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Old Feb 28, 2009
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Please Help rear speakers wont fit

i am replacing the rear speakers in my 04 civic coupe and the speakers i bought when i place them in the magnets hits the bars underneath. its the bars for the trunk to stay open. and when i try to open my trunk them bars hit the magnets. any help would be great. thanks
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

aaahhhhh try taking the plastic panel off and load the speaker from the top . maybe evan cut some wood spacers or return the speakers for shallower ones
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

remove the bars. or get a spacer, but with a spacer, one corner of your speaker might hit the glass.
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

fold your seats down and check to see if they clear with the trunk closed. My alpine type S's have rubbed for years and i havent had any problems, since they clear when the trunk is closed.
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

i have took all my panels out of the car (installed dynamat threw out). when i loaded them from the top they stuck up about 1/4 inch wit the trunk open. ill try to put them in with the trunk closed and see if i can still open my trunk. Kcari if i remove the bars the trunk wont stay up when open. that is the tensenor for the trunk lid. I may do this since i dont use my trunk very often anyway after i finish my system i wont have much trunk space anyway.
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

the probwith removing the bar is that u gotta lift the trunk up urself
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

you need spacers... they lift the speaker some so the magnet clears. You will probably have to make them yourself out of wood or something, as I do not know if Metra makes one for the rears...they do however make one for the front as the hole is kinda weird...
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

thanks to all for the help. I'll make me some spacers today.
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

you may want to switch from the torsion bars to the trunk shocks/lift supports that are used when a spoiler is installed.
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

i agree with gearbox. If you just make trunk shocks it will solve the problem. Also i was wondering wont you lose some sound quality if you put spacers in because the sound will go out the sides of the speaker. Im picturing spacers as just going at a few points and their being a gap all around the rest of the speaker. Wouldnt that change the sound of them and make them sound worse?
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Re: Please Help rear speakers wont fit

Originally Posted by gearbox
you may want to switch from the torsion bars to the trunk shocks/lift supports that are used when a spoiler is installed.
I second that. Best route.
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