I am going to be swaping out the speakers in the front doors in the next couple of days. Has anyone done this yet? Anything I should know or look out for before I do it? Hints?

 

if you didnt get the premium sound system, get a dremel. youll have to cut off the old speaker and screw the new on onto its plastic mounting ring.... thats about it.

 

its not too hard, ive done it about 10 times. i recommend getting a speaker baffle from crutchfield though.

 

Ugh, I hate those baffles. Your refering to the cup that goes inside the door right?

 

the speaker will get rusty and **** if you dont use them, pick up some foam ones on ebay, I got them, they were pretty cheap

 

what are you talking about??? i replaced mine without cutting anything except wires...

 

On the non-premium systems the speakers have an odd shaped plastic addapter (the premium system may have this too I don't know). The opening is shaped more like a 5x7 than a 6.5.

 

the premium system doesnt have them, its a whole different door panel.
if i can find some pics, ill show you

 

just make sure you dont brake your door handle or itll suck trying to get in and out.

 

what they r the same ive done both the only difference is the wiring plugin

 

i hate them too, thats why i just take a foam one and cut it in half and use it as a hat if you will for the speaker, to keep water off it but keeping the airspace the same

 

yeeeaaa... go to homedepot. buy a small sheet of 1/4" MDF... make a template, done... that way you can go back to factory later on when selling...

 

My Base stereo Cobalt had the plastic attached to the Speaker, I screwed my 6.5"s to the door (with 3 screws) and no problems. The premium system in the SS had a plastic adapter that came off the speaker, I kept them for use with the new 6.5's and it worked ok, keeps the speaker from hitting the window and gives me 4 points to screw too. When I do My SS, my 6.5's are bigger (magnet size) then the other ones, so i will need to make a plate out of MDF.

By the way, why do we use MDF and not a HDF board?

 

i just grabbed a piece of 3/4 mdf i had laying around from a previous build adn cut it to size. i have never had a problem with rusting...ever.

 

I made baffles for my Camaro to put 6.5's in place of the 6X9's...didn't even think of doing that on the Cobalt.

I just drilled 2 holes and mounted the speakers that way.

 

mdf is cheaper