How to replace the speakers in a 440

[Welshboyglos]

OK, after spending pots of money on the exterior Myrtle is having the sound system tinkered with again. The original Volvo stereo is long gone having been replaced by an Alpine headunit with 6 disc changer in the boot. But the speakers are original and sound rather poor by comparison.

So one happy purchase from Ebay later I now own some shiny new Alpine SPE1302 speakers, nothing fancy but hopefully enough to make the good times roll!

One problem.

Anyone know how to dismantle everything to fit the new ones? Which nuts, screws or bolts need removing?

I could really do with help from those who have been here before me as I don't want to go breaking the interior trim (as I undoubtedly will otherwise) trying to get rid of the old ones!

Thanks, in advance

Andrew

You can remove the front speaker grills by carefully prising them out to reveal the screws that hold the speakers in. You do not have to remove door trim. I have never done the front tweeters in the windscreen pillers so can't help you there. The rear speakers can be removed once the plastic trim which the parcel shelf connects to and sits on is removed. The lug that the shelf clips onto on both sides has a screw through it, remove that, fold down rear seats and find other screws to remove the whole plastic trim. The speaker screws will be seen after the trim is removed. You need a very stubby phillips screwdriver for the screws as access to them is very limited as you will find out!
Hope this is of some help to you.

[Welshboyglos]

Thank you Denny James

I have just spent the last 25 minutes whipping out panels and replacing the speakers - i had no intention of changing the tweaters as I guess that's a job to do when having a windscreen replaced(?) Otherwise it was quite a straightforward job.

Hope this helps someone else out as well

As for the sound, well it's not boom boom bang bang cos that's not what I wanted but those Alpine's fit perfectly and are definately better than the Volvo card speakers - I think that an old baked bean tin and some string would have produced a better sound than those old things ever could!!

Thanks again

Pleased to hear you got it done without breaking anything!! Enjoy your music.

I did exactly the same with my 760 turbo saloon, although I wasn't happy with the bass response so I added a 350watt subwoofer in the boot sounds absolutley awesome.

Gizz'y

Gotta love the internet, just want to add some basic new speakers (not fussy, just sufficient!) on my 440, no idea how... and now I do.

I'm not at all sure though when it comes to amps etc? Do I need a new amp/cassette player, or can i just plug the new speakers into the existing system?

Appreciate some advice

[Daniel M]

Glad you found it easy Andrew.

With regards to the tweeters, they are a funny rectangular shape, so i would be very very surprised if you could find anything to repace them. Plus i had mine wired up to my old system and they lasted about a week before they popped anyway.

I did put some Sony tweeters in, and my goodness did they make a difference. You can see them mounted just to the right of the steering wheel-one each side obviously. Tweeters. I'd def recomend them if anybody's considering it.

@Weeksy. Depends. If you just want to upgrade the speakers in the doors, then just replacing them is fine. I'd advise using the speaker wire that comes with the speakers as the Volvo wires will be rated to work with their speakers. Basically, if the signal going through the standard wires is too great, then it will filter out the frequencies it thinks the speakers can't handle....and as the car isn't alive, it will still think the originals are in so the sound quality won't be as good.

If you want amps etc, thats a whole new ball game. You'll need a new CD player for a start, then it's just £££. But if you love your tunes, you won't regret it. I didn't!

Hi Guys,

Just about to pop off and get some new speakers, thinking of replacing headunit with a basic JVC cd player (slot loading)... but I can't get the old headunit out!

On the standard 440 series cassette player, how do I remove it?

Advice please! Ta

[dralphs]

hi. you need a pair of din radio removal pins or something similar, see

http://www.incarexpress.co.uk/view_p...?partno=DINKEY

At each end of the radio are two small holes (possibly behind a plastic clip on cover depending on model). Insert the pins which depresses the latches, the radio can now be pulled out, but every one i've done has been quite tight.

Dave

Thanks for that mate

Fortunately a genius mate pointed me in the direction of those tongs, so I've had the last week with a nice new Kenwood slot loading CD player, and managed to replace the ariel!

Replaced the speakers with some £25 Pioneers in the front, and hopefully some larger and better in the back once I get some cash together.

I should point out the reason I have had to do this is that my cigarette lighter socket in the car has died (plugging anything in causes the "door open" lamp to light on the dash and no power to the thing plugged in....). My old MP3 player > tape deck would not work without this power (dodgy battery), so it was either replace my car mp3 player with a new one (ipod or whatever £200+), or new head unit and speakers for £150 ish.... no competition!