Removing Speakers "HELP!"

OK. So I had the bright idea of changing the speakers over. Did a fair bit of research on here and at Club Lupo. Drilled out the rivets which I thought was going to be the hard bit, particularly since I've never used a drill in my life . But now im concerned about hammering the remaining metal 'posts' incase I damage the door? Do I hammer them in towards the door? lol.



But more importantly. When I removed the old speaker there was water on it and I have a river inside the door. I'm guessing the speaker isn't supposed to get wet?



Any help would be appreciated.

I do apologise for being a DIY disaster in the making. I'm TRYING to teach myself, lol

Cheers
Day

I've got one cover off without snapping it, lol. The other is yet to come! Think I'm goin to try n get hold of one of those dremel multi tools n see if I can cut most of the post off n hopefully it 'might' fall out :s Speaking to a guy at work who has done some similar stuff n he said doors are prone to gaining water. The holes in the bottom of the door are apparently for drainage he thinks. Am going to try and cover the back up with some kind of plastic container if I can.

haha. If it does go all wrong though, I too shall be getting someone else to do it for me!

i'll tell u if i've bought the right size when I hopefully install mine tomorrow, lol.

yay! I did it!

I installed my speakers! Right, from what I've gathered the Arosa speaker size is 6" however the majority of replacement speakers will need the above mentioned bracket (model no. SAK-3106) to move the magnet away from the wound down window. This puts the speakers size up to 6 1/2". I also purchased these connection adapters to save cutting the original Seat adapter up, should I have needed to revert back to the old speakers.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=170135529798&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=007

I'm hoping the speakers will be alright without any cover behind them from the water, since the old speakers seem to have managed fine without any protection for 5 years.

After drilling the rivets, I wanted to remove the posts with a dremel multi-tool but was too impatient to buy one so just pinched them off with a pair of pliers (the metal was surprisingly soft), then just hit the remaining stump out with a punch n hammer.

And voila....I'm quite proud of myself. Nothing too fancy, but good for a start!

I got them from Ebay, but would NOT recommend the seller as I ordered them on the 15th of July and they arrived about 2 days ago (Avoid KSH Audio)!

The seller who I got the adapter LEADS from was very good and quick.


I've just been for a drive in the rain and the speakers are still workin. Time will tell.

I think I ordered them about a week before the postal strike. I also still managed to order parts after I ordered the brackets and after the postal strike started, and they still arrived before the brackets. Might have just been bad luck. I ordered them from: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=320131220888&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011

I supposed them turning up late is better than them not turning up at all.