taking off the door panel??? - Honda Prelude Forum

railsldr · 12-25-2002, 11:20 PM

I got some new speakers for my rear deck and my doors. PolkAudio GXR6's. Hopefully they fit in the door. Anyway how hard is it to get the door panels off and back on correctly. I don't wanna mess anything up just to put some speakers in.

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-25-2002, 11:24 PM

I have looked through all of my pictures and those are not on my HD.

red92s · 12-25-2002, 11:27 PM

Door panel removal is fairly straight forward. You'll need a phillips and flatbladed screwdriver.

Remove the triangle sail pillar (by mirror) but pulling it off.
remove screws located around perimeter off door ( I think there is about 3)
Remove one screw from little change holder pocket, and pocket itself
remove screws from door handle trim
pry out mirror switch (92-93, driver's side only)
take off handle trim ( pull handle to clear trim). Disconnect wiring plugs
start at bottom of door. Pull outward HARD to remove pop-clips
work your way around door undoing pop-clips as you go (about 10 or so)
Pull door panel up to unhook from window frame

EDIT: well damn, I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. . .

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-25-2002, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by red92s

EDIT: well damn, I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. . .

Great instructions though. Makes this 4th gen FAQ worthy!

railsldr · 12-25-2002, 11:31 PM

and what does the green box mean in the pic. Heh thanks for the pic and instructions. These speakers are already nice in my rear deck.

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-25-2002, 11:31 PM

Here is what the speaker baskets look like. Good luck getting the polks to fit.

You are gonna have to modify the baskets in order to fit those speakers.

railsldr · 12-25-2002, 11:32 PM

bah bastards told me they would fit. Oh well maybe I will have someone do it for me since last time I tried to modify a speaker basket was in my friends car. We messed it up bad lol.

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-25-2002, 11:33 PM

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Originally posted by railsldr
and what does the green box mean in the pic. Heh thanks for the pic and instructions. These speakers are already nice in my rear deck.

The green box is what hangs the door panel on the metal part of the door. Right at the bottom of the window.

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-25-2002, 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by railsldr
bah bastards told me they would fit. Oh well maybe I will have someone do it for me since last time I tried to modify a speaker basket was in my friends car. We messed it up bad lol.

You can try it. You won't hurt anything. Best tool is a dremel. Hope you have one cause it makes the job so easy! And you will save some money.

rybred · 12-26-2002, 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by MR.CLIFFORD

The green box is what hangs the door panel on the metal part of the door. Right at the bottom of the window.

hey this is off topic kinda, but since you got that perfect picture of the inside door...maybe you know about applying some brown bread or other dampener mat...do you just cover that whole area on top of that white plastic, or completely take all that stuff off...if you know, or anyone else please tell me, thanks!

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-26-2002, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by rybred
hey this is off topic kinda, but since you got that perfect picture of the inside door...maybe you know about applying some brown bread or other dampener mat...do you just cover that whole area on top of that white plastic, or completely take all that stuff off...if you know, or anyone else please tell me, thanks!

Take it off. You have to stick it to something. Pull the white stuff off, Prep, and stick your sound deadener to the metal.

That's what I did

red92s · 12-26-2002, 08:40 PM

You have to remove the white vapor shield and then throughly clean the metal before applying sound deadener.

rybred · 12-26-2002, 09:49 PM

thanks guys!

MidNKight-lude · 12-26-2002, 10:59 PM

omg omg omg this is what i need thanks andy

Si4WS · 12-26-2002, 11:06 PM

This is a very nice thread, nice pix and info, will this be FAQ'd?

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-26-2002, 11:08 PM

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omg omg omg this is what i need thanks andy

What are you doing Hien?

railsldr · 12-27-2002, 12:23 AM

the speakers in our doors are 6.5's aren't they. Cause a guy I talked today said that he thought they were 5 1/4's

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-27-2002, 07:51 AM

I have 6.5s up front. But you might have a depth issue with 6.5s so you can step down a couple and get the 5 1/4s and use spacers to fill it up.

MidNKight-lude · 12-28-2002, 12:28 AM

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Originally posted by MR.CLIFFORD

What are you doing Hien?

i will be installing alpine component in a few weeks,

red92s · 12-28-2002, 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by railsldr
the speakers in our doors are 6.5's aren't they. Cause a guy I talked today said that he thought they were 5 1/4's

Either size will fit. 6.5's usually require that you modify the plastic basket by cutting of the back.

FAQ'd.

cifer6425 · 12-28-2002, 10:41 AM

when i put my speakers in, i also put plastic behind the speaker to keep dirt off them and to keep the cold winter air out.

SLICK96 · 01-05-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by MR.CLIFFORD
Here is what the speaker baskets look like. Good luck getting the polks to fit.

You are gonna have to modify the baskets in order to fit those speakers.

Just buy some spacers for those speakers... they should pop right in w/ the right-sized spacers... worked for me!

J

trudoggslude · 04-21-2003, 01:13 AM

just cut the inside of the plastic out. then no matter how big the magnet is it will fit

red92s · 04-21-2003, 07:09 AM

please dont reply to 4 month old threads just to raise your post count.

yohan420 · 04-23-2003, 09:48 AM

FAQ this post!! Since its been recovered from the dead .. that the first place i looked for it.

MR.CLIFFORD · 04-23-2003, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by yohan420
FAQ this post!! Since its been recovered from the dead .. that the first place i looked for it.

It is already in the FAQ under door panel removal