Rear Speaker Installation
If you thought the front door speaker installation was fun, wait until you get into this!
Basically you're going to remove the entire rear deck and rear seat. My car has the
split-fold rear seats and no rear sunshade, so keep this in mind.
Rear Deck Removal
NOTE: Be sure your hands are clean when removing the C-Pillar trim panels.
Steps
1. Remove lower rear seat by pulling up hard at the base of the seat in front of the two
outside seating positions. Cover the brackets on the floor that protrude up into the lower
seat (to prevent them marking the seat backs when they are folded down (which you do next)
2. Remove the seat back side bolsters (get fingers behind them at the top and pull out )
This is a hard pull and the bolsters are still attached with a bolt at the bottom, but
they will swing out far enough so that you do not have to take out that other bolt.
3. Disconnect the seat belts that come down from package shelf using a 17mm socket.
4. Remove the holding pin fasteners from the plastic panel above the entrance to the trunk
and remove this panel (the pins pull out of the center of each fastener using a pliar.)
5. Remove the lamp units in each C pillar panel by pulling from the top of the lamp
assembly. Disconnect the wiring and remove completely.
6. Remove each c pillar panel (the grey/tan panels) by pulling out above the light hole
and pull forward. You will notice small plastic tabs along the upper edge that have to go
back into the slots on the window frame when you reinstall.
7. Remove the head restraints by pulling straight up. You may need to pull the chrome
posts out separately.
8. Remove the rear vent louvers by pulling up on the inside front corner using a small
screwdriver. Be careful not to scratch the plastic. Pull them out toward the front (note
the tabs on the back are what fit into the brackets on the body and that is what holds
down the rear of the package shelf.
9. Lift the front of the package shelf and start to slide if forward. You have to lift it
and pull at the same time to allow it to clear some of the interior items.
10. Pull the seat belts back through the openings in the shelf and then the shelf can be
removed. You should now see the speakers in their soundboxes.
Speaker Installation
1. Carefully pull the foam surround away from the speaker.
2. Using a small allen wrench, remove the (4) retaining screws - one at each corner.
3. Remove the driver and disconnect the 2 wires.
4. Replace with the new speaker.
I ran new wiring for these speakers directly from the crossovers, bypassing the factory
wiring harness.
Rear Deck Installation
Basically do the removal steps in reverse order. The only tip I can give is to be very
sure the vent louver clips are in the slots in the body and are a tight fit. If you plan
on installing your amp(s) under the deck in the trunk, you will want to run all of your
wiring and mount the amp before putting the rear deck back together. This will allow you
to fish wires easily and test to make sure the mounting screws do not poke through the
deck cover.