door speaker

[patches@chartertn.net]

I have a 90 coupe and before I am like a bull in a china shop, do you have to remove the door panel to get to the speaker in the drivers side, is there a way to remove the speaker screen. I wish I could find the shop manual but not yet.

[Guest EDBS0]

Good info here ... <A HREF="http://www.reatta.net/faq.html#SPEAKERS" TARGET=_blank>http://www.reatta.net/faq.html#SPEAKERS</A> <BR>Be very careful many of the plastic and metal clips are fragile and no longer available <P>Try ebay or <a href="http://www.helminc.com/helm/Search2Result_full.asp?Style=&Mfg=GMC&Make=BUI&Category=1&mscsid=PAXGUS4EJL7K9JH824UQBME8ETFU9AD3"> Shop manuals.</a><P>Also much info on the <a href="http://www.aaca.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=search&search_forum=3"> "search function".</a><BR> <A HREF="http://w...." TARGET=_blank>http://w....</A>

[Richard S]

I resoundingly second Robert's warning. There are several plastic brackets glued to the panels. These hold plastic barbed "nails" that go into grommets in the door. Break these brackets and you have no option but to repair or reconstruct them. They are unavailable, and even if they were, my experience at 4 local dealers was that none of the parts countermen could identify the part numbers from the microfiche. BTW, for my 90, the manual was wrong as to removing the door strap bolts. Rule of Thumb when dealing with 12 year old plastic: If you find yourself resorting to brute strength, you are doing something wrong. Also, the plastic speaker carrier can be modified to accept a speaker with a much larger magnet.<p>[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: wufibug ]

[patches@chartertn.net]

Thanks for the info and I will take all the different instructions and output to printer. <P>But thanks again.