ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 how the hell do you get the door speaker cover off on a 96 2-door GP? I sure hope u dont have to take the entire door panel off cuz thats a real PITA. i cant find the places to pry or pull back if there are any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimp19 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 My sister wanted me to put new speakers in the doors of her 94, I thought it would be an easy job until I found out the grilles didn't pop off. Looked in my Haynes manual and it said the door panels had to be taken off :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 ahhhhhhhh damnit...if theres anything i hate about these cars its taking the door panels off. theres so many diffferent screws and i always either lose them or forget where they go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 cmon man pace yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 im already slow enough as it is. i cant count the number of times ive taken my door panels off and every time its just as annoying as the last. i just saw in chiltons that theres actually a tool for those stupid one way little off white plastic clips. anyone have it. is it useful/work good? if so where can i find one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJB Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 The door panel tool works great. Its worth the investment. I work at a bodyshop and I use it alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 where could i find one/about how much are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJB Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 where could i find one/about how much are they? Around $10-12 and most parts stores sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 I don't know about the Grand Prix, but on my Cutlass Supreme just pulling the door panel out enough for the trim panel tool fits in the gap is enough to break the panel. I hate these stupid nylon barbed fasteners. GM got smarter on the newer cars where you remove a few screws and just lift the door panel right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 I hate these stupid nylon barbed fasteners. u n me both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimp19 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 When my window went off track last summer I couldn't even get the panel off, so I just pulled the bottom out about half way and worked from there. Just to replace all 4 speakers in my sisters car the back seat has to come out and the door panels have to come off. Thats pretty stupid if you ask me, I still havn't changed the dash speakers in my cutty but the rear's only took 2 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 yea teh entire backseat has to come out and those pillar panels wit hthe lights for the backseat have to come off too. thank god thats not too much of a pita. hell i could probably pull the backseat out AND those 2 panels before i could pull one door panel off. BLAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 GM got smarter on the newer cars where you remove a few screws and just lift the door panel right off. You ever replaced speakers in the doors of a 97+ GP? 2 screws, and like 15 nylon clips all the way around the door. GM sure didn't want those door panels to budge, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 GM got smarter on the newer cars where you remove a few screws and just lift the door panel right off. You ever replaced speakers in the doors of a 97+ GP? 2 screws, and like 15 nylon clips all the way around the door. GM sure didn't want those door panels to budge, that's for sure. 15 nylon clips? Eeeeyugh!!! I don't think my friend's '95 Monte Z34 was that bad. My Silverado just has a little triangle that pulls out from behind the mirror. Then remove 3 screws and the whole door panel lifts straight up and then pulls out. Super simple, and nothing gets damaged. On all 3 of our Cutlass Supremes, the lower door panel piece is cracked or broken completely where the stupid nylon barb attaches to it. It was already like that on the '88 and '94, but I cracked the ones on my '89 and I was REAL careful with it and have the proper trim panel removal tool too. ARRRRGH! Nylon barbs and brittle plastic door trim panel parts are evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlassdude96 Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 geting the door panel off is not that hard, but getting those plastic things out the door is a problem :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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