I replaced my front speakers last weekend. It can try your patiene but there are a couple tricks that make the job a lot easier. For those that still have their original speakers, I was surprised to find when I removed mine that the foam surrounds on my front speakers was completely gone. It appears to have deteriorated with time to the point where it had completely crumbled away. My speakers still worked, but the quality of sound obviously wasn't the greatest. I would suspect that most all original front speakers are kaput due to age. In order to give me a little better access without removing more stuff than necessary, I simply removed the air duct leading to the door jamb on both the driver's and passenger side. Removing these ducts is a 2-minute job and gives you a little better room. I did not find a need to remove anything else to get sufficient access. You get at the speakers using the usual technique of laying on your back in the footwell. Some people reportedly remove the seats to get better access, but I have never found this to be necessary. It may depend on how nimble you are and your general size of build. Removing the speakers is a breeze. Usually it's getting the new ones back in that gives people fits since the magnet has a tendency to steal the fasteners when your fumbling with them under the dash -- but there's a trick to it. Using a properly sized socket on an extension, put a shim in the bottom of the socket so as to keep the nut flush with the end of the socket. Put the nut in the socket. Put the washer ontop of the nut and secure in place with scotch tape. Using an exacto knife (or similar) cut out the hole in the center of the washer in the tape (to avoid the tape fouling the threads). The nut and washer should now be secure in the socket attached to the end of a suitable extension. Laying in the footwell, you can now use your setup to screw one side of the replacement speaker in place. I found that I could only get one hand on the speaker at a time, but with the little trick it was possible to hold the speakeri n place while also threading the nut/washer on the stud. After it's threaded on, the tape tears away leaving the nut/washer on the stud with the speaker in place. Repeat with the other stud (which will be easier once the speaker is suspended from the first fastener). Because the speaker is mounted from underneath and there is no cavity to accommodate a protruding tweeter, you have to make sure your replacement speaker has no tweeter protrusion. Good luck. The installation can try your patience and working with your hand over your head is a little tiring, but take your time and take it easy. Knut --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jordan rubin wrote: > Hello all: > > I have confirmed that my driver side front speaker > is dead, and not the fault of the radio. I figure I > might as well replace both. It seems almost too easy > to get to from the bottom but I have this feeling that > to remove them, i have to take the whole dash apart. > Does anyone know the easiest way to get at these > speakers for replacement? > >