OEM DOOR SPEAKER SWAP: Instructions w/ pics

[Shadow-Warrior]

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I decided it was a nice day to do some work on the Raptor. I have been wanting to switch out the cheep paper speakers that come in the doors for awhile now. I went to Wally World and found a pair of SONY 6x9 that were reasonable. I'm not a big stereo fanatic like I was when I was younger, but these should do all of what I need.

I removed one of the stock speakers, trimmed it up to use as a templet for my new speaker housing to fit in. I then mounted the new speaker to the wooden housing. I went to Lowes and bought a small piece of 1/4" Oak plywood, it cost $5.00. I then drilled the holes where the screws were going to go. I used screws with a locknut on the back side to attach the speakers to the wood. Here is a pic of it ready to be inserted into the door.



I then removed the old stock speaker, what a piece of crap....I'm kind of surprised they still use these cheep paper speakers nowadays...I guess somethings never change.



Here you can see them both side by side...



Now all I had to do was splice the exsitiing wires with the new speaker wires and bolt the whole thing in. All done, it took all of 45 min to do everything. I just thought I would pass it on for those that want to change out your stock speakers.



Finished Product.