Re: Rear Woofer Replacement (more) (archive)

: Me again. My car has the split-fold rear seat. I pulled a rear speaker grill off tonight to find a woofer deep down in there and surrounded with foam. No visible screws. Seems that woofer was installed after the damn car was painted and the rest of the car was built on top of it. BMW could learn a few things from Honda in this area. Pop off grill, undo 4 screws, remove, replace - DONE!

I have not replaced my speakers, but I have had them out. The speakers are not mounted by themselves, but they are the same idea as the main ones in the front doors - mounted in a large plastic "sound enclosure" - which is in turn attached to the car.
In the case of the rear units you need to remove the package shelf to get access to the speaker enclosures. And to do that you do following:

- Fold down rear seat backs.
- pull off side seat bolsters (pull out at top and fold forward.
- remove rear head restraints
- remove plastic trim panel above opening to trunk.
- remove 3 seat belt tether caps (if you have these - plastic triangles on the upper surface of the package shelf)
- remove lights in C pillar panels.
- remove C pillar panels
- remove DSP system subwoofer in trunk if you have this.
- undo 3 bolts under the package shelf in trunk.
- undo seat belts under rear seat (or be prepared to have them in your way while removing the packag shelf.
- remove the vent grills at the back of the package shelf (pull up at front and slide forward)
- lift package shelf at front and slide forward (keep lifting as you pull - need to get clearance between components.

Now you will see the screws that hold the speaker enclosures.

Cheers

Jim Cash
London, Ontario, Canada
E39 97 540i/A

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