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Damaged speaker
Damaged driver speaker cover with my combat boots. Can I push the dent out without removing the door panel? If, not a link to "how to"Thanks ahead for your help,read this forum everyday, great people. Wild Bill
(Retiring next month, 39 years of military flying and now plan to just fly (cruise) in my vette.
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Congrats sir It's not difficult.
Here's a link to door panel removal ... don't say I never gave you anything
http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...or_handle.html
Dave Q.
Here's the pic ... there are just several tabs you have to starighten. They're pretty stiff though. Take you time.
It's not difficult.Here's a link to door panel removal ... don't say I never gave you anything
http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...or_handle.html
Dave Q.
Here's the pic ... there are just several tabs you have to starighten. They're pretty stiff though. Take you time.
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There is no way to remove the grill without removing the door panel (well, not without mangling it). You might be able to reach in behind the grill without pulling the door panel off completely, just pulling the bottom out far enough that you can wedge your hand behind the grill.
Here are great directions to taking off the door panel. If it is your first time, you will break at least one of the pins, so you are better off buying some ahead of time at a Chevy dealership, or at Auto Zone, Pep Boys, etc.
You can find some cheap door panel removal tools here. These will help keep you from breaking pins or grommets.
Here are great directions to taking off the door panel. If it is your first time, you will break at least one of the pins, so you are better off buying some ahead of time at a Chevy dealership, or at Auto Zone, Pep Boys, etc.
You can find some cheap door panel removal tools here. These will help keep you from breaking pins or grommets.
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Originally Posted by WildBill_64
Thanks, great info. What length are the pins as I will plan ahead now...
Thanks, WildBill
Thanks, WildBill
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There is also another method that I discovered and tried myself with success. Locate some fine gauge music wire. Bend a small loop at the end and feed through the grill. With some finagling, you should be able to wrap the wire around the mesh and pull the wire through. With both ends of the wire sticking out along with a pair of vice grips, clamp down on the wires and pull the dent out. You may need to do this several times.
Good luck.
Good luck.
