Replacing woofer (sub woofer) in 98 TA

[I'mLS1John]

I blew out one of the woofers in my 98 Trans Am. The car has the factory Monsoon sound system. It's the one on the passenger side, in the back seat area just above the "arm rest".

1. How do you remove the big plastic piece the speaker is behind? (it takes up that whole part of the back seat area)

2. Am I better off to buy a better set of speakers or go to the dealer and buy a replacement?

[sunsetorangess]

There is a plastic grill that the speaker sits behind, the grill just pops out, its got like 4 tabs on it, But just sliding a screwdriver behind it will allow you to pop it out.
When i blew mine i just picked up some pioneer replacement speakers, i forget the size thou. 6x8's maybe?
J

[I'mLS1John]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try that and see what happens!

[third_shift|studios]

nope, not 6x8. it is a 6.25 "mid woofer" and runs @ 2ohms. You'll want to replace it with a stock speaker [from ebay-you can find them dirt cheap] or Elemental Design's EU 700.

Once you remove the grill, you can pull on that plastic panel pretty hard without breaking it-that should give you room to put tools in there. BECAREFUL b/c the stock screws and their anchors are terrible. You might find it helpful to disgard them and get some self-driving screws.

[greatwhiteZ28]

soo the size of the woofer is only 6 x 6.25? i thought it was hidden in the trucnk somewhere?

i know the amp is there somehwere, but our subs are on the left and right of the middle back seats??

[greatwhiteZ28]

soo you say to buy the stock ones, soo is there anything better then the moonsoon system speakers wise , thats not to pricy