Install guide

Replacing standard size speakers
The GTV has essentially six speakers. Two 0.75” tweeters and two 5”x7” oval speakers in the front
doors and two 6.5” round rear speakers. All of these can be directly replaced, although you will need
to remove the door panels to change the tweeters in the doors.
Removal and refitting of the main speakers is quite simple. Regardless if you are working on the rear
or front speakers, the process is essentially the same. You need to remove the grille first. Do this by
inserting a large flat-head screwdriver between the grille and the interior panel at the side, then push
the grille out, move around the grille doing the same at the bottom and the other side, the grille
should just pop out at this stage, without having to use a screwdriver for the top grille-clip.
Once the grilles are off you’ll see four screws (front speakers) or four nuts (rear speakers). Undo
these, disconnect the cables (taking note of which colour is connected to the positive and negative
terminals) and directly replace them with your new speakers using the same screws/nuts. Once the
new speakers are in place, refit the grilles and you’re done.
Fitting high-quality 6.5 component speakers all-round
Of course, just replacing the standard fit speakers isn’t going to cut it for everyone. For starters, the
5x7 ovals in the doors are far from ideal, even the very best 5x7 oval speakers aren’t going to be as
good as quality round mid range/tweeter component units. Couple that with the fact that the
standard speaker mounts do not 'seal' the speaker into the door and you realise that the standard
setup just isn't good enough. So what can you do about it?
First of all get some decent speakers for the rear. Rear speakers are nowhere near as important as
front speakers, so you can just fit standard 6.5" speakers. However, if you're really serious you can
go the whole hog and fit a set of component speakers. This will be a package that will contain two
tweeters, two crossovers and two 6.5” mid-range speakers. Fitting is pretty straightforward, fit the
6.5” mids into the standard speaker slots and then mount the tweeters onto the interior panel next to
the rear seatbacks on either side of the car (see photo).
You’ll need to fit the crossover units in the boot behind the top bootlining, there’s bags of space in
there, I mounted my crossover units on the shelf running along the top of the bulkhead that
separates the boot from the interior. The crossover units are normally light plastic units, so they can
easily be affixed using double-sided 3M adhesive tape.
The front speakers are a lot more tricky. 6.5” round speakers are the ideal size for mid-range drivers,
especially if you fit a subwoofer. The question is how on earth are you going to get a 6.5” speaker
into a 5x7 slot?
First of all, take the door panels off. This is, of course, easier said than done. Start at the bottom of
the door, remove the speaker grille and then the standard speaker. Unscrew the two allen bolts next
to the speaker mounts. Now pop the two round covers off the door pocket panel and unscrew the
allen bolts underneath them. Remove the door pocket panel and unscrew the allen bolts that are
located on the very lower part of the door panel. Now move up the door panel and remove the allen
bolt behind the door handle. Take a small flat-headed screwdriver and remove the electric window
switch panel, unplug the electric window switch and then undo the allen bolt inside the exposed