C6 Speaker replacement
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C6 Speaker replacement
The following is a repost of the speaker replacement I did a while back. It used to be accessible from the FAQ sticky in C6 general, but that thread is a shambles. So here it is again.
Well I did it, Replaced the 3.5" in the door and the 5.25" in the back. And am I happy. XM is now clean and crisp, I can hear the snare loud an clear, the symbols are back, I am hearing stuff I haven't heard in songs I know and like. I had to turn down the treble for the CD, which for my ears is saying something.
Blow by blow.
The speakers: Eclipse SE8233 3.5" coaxial and SE8353 5.25" triaxial. They each measure 3.4 ohms and exactly matched the Bose (3.4 ohms)I took out.
Installation.
Removing the rear covers is pretty straight forward, First prop up the hatch so that there is no tension on the lifts, With a screwdriver you can move the spring clip and the lift will pop off the ball. Then there are 4 plastic pins the need to be popped out. then just pull out the cover out from the bottom. Remove the speakers, Connect the new speakers (I won't go into that, you have to make the plugs work) and then bolt them back in. Cake x 2. Black is ground in the rear and green is ground in the front.
Front doors:
Driver side, remove the small oval panel under the handle and there are two torx screws, then the panel pulls straight off, starting at the bottom, there is a place to pry on the bottom to get started. then the panel will make a ton of noise as you continue to pull. Just replace the speakers (wiring again) and replace the panel and the little cover.
Passenger side, the screws are in a different place, one is behind the door release button(just pull the aluminum cover straight off) and the other is under the armrest(just a hole)
Note: before you tighten the screws close the door and make sure the panel lines up, if not there is a bit of movement available(very little) align and tighten.
Took me about 1.5 hours, because I was being extra cautious learning how the rear panels came off. The result was pretty amazing. I spent about $160 for the speakers. I had done my homework and listened to many different speakers and the Eclipses were by far the brightest, and that is what the Bose lacked. Bose and their paper speakers Believe me boys and girls there is nothing special about the Bose Installation, there is no enclosure for the rears, just a plastic square bracket. The C4 Bose had enclosures and amps. The fronts are nothing special, the speaker is just screwed to the panel and there is no enclosure there either. Standard old paper 4 ohm speakers.
Well I did it, Replaced the 3.5" in the door and the 5.25" in the back. And am I happy. XM is now clean and crisp, I can hear the snare loud an clear, the symbols are back, I am hearing stuff I haven't heard in songs I know and like. I had to turn down the treble for the CD, which for my ears is saying something.
Blow by blow.
The speakers: Eclipse SE8233 3.5" coaxial and SE8353 5.25" triaxial. They each measure 3.4 ohms and exactly matched the Bose (3.4 ohms)I took out.
Installation.
Removing the rear covers is pretty straight forward, First prop up the hatch so that there is no tension on the lifts, With a screwdriver you can move the spring clip and the lift will pop off the ball. Then there are 4 plastic pins the need to be popped out. then just pull out the cover out from the bottom. Remove the speakers, Connect the new speakers (I won't go into that, you have to make the plugs work) and then bolt them back in. Cake x 2. Black is ground in the rear and green is ground in the front.
Front doors:
Driver side, remove the small oval panel under the handle and there are two torx screws, then the panel pulls straight off, starting at the bottom, there is a place to pry on the bottom to get started. then the panel will make a ton of noise as you continue to pull. Just replace the speakers (wiring again) and replace the panel and the little cover.
Passenger side, the screws are in a different place, one is behind the door release button(just pull the aluminum cover straight off) and the other is under the armrest(just a hole)
Note: before you tighten the screws close the door and make sure the panel lines up, if not there is a bit of movement available(very little) align and tighten.
Took me about 1.5 hours, because I was being extra cautious learning how the rear panels came off. The result was pretty amazing. I spent about $160 for the speakers. I had done my homework and listened to many different speakers and the Eclipses were by far the brightest, and that is what the Bose lacked. Bose and their paper speakers Believe me boys and girls there is nothing special about the Bose Installation, there is no enclosure for the rears, just a plastic square bracket. The C4 Bose had enclosures and amps. The fronts are nothing special, the speaker is just screwed to the panel and there is no enclosure there either. Standard old paper 4 ohm speakers.
