Removal of front speaker from a GTI

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:09 pm

Chaps, I'm sure you can help but I'm not sure about how to remove the front door speaker cover on a Mk5 Polo GTI. Will I need to remove the whole door panel or just the round mesh piece?

Also the reason I wish to do this is because the speaker on the passenger side keeps playing up every so often, losing sound...could it be a loose speaker wire connection? Cheers!

zahir_213 · Post by **zahir_213** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:39 pm

its gotta be the same as doing it on a normal MK5 polo. If it is and all you GTI owners please correct me if im wrong, then look at this post i started a while ago. polo2k was quick to help me out on this one:
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... php?t=1683

could be a dodgy connection, what headunit you runing?

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:46 pm

Cheers, thought I'd seen something of a similar posting somewhere...sounds really complicated...I may just live with the intermittent sound...or wait until there is more daylight so that I can spend a whole day on it! heh heh!

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:09 pm

The intermitted sound is now starting to get on my nerves, I'm going to have to brave it and give it a go...I think I'll wait until the weather turns warmer though...if I don't try I'll never know! (just hope I don't bugger up the door panel!). Oh, how do you undo the door pins? are they simply screw in?

I'm running a Sony Minidisc player so I don't think it is that powerful to blow the speaker away! Loose connection is probably what it may be..I hope...if not, oh well looks like a new set of speakers will be needed!

Cheers!

zahir_213 · Post by **zahir_213** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:52 pm

the door pins pop off with a trim tool, if im right?
I think im right but dnt blame me if something breaks. And something always breaks lol

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:34 am

the door pins are screw
as for blowing the speaker most sony H/Us are 40-45w and the stock speakers are 15w max

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:03 pm

i did it last weekend, and was surprised how easy it was!

levering off the clips on the bottom of the door is the hardest bit, I used a large flat bladed screwdriver (wrapped in a bit of cloth to protect the paintwork) right next to the trim clips.

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:50 pm

Thanks, I assume the clips were at the bottom of the door card and that the screwdriver with cloth was used to prise it apart? How many clips were there and whereabouts are they located?

So, I could have blown the speakers? (well, one, singular!), am I right in thinking that they are 6.5 inch and 13cm if I was to purchase some new ones?

Cheers chaps!

zahir_213 · Post by **zahir_213** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:28 pm

think they are 165mm

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:28 pm

mine were 170mm, (but either should fit)

there are 4 clips I think, if you lie on the floor and look up at the bottom of the door you should spot them. I put the screwdriver near to the clip and then turned the screwdriver through 90 degrees to pop the clips apart.

when it all goes back together just give the door card a thump in the right place and it'll click in

the speaker wires are constantly being bent every time you open the door so over time that breaks the wire strands. you might need to patch in a new wire