crossmax03
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Boulder, CO
I figured I'd be productive and put a 'do it yourself' how to rewire the door speakers. I see a lot of people have problems with that and I finally tackled mine.
1. The seats remove easily, so take 'em out and save yourself some hassle. (the rear bolts closest to the door on each side will either be rusted to hell, or they will break off. I threw 'em out.)
2. pull the head unit (cd/tape player) and expose the wiring. As you can see, mine's the neatest mess ever.
3. take off the kick panels. On mine, this requires a 7/16 socket with extension.
4. Take out the speakers and undo the clips. (You won't have to write down the wire color, because you'll be cutting them anyway, and not using them. They are almost impossible to follow through the vehicle to remove, so I just left them.
5. Run your new wire through the opening in the dash and down through the dash to the kick panels.
6. When you get ready to run the wire through the side wall, there is a grommet with the other wires. These wires are all taped together and you will have a hard time getting the wire through the grommet. I just poked a hole through the grommet and shoved the wire through it and through the door boot.
7. I soldered the wire to the speaker and just left them sitting by the door for testing. The next step is to connect the wires to the harness for your CD/tape player. Make sure you connect to the correct wires for your player, they should be labelled.
8. Once you connect all the wires, plug in your cd/tape player and test the speakers. Should be all set. Then connect the speakers back into the door. Replace your kick panels and the faceplate for the cdplayer/heater controls and you're all set.
1. The seats remove easily, so take 'em out and save yourself some hassle. (the rear bolts closest to the door on each side will either be rusted to hell, or they will break off. I threw 'em out.)
2. pull the head unit (cd/tape player) and expose the wiring. As you can see, mine's the neatest mess ever.
3. take off the kick panels. On mine, this requires a 7/16 socket with extension.
4. Take out the speakers and undo the clips. (You won't have to write down the wire color, because you'll be cutting them anyway, and not using them. They are almost impossible to follow through the vehicle to remove, so I just left them.
5. Run your new wire through the opening in the dash and down through the dash to the kick panels.
6. When you get ready to run the wire through the side wall, there is a grommet with the other wires. These wires are all taped together and you will have a hard time getting the wire through the grommet. I just poked a hole through the grommet and shoved the wire through it and through the door boot.
7. I soldered the wire to the speaker and just left them sitting by the door for testing. The next step is to connect the wires to the harness for your CD/tape player. Make sure you connect to the correct wires for your player, they should be labelled.
8. Once you connect all the wires, plug in your cd/tape player and test the speakers. Should be all set. Then connect the speakers back into the door. Replace your kick panels and the faceplate for the cdplayer/heater controls and you're all set.