How to replace the speakers in a 440

[Welshboyglos]

OK, after spending pots of money on the exterior Myrtle is having the sound system tinkered with again. The original Volvo stereo is long gone having been replaced by an Alpine headunit with 6 disc changer in the boot. But the speakers are original and sound rather poor by comparison.

So one happy purchase from Ebay later I now own some shiny new Alpine SPE1302 speakers, nothing fancy but hopefully enough to make the good times roll!

One problem.

Anyone know how to dismantle everything to fit the new ones? Which nuts, screws or bolts need removing?

I could really do with help from those who have been here before me as I don't want to go breaking the interior trim (as I undoubtedly will otherwise) trying to get rid of the old ones!

Thanks, in advance

Andrew

You can remove the front speaker grills by carefully prising them out to reveal the screws that hold the speakers in. You do not have to remove door trim. I have never done the front tweeters in the windscreen pillers so can't help you there. The rear speakers can be removed once the plastic trim which the parcel shelf connects to and sits on is removed. The lug that the shelf clips onto on both sides has a screw through it, remove that, fold down rear seats and find other screws to remove the whole plastic trim. The speaker screws will be seen after the trim is removed. You need a very stubby phillips screwdriver for the screws as access to them is very limited as you will find out!
Hope this is of some help to you.

[Welshboyglos]

Thank you Denny James

I have just spent the last 25 minutes whipping out panels and replacing the speakers - i had no intention of changing the tweaters as I guess that's a job to do when having a windscreen replaced(?) Otherwise it was quite a straightforward job.

Hope this helps someone else out as well

As for the sound, well it's not boom boom bang bang cos that's not what I wanted but those Alpine's fit perfectly and are definately better than the Volvo card speakers - I think that an old baked bean tin and some string would have produced a better sound than those old things ever could!!

Thanks again

Pleased to hear you got it done without breaking anything!! Enjoy your music.

I did exactly the same with my 760 turbo saloon, although I wasn't happy with the bass response so I added a 350watt subwoofer in the boot sounds absolutley awesome.

Gizz'y

Gotta love the internet, just want to add some basic new speakers (not fussy, just sufficient!) on my 440, no idea how... and now I do.

I'm not at all sure though when it comes to amps etc? Do I need a new amp/cassette player, or can i just plug the new speakers into the existing system?

Appreciate some advice