I've got some Pioneer components for the front of my car with all the appropriate bits and was just wondering if there were any guides on door card removal as I may attempt to fit them myself?

Removal is pretty easy. Make sure you have some spare door clips as you are likely to break some.

 

Drivers side and passenger side are different but the idea is basically the same.

 

1. Remove the Lights in the bottom of the door cards. use a flat blade screwdriver or trim remover to pop them out.

2. With a flat blade screwdriver/trim remover pop off the tweeter cover. You will need to unplug them from the loom too. You will see a screw which needs removing. T15 iirc

3. Drivers side pull up on the handle/electric window adjuster trim. It will pop off but will need some pressure. This reviels 4 screws. T30 and T15 iirc

4. Bottom of each door card are 2 screws, T10 or T15.

5. Passenger side - To remove the cover of the handle there is a gap at the bottom of it. Put a flat blade screw driver in there and lever it up, this will slowly help to remove the cover. Behind the cover there will be 2 holes. There are T30 screws at the bottom of the holes.

 

Once all the screws are removed (5 passenger side and 7 drivers side) you can then unclip the clips. Once all are unclipped pull the trim upwards and away from the door, you now need to unclip the cable attaching the door handle to the door trim on the back of the door card. There is a bit of plastic which you pull up to enable you to slide and remove the wire from the door trim.

On the drivers side you also need to remove the red led from the loom, again, just a simple clip.

 

It sounds a lot when typing it out but it only takes 5 minutes per door to remove.

 

The speakers are held in with rivvets so you will need rivvets and a rivvet gun to fit the new speakers

Removal is pretty easy. Make sure you have some spare door clips as you are likely to break some.

 

Drivers side and passenger side are different but the idea is basically the same.

 

1. Remove the Lights in the bottom of the door cards. use a flat blade screwdriver or trim remover to pop them out.

2. With a flat blade screwdriver/trim remover pop off the tweeter cover. You will need to unplug them from the loom too. You will see a screw which needs removing. T15 iirc

3. Drivers side pull up on the handle/electric window adjuster trim. It will pop off but will need some pressure. This reviels 4 screws. T30 and T15 iirc

4. Bottom of each door card are 2 screws, T10 or T15.

5. Passenger side - To remove the cover of the handle there is a gap at the bottom of it. Put a flat blade screw driver in there and lever it up, this will slowly help to remove the cover. Behind the cover there will be 2 holes. There are T30 screws at the bottom of the holes.

 

Once all the screws are removed (5 passenger side and 7 drivers side) you can then unclip the clips. Once all are unclipped pull the trim upwards and away from the door, you now need to unclip the cable attaching the door handle to the door trim on the back of the door card. There is a bit of plastic which you pull up to enable you to slide and remove the wire from the door trim.

On the drivers side you also need to remove the red led from the loom, again, just a simple clip.

 

It sounds a lot when typing it out but it only takes 5 minutes per door to remove.

 

The speakers are held in with rivvets so you will need rivvets and a rivvet gun to fit the new speakers

 

Rivets?! Mental.  I hate it how car manufacturers simply don't want customers fiddling with their car at all these days :(

They really dont like you fiddling. Now they make it even harder and try to force you to buy the upgraded audio package for the car from new.

 

Audi's cant have aftermarket headunits fitted unless you wire them completely seperate. Same goes with mercedes as they use fibreoptics.

 

Compared to now the mk2 octavia is easy, even if it does use canbus

Rivets?! Mental.  I hate it how car manufacturers simply don't want customers fiddling with their car at all these days :(

 

It's not just a case of car manufacturers stopping your fiddling with their cars, it's down to cost - rivets are quicker and cheaper to fit than nuts and bolts.

 

Here's my post with a few pics but basically as Ryan explains above - click here

 

Drill off the heads of the rivets using a 6mm drill and carefully prise out the OE speaker (which has an integral spacer).  Using pliers, push the rivets through not letting them drop into the door (they'll rattle).  You will require adaptors to fit aftermarket speakers - I used Connects2 CT25VW07 sourced via ebay.  Fit these in place with M6 bolts, washers and nyloc nuts then screw the speaker in place with self-tapping screws.  You will have to modify the wiring to connect to the new speakers (and cut a hole in the speaker adaptor to pass the wires through).

 

Cheers,

Andrew