Pontiac G6 Rear Speaker Installation
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- How to access and replace the rear speakers in a Pontiac G6. Mine is a 2008 G6 but i believe this will apply to most years. This video focuses mainly on process of accessing the speakers for replacement. Plan on this process (and it IS a process) taking the better part of 2 hours, and leave room to remove the seat out of one of the rear doors before you start. It was a pain in the butt, however it was well worth it as the new speakers, even with a factory (non-Monsoon) radio, sounds so much better when it's done.
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Thank you for uploading this video. Did you know this job can be done without removing the lower seat portion? All you have to do is lower the seats, take the pillars out, take out the four bolts on the deck on the upper seat backs, and pull the deck out. The tutorials on the G6 Forums all recommended the above steps over taking the whole thing out. Now on the coupe it is necessary to take the entire seat out.
RapMastaC1 this worked for me. Thanks
What do you know, I sold my G6 some time ago and after a while of flipping cars I finally got an '09.5 G6 and was looking for this video for MY comment because I forgot how to take them out lol.
@@rapmastac1362 that's awesome lol. I have a basic g6 and I'm gonna try to get mine out this weekend. so just fold down the seats huh??🤔
Where is a video for this that your talking about.
You should do a tutorial
One speaker stopped working so i searched the internet for information and came across this and it helped me a lot to fix that problem with the speaker
Glad it helped.
I was going to do this myself, but after watching this video i just took it to a shop, screw that lol. Very informative of the process though! Thanks!
i know its been a long time sicne then but do you remeber the price of the shop doing it
My '00 Malibu has removable grills and they just come right out, you can wire them while laying down in the trunk, super easy. My 2012 Aveo though was like the G6, you have to take the seat back out and remove the deck as it's all one unit.
@@TheThe3GamingBros You are looking at about $100 for the job at typical installer rate. If you buy speakers from them the installation may be cheaper however you'll pay more for the speakers.
I have a 2008 G6 too.Such a great good looking car!What a pitty GM make it a lot of maintenance complicated.Thanks for your video.
Great video, I just completed this same job with the help of this video. It was a lot of work, but i enjoy doing stuff like this by hand. Only thing that would have been nice is to overlay text or something to list tools needed to complete the job. Thanks again!
*Easiest way to replace the speakers?*
use a drimmel, saw around the plastic and replace the plastic around it with a new cool looking top piece. I wouldn't bother taking all this apart HAHHA
For real... I'm about to just angle grind the damn things out. What the hell GM
thanks for the vid bro really helped out. was not expecting all of the work for this just to put in speakers
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
Exactly
thanks for the fast reply.. I though that's what you did, but wasn't sure... I looked for the adaptors everywhere online and no one sells them...lol thx again
great video, it helped me out alot and saved me money, it was actually easier than it looked, thanks great job
Glad it helped.
R.i.P Pontiac 1942-2010
Take the 4 bolts out
Take the two panels off
Pull the panel that covers the speakers up and towards you then you're done....
Just did mine.....
Minus taking the whole back seat out
Exactly, cool to see people are still getting G6s and messing with them!
Thanks for the video, I was trying to take the deck out without removing the seats. However, wish I'd read the comments before I started this project because I too have the monsoon system. Havent even seen how speakers are wired but since I have my car apart already might as well see if I can figure out a way around the wiring issue. If I do, I will post.
denise nay any monsoon tips? The high frequency doesn't carry through on my replacement speakers
I gave in and bought OEM replacement from Stockwise Auto online. $60 a speaker
this helped so much thank you for making this
You're welcome. Glad it helped!
I want to install my new sonys in my 05 g6. But the housing that the originals mounted in have been broken. So there's a lot of plastic to metal rattling. Is there a way to install the 6x9 without the plastic housing?
I'll be doing my girlfriends g6 tomorrow.... Thanx for Sharin' this info! But man, no wonder Pontiac went out of business. You should see what I had to go through to replace the radio! Smdh I'll post my progress as I go along
+adriannyasia Radio install is fun, especially if its aftermarket. To get to the stereo, you have to tear down the entire right end of the dash assembly. If you replace with another stock/factory unit, it can only reprogrammed at a dealership (or someone with a GM Tech II tool), if you want to put an aftermarket in, it gets more fun; you need a metra dash kit to handle the DIC functions with a single DIN or, for a dual DIN, you can splice the stereo cable and redirect the DIC to a functionally similar device that usually ends up getting put in the glovebox.
+Zack Vahn Also note that Pontiac going out of business was in no way Pontiac's own fault; the company has a confusing history. Some fun facts:
John DeLorean worked for Pontiac back in the day; he designed a number of cars, including a prototype known as the Banshee. At the time, it could have outperformed the Corvette. Because of this fact, along with its amazing styling, GM forced Pontiac to shelve the car.
Pontiac hadn't designed its own cars for quite a while at the time of their demise; most of their line was simply rebadged cars from other GM holdings; for example, the G6 is a rebadged and slightly reshaped Chevrolet Malibu. The G8 was a Holden Commodore. The G5/Pursuit is the most obvious of the bunch; a rebadged Chevrolet Cobalt.
