Helping neighbor's kids fix sunburned speaker in Toyota Camry

[harry newton]

Am trying to help a neighbor's kids by replacing the rear-deck speaker covers in a Toyota Camry,

Have you done it?

It doesn't come out the top or the bottom.

How do you access these clips?

[Iggy]

replying to harry newton, Iggy wrote: "Toyota Camry Rear Speaker and Grill Cover Removal 2002-2006"

[hubops]

A quick google search results in many hits for youtube videos on the subject - even relating to different model years ... google " camry rear speaker removal " I didn't really study them closely but in reading the notes it seems that the whole deck panel needs to come off to do it properly ... Here are two links you can try :

John T.

[Clare Snyder]

Remove rear seat. Remove parcel shelf. Pop off the retainer ":nuts" - install new grilles by pressing on the "nuts" or "clips. Reinstall parcel shelf. Reinstall rear seat Enjoy

[harry newton]

He who is Clare Snyder said on Sun, 19 Nov 2017 20:50:29 -0500:

Aurgh. I thought it would be easy so I offered to help the neighbor and now I have to finish the job when the kids come back next week to visit their mom!

It's not hard, but it's a lot more than I bargained for. I need to buy those plastic upholstery tools I think.

The video shows how to do it where I summarize as

• remove both side cushions of rear seat

• remove back vertical panel behind the rear seats

• remove center brake light

• remove rear window weatherstripping

• remove both side C pillar covers

• remove rear deck

• drill out the old speaker cover posts

• insert new speaker covers & use the clips that come with the kit

• reassembly is apparently the opposite of removal as the video stops

[harry newton]

He who is Oren said on Sun, 19 Nov 2017 13:04:06 -0800:

It turns out you have to remove the entire rear shelf, flip it upside down, drill out the heated melted posts of the speaker grill which are permanently attaqched.

Once you drill out the old posts, you then insert the new posts using the metal clips (which comes in the speaker grill parts bag from the dealer).

[harry newton]

He who is [e-mail] said on Sun, 19 Nov 2017 15:16:24 -0500:

OMG. It's involved! They're "permanently" (heat melted" installed!

Sometimes I offer to do things to help out, which I think are easy, which turn out to be a disaster.

I should learn to keep my mouth shut when a neighbor mentions something broken...

[harry newton]

He who is Iggy said on Sun, 19 Nov 2017 20:44:03 GMT:

It's more involved than I wanted it to be.

I need to learn my lesson and stop volunteering to do "easy" jobs for others.

[Iggy]

replying to harry newton, Iggy wrote: Agreed, I was surprised how stupid they got the things in there. I don't know what's "unsightly" about screws.