3rd gen repair > 4th gen
07-02-2008, 05:27 PM
#1
3rd gen repair > 4th gen
I'm trying to swap in speakers on my 4th gen and the dam thing is designed like crap!
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
Last edited by internetautomar; 07-02-2008 at 05:30 PM.
07-02-2008, 08:23 PM
#3
I'm trying to swap in speakers on my 4th gen and the dam thing is designed like crap!
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
07-02-2008, 09:38 PM
#5
$600 and i rode out with him and followed him back in the subie. i had a hard time driving the subie tho. not enough pedals and the shifter only moved forward and back... i nicknamed it Purple Haze b/c its a greyish purplish metallicish color.
07-03-2008, 06:03 AM
#6
Cheap maxima w/no timing belt was my goal
and the colors actual name is Granite Pearl.
so far all it needed was the anti-freeze we put in. I fixed the alarm on it so it works, and now I'm working on replacing the speakers. they are in worse shape than any of my VEs were in
07-03-2008, 12:50 PM
#7
I'm trying to swap in speakers on my 4th gen and the dam thing is designed like crap!
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
in order for me to swap out the rear speakers, I need to pull the rear seat out along with the parcel shelf.
the front door panels have a stupid cup around the door handle that does not want to come off easily.
My 3rd gen was SO much easier to do this stuff on.
the rear speakers mounted from underneath, the door panels came apart fairly easily.
the radio install was easier too.
maybe I'll find a sucker to trade my 4th gen for a VE A/T
And changing a timing belt sucks, but there are worse jobs...Besides, you don't have to do it all that often.
07-03-2008, 01:31 PM
#8
07-03-2008, 01:33 PM
#9
The IRS is under the car, if you are seeing when you take out your rear seat
Cheap maxima w/no timing belt was my goal
it was $700
and the colors actual name is Granite Pearl.
so far all it needed was the anti-freeze we put in. I fixed the alarm on it so it works, and now I'm working on replacing the speakers. they are in worse shape than any of my VEs were in
Cheap maxima w/no timing belt was my goal
it was $700
and the colors actual name is Granite Pearl.
so far all it needed was the anti-freeze we put in. I fixed the alarm on it so it works, and now I'm working on replacing the speakers. they are in worse shape than any of my VEs were in
2) yea but naming it after a Jimi Hendrix song is eleventybillion times cooler
3) stupid intake thingy blocking access to the radiator hose...
4) didn't know the alarm was broken....
5) i still haven't replaced my speakers
07-03-2008, 03:54 PM
#11
07-03-2008, 06:09 PM
#12
07-03-2008, 08:30 PM
#13
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lmao.. I semi caved in the trim part thats the same color as the seats, if you know what trim piece i mean, then i had to refix it all.. so it made my first door panel experience a bitter one i guess.
07-04-2008, 04:57 PM
#14
Found 1 thing the 4th gen has better than the 3rd gen.
the back seats come out WAY easier.
The seat bottom has tabs/loops you pull to release it to take it out.
I wonder if they had it planned because they expected more fuel pump failure under warranty
the back seats come out WAY easier.
The seat bottom has tabs/loops you pull to release it to take it out.
I wonder if they had it planned because they expected more fuel pump failure under warranty
07-05-2008, 12:11 PM
#16
The seat bottom on the 3rd gen has two tabs that you just pull up on. How is the 4th gen easier than that?
07-05-2008, 08:41 PM
#18
4th Gen Knock sensor is WAY easier than a VE too. Damn it.
07-05-2008, 08:42 PM
#19
i started to remove the seatback one time and i got one corner loose, got scared, tried to push it back in, but i failed at that, and now it's just kinda hanging on by the right-side clips and whatever is in the middle. wish someone around here could demonstrate it to me so i don't end up doing something i can't figure out how to undo... i think nc90gxe took his rear bench out..
07-05-2008, 08:48 PM
#21
i started to remove the seatback one time and i got one corner loose, got scared, tried to push it back in, but i failed at that, and now it's just kinda hanging on by the right-side clips and whatever is in the middle. wish someone around here could demonstrate it to me so i don't end up doing something i can't figure out how to undo... i think nc90gxe took his rear bench out..
07-05-2008, 09:01 PM
#22
Just going from memory I believe you lower the armrest and unbolt the two behind there. Then Squish the Seat down really far in the corners of the seat near the doors and get a ratchet with an extension and undo the bolt on each side of the seat. Then pull the bottom of the top seat out some and put your knee's on the bench, pull upward like you're curling on each side/ center of the seat and try to get those stupid tabs at the top of the seat to come out, once they are, that can be removed. Then The bottom seat is just held in the same way the top was. With tabs, so just yank it out. Getting everything back together is the easy part.
07-05-2008, 09:19 PM
#23
http://www.geocities.com/craigbraceg...t_removal.html
07-05-2008, 10:01 PM
#24
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It isn't hard at all once you know what you are doing. I tried to get the covers off a million times after being told by an ex-stereo installer that they come off. Once I figured out that you just have to get the top of the seats loose and pull the carpet up I could probably replace a 3rd gen's speakers in 15 minutes with the right tools (my screwdrivers don't like to fit under the rear window).
07-05-2008, 10:32 PM
#25
It isn't hard at all once you know what you are doing. I tried to get the covers off a million times after being told by an ex-stereo installer that they come off. Once I figured out that you just have to get the top of the seats loose and pull the carpet up I could probably replace a 3rd gen's speakers in 15 minutes with the right tools (my screwdrivers don't like to fit under the rear window).
07-05-2008, 11:42 PM
#27
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yea my car has the active speakers it sucked so bad trying to rplace them, I was trying every way to get avoid pulling the saet out that i broke the active cover. Made my speakers visiibl with out the tint.I was so upset, but now i guess i learned the hard way
07-06-2008, 02:48 AM
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