Fitting rear speakers? Options

[jimmy13]

Just brought a Celica SR 1998 (UK Model), already blown the rear speakers! . Just wondering how to take the rear pannel to get to the rear speakers, and fit some more? Also any idea of what size they are, and the front speakers as they sound like they're about to go? Have the 4 speaker system. Pictures would be appreciated on how to get the rear pannel off!

Thanks in advance!

Jamie

[Kadett]

You need to remove the backseats and the plastic trims on each side where the rear speakers or the get to them. About 5-6 screws per side to remove the plastic trim.

[malpaso]

You need to remove the backseats and the plastic trims on each side where the rear speakers or the get to them. About 5-6 screws per side to remove the plastic trim.

x2... I have installed them a few months ago... sorry I didn't made more pics

[trdproven]

you could bend the panel back a little bit. Less work to do but less space to work on. This is how I did mine.

[BenMMellor]

Jimmy - have you looked at www.celica-club.co.uk.

Some good info in there.. I'll also do a write-up on my speaker swap in the next day or so.

[6strngs]

you could bend the panel back a little bit. Less work to do but less space to work on. This is how I did mine.

+1 I just popped off the speaker cover, folded the seat down, took out like 2-3 screws and was able to bend the plastic back enough to take the rear speaker out... mine wasn't working at all so I thought a wire was loose or something, turns out it wasn't so I think it's blown. anyone know what size speaker would be a direct replacement? I measured it across at 6" but I've never heard of 6" speakers before.

[jimmy13]

Thanks for your help lads. Will be waiting on that swap write up ben, thanks in advance.

Thanks again

[BenMMellor]

you could bend the panel back a little bit. Less work to do but less space to work on. This is how I did mine.

+1 I just popped off the speaker cover, folded the seat down, took out like 2-3 screws and was able to bend the plastic back enough to take the rear speaker out... mine wasn't working at all so I thought a wire was loose or something, turns out it wasn't so I think it's blown. anyone know what size speaker would be a direct replacement? I measured it across at 6" but I've never heard of 6" speakers before.

Thanks for your help lads. Will be waiting on that swap write up ben, thanks in advance.

Thanks again

The stock speakers are definitely 6" - ideal replacement which fits perfect is the Pioneer TSE1675 speaker. these are withdrawn but I managed to get some from a german company on ebay. They cost me less than £50 shipped. You can fit 6.5" speakers but you will need to trim down the mouting bracket - but it also means that you may not fit the speaker ring back on properly to stop the panel vibrating.

Jimmy - the write up is now on www.celica-club.co.uk in the Gen 6 guides in our forum.

[6strngs]

you could bend the panel back a little bit. Less work to do but less space to work on. This is how I did mine.

+1 I just popped off the speaker cover, folded the seat down, took out like 2-3 screws and was able to bend the plastic back enough to take the rear speaker out... mine wasn't working at all so I thought a wire was loose or something, turns out it wasn't so I think it's blown. anyone know what size speaker would be a direct replacement? I measured it across at 6" but I've never heard of 6" speakers before.

Thanks for your help lads. Will be waiting on that swap write up ben, thanks in advance.

Thanks again

The stock speakers are definitely 6" - ideal replacement which fits perfect is the Pioneer TSE1675 speaker. these are withdrawn but I managed to get some from a german company on ebay. They cost me less than £50 shipped. You can fit 6.5" speakers but you will need to trim down the mouting bracket - but it also means that you may not fit the speaker ring back on properly to stop the panel vibrating.

Jimmy - the write up is now on www.celica-club.co.uk in the Gen 6 guides in our forum.

so I'm guessing most people just make custom brackets? how hard is it to do that?

[BenMMellor]

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x2... I have installed them a few months ago... sorry I didn't made more pics


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you could bend the panel back a little bit. Less work to do but less space to work on. This is how I did mine.

so I'm guessing most people just make custom brackets? how hard is it to do that?
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If you look at the picture above you can see it's going to be a bitch to cut out of MDF with a jigsaw - but it is doable.

That's a stock 6" speaker - a 6.5" speaker will mean trimming away the side ridges of the plastic mounting - and depending on the conse style you might need to trim the inner diameter to fit the new speaker in. Then you have to consider how you can fix the 6.5" speaker to the stock mounting.

I guess what you could do is trim the mounting down to be a flat surface then make a mounting ring our of persepx or 3mm MDF to fix to the the stock mounting and then fix the 6.5" speaker to the ring. This then raises the question of the 'paper' ring fitted to the stock speaker which stops the panel vibrating too much. I re-used this on my 6" speakers as the foam ring on the outer edge secures the panel against the speaker.