Rennen

I'm worried about breaking the stock grills because I want to be able to keep them around for reversion later on. How the heck do they come off? Is there some trick? I tried basically prying them off and they are holding on fast. Are there any tricks I need to know about?

deep_purple

My aftermarket speaker covers are screwed on. Did you try to unscrew the covers?

Cheers,
ST

BGLeduc

IIRC, they unscrew.

BGL

Jeff Curtis

The mid-range speaker grilles snap off...the tweeter grilles unscrew, the proper way.

If you have an RS or RSA...do you have tweeters??

bhensarl

Rear speakers snap off too. I had a tough time getting my front mids out the first time. Just be careful and work your way around slowly. I don't know about you, but I don't trust 15 year old plastic.
Brian

Rennen

No tweeters, only the two lower panel mids. So they do just pru off? I'll give it another try.

AJKOK1

mine did, with a bit of effort and a flat edge to help lever them.

Jay H

I used a thin, flat blade screwdriver covered with thin cloth to pry my mid speaker grills off.

Work all the way around (as far as you can anyway) slowly to loosen the grill a bit without necessarily prying the grill off the speaker much, especially if they have never been removed. Then, once you loosen the grill a bit, you can apply more pressure to get the grill to loosen even more. Finally, you should be able to get the entire grill to pop off. Keep working your way around the grill and not in one place.

Work slowly and carefully and you should be able to break that grill free without cracking it.

Rennen

I did finally get them off and replaced the speakers. I was just nervous because they were such a bitch to set free.

MSchett2

If you don't mind my asking what speakers did you replace them with and were you able to get the original grill back on? I'm looking for a good replacement that will allow me to use the stock grill.

Rennen

I replaced them With Infinity Kapas and no, I can't use the stock grill. they have a gray wire mesh front, though, and I'm going to pull that off an paint it flat black at some point so they'll be virtually indistinguishable from the stock grills.

mmccray

I would love to know if anyone has a good idea on how to fasten the factory grills onto a speaker that is ever so slightly smaller than the original OEM one. Apparently the person who replaced them last time simply loved weatherstrip adhesive!!

Got to be a better way don't you think?

Marshall McCray

Jacks911

FYI - a good matching speaker is the Blaupunkt PCx542. $40 at Crutchfield. Though the OEM cover does not fit - It comes with a black cover that is almost identical, but does have a small brushed silver "Blaupunkt" label (& Blue Dot) which works OK in the stock interior & with the stock "Blue Dot" in the dash. The change in radio & CD audio performance was significant & no wiring changes required either.

Don't confuse this with the "TSx542" which I tried first. The TS speaker is not for the OEM look. It has a See Through cover you must use - designed to put Neon behind for real "visual sound"?