March 9, 200422 yr How do you get the lousy factory speakers out of the rear shelf on a 4-door Imp??? Tried pulling on the plastic grill and something snapped, but the grill is only loose in that one place. Someone please help me quick! I wanna do this NOW, and I will end up breaking something if I don't know what I am doing! 2000 model year, last of the MkI
March 9, 200422 yr Sorry, can't help you with the speakers. I only put speakers in a Station Wagon - thats another story btw. My question is off-topic: Weren't you planning to get a new(er) Legacy??? I see now that you are a proud owner of an Impreza - congratulations! How do you like it ? What mileage do you get with the 2.0 engine in an Impreza? I once had the opportunity to drive an Impreza with 2.0 and 125 HP for a few days and I felt that the acceleration is almost similiar to my Legacy 2.5 with 156 HP.
March 9, 200422 yr hey..not sure if my legacy is similar but i had to pull off the rear seat cushion (unscrew the two bolts by the foot well on the rear footwell wall, behind the seats. Next, unscrew the 3 bolts under the back rest, where the seat belt comes out, where the seat cushion and back rest meet. Pull the backrest up and unhook it. Pull out the cover to reveal the speakers. Unscrew the screws (3) and unhook the jack in the trunk, under the speakers. Hope yours is similar.
March 11, 200422 yr Author Remove the two bolts holding the rear seat squab, and remove the squab by pulling it forward and then sideways out of the car. Remove the three bolts holding the rear seat backrest, and unhook it by lifting at the headrests. It helps if you can find someone to assist in lifting the backrest out of the car, it's a little cumbersome and the brackets love to scratch the door sills. Unhook the two plastic plugs and one plastic "bolt" securing the kickplate - aka. doorstep. Both sides of the car. Pull the vertical plastic trim off the doorframe - two clips holding it on quite tight. Both sides. Unscrew the single screw at the base of the "C" pillar trim, just below the slit where the seatbelt emerges. Get your fingers behind the panel and pry it off. Two plastic "rivets" at the rear, and a host of clips along the way up to the roof and forward to the "B" pillar. Drop the panel down by extending the seatbelt to allow some play. Let them rest outside the car, if possible. RIGHT! You can now pop the four black plastic rivets holding the parcel shelf and hey-presto there's the speakers! An 8mm wrench will allow you to unscrew the entire speaker mount, without clashing for space with the rear window. I did all this today, and it took about two hours, doing it single handedly, and learning as I went along. Drilled new holes in the speaker mount plates and screwed in my JBL's. I expect half an hour can be trimmed off when you know what you're doing. Oh yeah, installation is the reverse of removal
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