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 Trick to replacing rear speakers?
#421105
03/20/04 11:30 PM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 122
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Hello All
Is there a trick to getting at the speakers in the rear of an ext. cab T100? It looks very involved, and I have been putting it off for months. Any tips?
TIA!
Man who fly airplane upside-down bound to have crack up.
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 Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: Alluvial_Plains]
#421106
03/20/04 11:49 PM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 645
Rock Warrior
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It takes way too long, pick a day when the weather is nice, Crutchfield has a real good set of instructions, but you have to pull the whole back of the cab apart. My favorite tool in the whole process was a 3 inch putty knife to help pop off the trim.
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: dogslovetrucks]
#421107
03/21/04 05:14 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 676
Rock Warrior
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And pickup a few extra of the plastic pop-ins cause sure as heck your gonna break a few or lose one into the dark depths down there. I found some on those red laminated HELP racks at the parts store.
1997 T-100 4X4 Xcab,Warn Hubs
02 Camry LE
2008 Yaris
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: Alluvial_Plains]
#421108
03/22/04 12:10 AM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 122
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YIKES! It looks like I'll wait until next weekend before tackling this job. Thank you for the responses, and I'll try the putty blade trick and also pick up some extra clips too. Thanks again! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
Man who fly airplane upside-down bound to have crack up.
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 Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: Alluvial_Plains]
#421109
03/22/04 06:14 AM
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Anonymous
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I tried to replace mine and finally sain F#*@ it. I used a Dremel tool to cut out eh rear speaker grills and then removed the factory speakers. I then mounted factory, size speakers in the mounts, and replaced the dremeled covers with speaker covers from radio shack. Then, when I wanted even bigger speakers (6x9's) I made a bigger hole and mounted them in a little plexi glass. The stuff works great, and if you can't find covers for them, try Radio shack and Best Buy
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
#421110
03/22/04 03:23 PM
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Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 491
Mudrunner
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Tweeter,
That's what I've considered, but haven't had the guts to tackle yet. Did you just cut around the square indentation at the edge of the stock grille? How did you mount the replacements grills? Were they round or square?
Thanks
1995 T100 SR5 XCab 2WD Auto
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: mikem]
#421111
03/22/04 04:05 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,256
Body Damage is Cool
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This is such a bad idea. Just take the time and remove them the right way. It is not that hard. I had the panel half way off when I replaced my seat belt and it only took 10 minutes. Do it the right way so you don't have a ghetto-rigged looking vehicle.
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: Chris V]
#421112
03/22/04 07:31 PM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 5,089
Trail Leader
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I built boxes and put in 5.25" speakers and didn't cut anything on the panel. Uzombie did something with the plastic stock boxes. The rear panel removal is a PITA.
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Re: Trick to replacing rear speakers?
[Re: jroc]
#421113
03/24/04 11:04 PM
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Anonymous
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It's not that bad. I agree with Chris V, take the time to make it look nice. 5 1/4 speakers fit in the stock boxes perfectly, with drilling one whole. But, I bet taking it apart, soldiering the speakers in, and then replaceing everything took only 2-3 hours.
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