E450 front speaker upgrade?
What's the "Best" way to improve the front cab speakers on an E-450? Space looks very limited, possibly necessitating use of the existing in-door speaker mounting locations??? 1. Easiest would be...
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lawtonglenn wrote:eric1514 wrote:
Let us know how you get the door panels off (pics would be great). I'd like to upgrade the speakers in the cab of my RV, but I don't want to break and plastic parts doing so.
TIA,
Eric
Replaced the 6x8 speakers in the doors of our 2006 E350 last night with a pair of "last year's model" 682.9cf Infinity Kappa that I picked up new for $99 on eBay (they are $125 on Amazon)... this year's model 682.11cf are $179 on Crutchfield.
Improvement is awesome! ... IMHO spending thousands on an RV sound system is only worth it if you intend to listen to lots of music whilst parked.. moving there is just too much road noise/MH noise to tell the difference between a really nice $800 upgrade, and an unbelievable $2500 upgrade ... just my opinion.
Anyway, door speaker replacement takes just 5 minutes:
Pop off Black mirror trim triangle... top comes out first
Remove one screw behind it. (Phillips)
Remove one screw under door handle. (Phillips)
Pop off door handle trim ... front comes out first
Remove one screw behind it. (Phillips)
Pop off round cover at bottom rear of panel
Remove one screw behind it. (Phillips)
Pop off Power Window switch panel ... front comes out first
Remove one screw behind it. (Phillips)
No need to disconnect Power Window switch panel
Lift panel straight up and off
Let hang from Power Window wiring ... no biggie
Remove 4 screws around stock speaker (Torx T20)
Disconnect speaker wire connector and remove stock speaker
Snip wires just above connector and strip ends
Install wires into new speaker inputs (let BLUE = Neg)
Re-install (follow steps above bottom to top)
