How to Replace Rear Door Speaker 1997-2006 BMW 325 Xi
Created on: 2019-08-01
Check out this video from 1A Auto showing you how to replace the rear door speaker in your 97-06 BMW 325Xi.
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step 1 :Removing the Rear Door Panel
- Pry out the window switch, and disconnect the electrical connector
- Pry out the door panel trim
- Remove the two screw cover caps from the bottom of the arm rest
- Remove the five T20 screws, two behind the trim, one behind the window switch, and two at the bottom of the arm rest, take note the screw next to the door handle is longer than the rest
- Starting at the bottom, pry the door panel away from the door, then pull away to remove it
- Disconnect the speaker electrical connector
- Remove the window wiring retaining clip
- Disconnect the door latch handle cable
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step 2 :Removing the Rear Door Speaker
- Support the speaker grille
- Twist the speaker counter-clockwise by the retaining ring to remove it
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step 3 :Installing the Rear Door Speaker
- Support the speaker grille
- Thread the speaker retaining ring into the grille
- Twist it clockwise to tighten it
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step 4 :Installing the Rear Door Panel
- Pass the window switch electrical wiring through the door panel
- Reinstall the window switch wiring retaining clip
- Reconnect the speaker electrical connector
- Reconnect the door latch handle cable
- Slide the door panel over the door lock rod
- Push the door panel onto the door to secure the retaining clips
- Reinstall the five T20 screws, two behind the trim, one behind the window switch, and two at the bottom of the arm rest, take note the screw next to the door handle is longer than the rest
- Reinstall the screw cover caps
- Reinstall the door trim
- Reconnect the window switch electrical connector
- Push the window switch back into position
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Ratchet
Trim Tool Set
T20 Socket
What's up guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm gonna show you how to replace the rear door speaker on this 2001 BMW 325 XI. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description, head over to 1AAuto.com.
I'm going to take this window switch out first. Just take a straight blade screwdriver, get underneath here. You can also use a trim tool and slide this up. There's two little tabs that hold it in. Disconnect the connector right there, just wiggle it up. Now we're gonna take a trim tool. Take this trim off. Just slide underneath here. Just carefully pry it out. There's clips that hold it on the in back and the clips stayed in with the panel. That's okay. Take these two little trim covers off. Just use a straight blade pocket screwdriver. Pull that one off. We'll do the same with this one. I'm going to take these screws out. There's five screws. Two up there, one in there, and then two underneath this handle. I'm going to use a T20 socket extension and a ratchet.
Keep in mind this screw is a long one right there. Once you loosen this one up, I'm just going to take a small magnet and pull that screw out. Go underneath here, get these two. Now there's push pins that hold this door panel on, so we're just going to use a door trim removal tool or a trim removal tool to get underneath here. We'll just pry out. You might need to use a couple of them. Just pop them, just like that. Go all the way around the door, just like that. You'll grab the door panel, just slide up, just like that. There is some clips, so with those clips you actually don't want slide up. You want to pry it out, so keep that in mind.
Disconnect the speaker right here, just squeeze that. Take this power wire for the window switch. Just take a trim tool, get underneath the wire retainer. Pop it off and then right here just slide. This is for the door latch on the inside. Just slide that out, just like that.
To remove the speaker I am going to support the grill on the other side. Just hold that as I grab the speaker and just twist. If you have to you can grab it by these little nubs right here and just twist it, just like that. It just unscrews.
Now, supporting the grill with my other hand, I'll take the speaker just to line up the threads. Get that started and just snug it up. Not too tight. That's a good snug. That's good enough.
This wire we're going to fish through here. That's going to go for the window switch. Make sure that's in the right position before you put this back together. That's good like that and we want to connect this right here. This one's going to connect to the speaker. Plug that in and then take the cable for the handle. You want to make sure the handle is not open, keep it closed. Just line this up. It's going to slide in like that. Lock it in position and then just double check it, make sure it works, and it's working properly. Make sure your wire's through here and then if any of these clips have popped out, you don't want to take them out of the door panel. Take the lock rod, slide that into position there. Line these all up. Once everything is lined up, just give it a push. That's good.
All right, I'm gonna take the screws and a T20 socket extension and a ratchet. I'm going to get all these screws started first before I tighten them down. Then this last one, this is the long one, it's going to go right here. Once I get all of those started, go back and snug them all up.
Take these two little trim pieces. They're going to slide in like that first and then lock in place. Same as this one, just like that. Take this trim piece right here. This is going to slide in down here and then line those tabs up, just like that, and push it on. It's all the way down. All right, take the connector. There is a little tab on the connector that lines up with the switch. Slide that like that and then make sure you slide the switch in properly. Don't put it in upside down, lock it in place.
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