How do you change the stock speakers?

mistertom · 03-25-2009, 06:39 AM

How do you change the stock speakers in a smart fortwo and what speakers are good to replace them with or what size are they?

mike-in-sa · 03-25-2009, 07:54 AM

If you do a search there must be 20 threads covering this. You must take the outside door skins off to get to the speakers. Polk's are popular replacement speakers, thats what I put in.

mistertom · 03-25-2009, 08:04 AM

But the speakers are in the dash not the door in the old 450 fortwo

mike-in-sa · 03-25-2009, 08:06 AM

Sorry, didn't see that. Have you tried the evilution website?

mistertom · 03-25-2009, 08:08 AM

no whats that?

mike-in-sa · 03-25-2009, 08:28 AM

Check out Evilution - Smart Car Encyclopaedia
It is a treasure trove of info for all kinds of smart cars.

BeSmart · 03-25-2009, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mistertom

But the speakers are in the dash not the door in the old 450 fortwo

Mistertom, if you get an answer could you please report it back here? Some of us here are curious. Thanks.

dwallen001 · 04-01-2009, 07:08 PM

Too funny I saw this thread... I just replaced the speakers last night in my '05 450! Like someone said earlier, check out Evilution, they have a lot of info on their site. You'll have to remove the top panel of the dash and they have pretty detailed step by step instructions. It is kind of a big process but it's worth it. (After re-assemly I didn't have any left over peices!) From Crutchfiled I ordered a pair of Polk Audio db 401 speakers (4") and a Blaupunkt THB200A subwoofer that I put behind the driver's seat. Even with the seat all the way back there is room for the sub because it's pretty compact. Another option for placement might be under a seat but I built drawers for under both my seats so that ruled that out for me. One note: the last owner had replaced the stock stereo with a Kenwwod KDC-MP388, it's not the highest end stereo out there but I guess that it's better than stock. I was AMAZED at how great the set up sounds!!!