How to get sail panel grill off
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How to get sail panel grill off I need to know how to get my sail panel speaker grill off with out breaking it so i can put it back on. I just bought a replacement monsoon sub for the drivers said. thanks in advance
BTW: 00 Trans Am w/ monsoon cd system.
BTW: 00 Trans Am w/ monsoon cd system.
take the whole panel off, mine were glued from the back on some of the tabs, and the rest just pop out
to remove the panel take out 2 screws where the T-Top gets put in, remove the rear most piece of plastic, which holds the 4 in speaker. remove the screw at the bottom, and take out the little coat hanger thing, then it should slide right off. there is velcro so it may not come off so easily when you have that stuff off
jimmy
to remove the panel take out 2 screws where the T-Top gets put in, remove the rear most piece of plastic, which holds the 4 in speaker. remove the screw at the bottom, and take out the little coat hanger thing, then it should slide right off. there is velcro so it may not come off so easily when you have that stuff off
jimmy
You don't have to take the whole panel off, just take a butter knife and pry up under the grill and pop it out, it worked for me, then there are the speaker bolts, take those off, and take the speaker out, put the new on in, pop the grill back on, your done.
Butter knife? Do you use pliers to work on your car as well?
Use a large blade flat screw driver, and carefully push each tab back while applying a little pressure outward on the grill.
Butter knife, LOL
Use a large blade flat screw driver, and carefully push each tab back while applying a little pressure outward on the grill.
Butter knife, LOL
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Originally Posted by ramairbrc
Butter knife?
Originally Posted by ramairbrc
Do you use pliers to work on your car as well?
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Originally Posted by VIP1
Its less harsh than a screw driver and somethimes just the right shape/size/width that you need.
Of course. Pliers come in handy in any job that is stubborn or you cant get your fingers in there. How else do you pull off metal clips?
Of course. Pliers come in handy in any job that is stubborn or you cant get your fingers in there. How else do you pull off metal clips?
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yea my old 97 camaro had the sail panel grills glued on in areas and me being the impatient person i am just yanked and cracked them a lil bit. i also broke the front ones too when i found out those griills were never made to come out and your suppose to pull the whole door panel off...good thing i'm 5 years older now and a little more patient and mature with the new t/a. this one won't be so ghetto rigged
My 98 Trans Am did not have any glue either. They do have some small black pieces of foam that I thought looked like they were there for noise or vibration dampening.
Last edited by KEE AUDIO; Dec 6, 2007 at 09:01 AM.
I just had to take my driver's side sail panel grill off to replace the stock Monsoon speaker. I used D Rock's butter knife advice and it came off easily. It wasn't glued either.
Funny thing guys!! I went to the junk yard the other day for some misc parts and came across several F-bodies. They were pretty much stripped but I was checking the sail panels anyway. I found that out of 6 cars...Camaro and Firebird...2 had glue on the sailpanel grills. I guess it was like anything else with GM....whoever was on the assembly line that day depended on whether you got glue or not. LOL!!
Is anyone upgrading the wiring to the sail panel monsoon stuff or is it pretty decent wire? When I go to replace them I'll run new wire if it needs it...but if it doesn't then I'd rather just move the stock wires over from the monsoon amp to the new amp.
Personally if your running a new amp I'd run new wire as well. This is the route I went when I did mine and others I've done with aftermarket amplification. The stock harness is still in place but I ran all new 12ga wire to doors and sails.