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Hi! The 6.5" mid/bass driver in the driver's side door (front) is distorting. I think I need a new one. I have a '02 suburban and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get the door panel off. On my 96 sub it was easy. Do you need special tools? What's the trick? Any help greatly appreciated! The local car stereo shop wants to charge me $69 for a pair of Blaupunkt speakers and another $90 in labor to do it.

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Hi! The 6.5" mid/bass driver in the driver's side door (front) is distorting. I think I need a new one. I have a '02 suburban and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get the door panel off. On my 96 sub it was easy. Do you need special tools? What's the trick? Any help greatly appreciated! The local car stereo shop wants to charge me $69 for a pair of Blaupunkt speakers and another $90 in labor to do it.

 

 

 

 

Hey, I just did mine tonight in my 2002 2500 HD. I would think they would be the same. First I took out the screw around the door pull. Next I slid a screw driver between the back side of the door lock trim plate and the cloth on the door panel, a slight pry and it will come right off. After that take out the power window switch plate. Lift up on the right side, I did mine with my fingers, until the push hooks release. Then it will pull out straight toward you. Go ahead and take the plugs out of the back and set the switch plate aside. There is a second screw behind the switch plate you can then remove. To remove the trim plate around the door handle, just carefully use a screw drive to pull it out a little and get you fingers behind it. There was one push hook on mine and you will need to pull the door handle to the open position to take the trim all the way off. After this grasp the door pull and the bottom of the door panel and pick it up toward the sky. There are "L" shaped hooks molded to the door panel. I said pick it up but what I really mean is jerk it up with a quick sudden motion. The door panel will go up about an inch or so. You will need to unhook the speaker wire to the tweeter before moving the door panel too far away from the door. Also my truck has a small curb light in the bottom corner that I pulled out before I could put the door panel down in the grass. Hope this helps.

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I just replaced the speakers on my 01 EC pickup. Same basic procedure as described above, except mine didn't have a screw behind the switch plate, mine was behind the trim plate around the door handle. I also had a screw on the bottom of the door (right in the middle) holding the door panel in place. I also removed the triangle trim piece at the very top front of the panel (where mirrors mount). This made it easier to lift the door panel up and out.

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I just replaced the door speakers on my '01 Suburban. The fronts need a special adapter plate that enables the speaker to clip into the door. Order from Crutchfield, they give you written instructions on how to take the door panel off, and they gave me the adapter plates for free, as well as plug-n-play wiring adapters for the factory connectors.

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