Anyone added speakers to the Touring trim to get the sound system closer to the Elite level? Specifically speakers in the back row?
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Not sure about the factory speakers, but these worked well for me.
$80 on Amazon. They were a little tight to fit between the trim and the actual metal D-pillar of the frame, but I got them to work and they sound great.
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And these were a must for splicing into the wiring harness.
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What was difficult to install and how did you get them to work?
Hello I tried to add the speaker to the 3rd row and got the same speaker infinity 3032cfx. But the magnet of the speaker bump against the car body and I cannot push the trim into the right place. Did that happen to you too? Can you let me know how did you solve it? Thanks
Trimmed the circle on the trim that the speaker was hitting and bent the speaker mount tabs.
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I took some clippers and cut the mounting towers down by about 1/4in. There was still room between the speaker diaphragm and the plastic grill so that worked. It was a tight squeeze and the back of the speakers were touching the metal of the D pillar, but it did fit back together.
Thank you! I will try that. So in summary:
1) Trim the mounting tower -- that's where the screw goes into, right?
2) bent the mount tab of the speaker, so the speaker sinks into it a bit more.
3) Trim the circle that the speaker faces.
I was surprised not many people mentioned the clearance, as it turned out to be the major hurdle I faced. Thank you fro the help
Thank you for the help. I was able to put back the trim on the passenger side. One major step! Hooray!
Now again I am stuck on the driver side. there is a harness cable that leaves even smaller clearance. It’s not found in the passenger side, but only on the driver side.
someone mentioned that he needed to reroute the harness cable. Did you do the same? If so, how did you do the rerouting? Thanks!
Now again I am stuck on the driver side. there is a harness cable that leaves even smaller clearance. It’s not found in the passenger side, but only on the driver side.
someone mentioned that he needed to reroute the harness cable. Did you do the same? If so, how did you do the rerouting? Thanks!
If I remember correctly, I just made sure it's pushed out of the way when i reinstalled the panel.
Thank you. I tried but was not able to push it out as it was securely attached to the car body thorough some hook. It would give me some room to push out if I can pry the hook out. Do you recall if that was what you did? Thank you for the help!
I do not recall, sorry.
Thank you. I will probably order an OEM speaker which is supposed to be much lower profile.
The problem with that is that it may get blown quickly as elite has a different amp that's powering them appropriately. If you just hook up to 6.5" on the doors - you may blow them.
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I think dicmi was referring to using a 3.5 inch OEM speaker in the third row versus the infinity 3032cfx. Was going to attempt the same job so curious to know if you were able to find the OEM part of the speakers that might go in easier than the infinity ones?
I know that's what he was saying. But he would still be running the wire from 6.5" speaker harness in the doors. That's what I was addressing.
But to answer your question, yes. The part number for the speaker is the first line on this invoice.
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Ah okay, thanks for that. Did you end up not running the wire from the 6.5" speaker harness in the doors or are the 3.5" infinity speakers different in some way in that it would not pose that issue?
They come with proper resistors to block out the frequency that the speakers can't safely produce, for the lack of better term. I did run the wire from 6.5", but installed the resistors that came with them.
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