat easier. There is a "U" clip that holds the window crank on which was a little hard to get to but not all that bad. The speakers are easy to remove by holding down on the clip at the top of the speaker and leaning the speaker forward and then lift it out, unplug it and remove it.
Since I don't need to drive around Walmart playing loud rap music as a mating call I just purchased Delco replacement speakers that are made by Bose. Ordered them on Amazon and amazingly they were at my door 26 hours later. There was no drilling to mount them or splicing of wires. Just plug'em up to the stock plug and pop them back in the 3 slots in the door.
The only tools required was a flat screw driver, a 7 mm socket, short extension and ratchet. I did use a small plastic trim tool to remove the trim pieces with that's easier on the trim than a straight screw driver.
Years ago I replaced dash speakers in my Corvette and I do believe they were the first things that came down the assembly line and they built the car around them. It was easier to remove the transmission than replace those speakers.
Anyway on the truck it just required prying off a small piece of trim around the door handle, prying off the door lock and then popping off a small triangle piece of trim at the front top of the door panel and then remove three 7 mm screws and then lift the door panel off. My truck doesn't have power windows so I guess that made it somewhat easier. There is a "U" clip that holds the window crank on which was a little hard to get to but not all that bad. The speakers are easy to remove by holding down on the clip at the top of the speaker and leaning the speaker forward and then lift it out, unplug it and remove it.
Since I don't need to drive around Walmart playing loud rap music as a mating call I just purchased Delco replacement speakers that are made by Bose. Ordered them on Amazon and amazingly they were at my door 26 hours later. There was no drilling to mount them or splicing of wires. Just plug'em up to the stock plug and pop them back in the 3 slots in the door.
The only tools required was a flat screw driver, a 7 mm socket, short extension and ratchet. I did use a small plastic trim tool to remove the trim pieces with that's easier on the trim than a straight screw driver.
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1st congrats on doing it your self
my leaning curve was I needed keep a stock of the small plastic keepers/ push pins for what ever vehicle you have ( or a assorted selection box ) there always seems to be one or three that strip or break even with the tools to pop them out
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Ditch-Runner said:1st congrats on doing it your self
my leaning curve was I needed keep a stock of the small plastic keepers/ push pins for what ever vehicle you have ( or a assorted selection box ) there always seems to be one or three that strip or break even with the tools to pop them out
That's usually my experience too while working under the dash or in the door panels but this one was so simple even a caveman could do it.0 -
Your door setup should be the same as mine, short of the power windows. I need to replace my speakers all the way around on my 2004 Avalanche, and I'm not looking forward to it. I have watched a few vids, and it doesn't look that bad though. Plan on doing them one at a time! 0
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