Pontiac's sales were actually recovering when the decision to terminate them was made; the government demanded that two brands were to be shut down and reconsolidated if GM wanted to get its bailout; they chose Pontiac and Hummer.
Its the opinion of many Pontiac fans that the brand could have been saved by having GM focus on Pontiac's original claim to fame; sporty performance vehicles like the GTO, Trans Am and Gran Prix, as well as notable mid-rangers like the Grand Am and Gran Prix.
+Zack Vahn Hey i got a single din installed professionally with the fancy little blue box that has a speaker. now, i want to get a double din touch screen? What has to be done different? 2007 G6
they couldn't just mount them up from below so u can access from the trunk??? that's outrageous.
Maybe I won't get new speakers. I am shocked that's what is needed to replace them. Pain in the
Sick guide, I'll probably be trying this when i get enough free time and a nice enough day, is splicing required if i replace with OEM speakers? i replaced my door speakers without having to splice/soder
Im not sure if you'd have to modify or solder with OEM speakers. I usually just plan on having to solder and splice because i typically don't get lucky enough where the connections are the same. Thanks for watching and good luck.
Thanks for the great video. Can you please share how you dealt with the old 4 wire system, and converting it to the two wire? In other words, if you cut the factory connectors, you're still stuck with 4 wires (two that had gone to each terminal in the factory speakers)
Thanks for the compliment. I cut the old connectors that went to the old speakers off. Then i stripped the wires and soldered them onto the new speaker terminals prior to installing the speakers. You can use crimp on connectors also but i prefer soldering so vibration is not an issue. Be sure to connect the positive to the positive and the negative to the negative or they won’t sound right. Good luck and thanks for watching.
an you help me out? i've got 4 wires running to my original factory left rear speaker in my 2009 pontiac g6. 2 seem to be powering my speaker and 2 seem to be powering the factory tweeter built into my rear factory 6x9 speaker? which wires do i connect to my new speaker terminals?
Do you have the monsoon system? I’m not sure about the wiring if that’s what you have, you should be able to Google and find that wiring diagram. I only had the two wires to each speaker.
@@LoFiMofo yep I've got the monsoon system so I've got four wires to each speaker. Two for the subwoofer(bass) and two for the Tweeter. So the way I ended up setting it up was I used my 6x9s for the subwoofer and got separate tweeters.
With the differnet connectors, how to wire them in, old was plug with 4 wires, new is just to male slots
Do u think it would fit in a 2001 Pontiac grand am gt without an adapter or me having to splice any wires?
I’m not sure. Don’t be intimidated to splice wires. It’s not hard to do and you can buy a cheap wire splicing kit anywhere for pretty cheap. Just be sure to mark what wire connected to each terminal on the speaker.
Hey SH72, I helped my friend replace his rear speakers and we twisted the positive of the tweeter and speaker, connected to positive of new speaker and negatives of each to the negative of the new speaker.. Any volume it has tons of distortion. Any tips on what to do?
The tweeters are running at a different resistance than the speakers, you'll need a diode rated the proper levels. You'll need a service manual or someone with access to ALLDATA to figure that out.
How did it end up working out? I'm about to install a set of MTX Terminators in the front and back, with a factory head unit and I'm just worried about it being underpowered, etc. I just kinda wanna get it back to AT LEAST factory sound, and this is cheaper than buying the factory speakers ($75 per speaker, not pair, at my local dealership, more for the 9" in the back.)
Mine still sound great, way better than the factory speakers ever did. I do play my music rather loud while driving to and from work 40 minutes each way and my factory head unit is still going strong. I'm about to purchase a Kenwood inline amp though as at times i do want a little more punch. I'll probably post a video of that install as well. Good luck!
Really, what are the odds of setting off those airbags? Do you have to really try or what? Only thing about this whole install that's making me nervous.
FYI, am I correct to assume that if you disconnect the battery, there is no way the air bags could deploy?
Shouldn't be, nope.
Hey so after installing my rear jbl speakers, the exact same ones you’ve, I’m not receiving enough base. The music is crisp clear but 0 base. Can you tell me what I can do to solve this problem?
i have a coupe and i don't know what's wrong with the factory stereo everything thing work but the sound doesn't come out. is there any factory amp in g6 gt?
I'm not sure if the GT has an amp or not. Mine is the base model without the Monsoon system.
So the aftermarket speaker has different connectors ? Thanks for the video
Correct. You'll have to either solder the factory wires to the new speaker or use sta-con crimp type connectors.
did you just cut the clips and splice into the speaker wire? or is there a way to put the factory plug into the new speakers??
Yeah, i cut the factory connectors and soldered new wires onto the new speaker and also onto the existing factory speaker wire. If you don't have a soldering iron you can use crimp on connectors commonly referred to as Sta-cons.
@@LoFiMofo if i were to use the crimp connectors instead of soldering how does that work? What would I have to do to make that work?
Yow, all that to replace speakers?
thanks i was able to pop them out then just remove driver side airbag cover then lift up the back enough to pull them out
Your welcome. Since i posted this video others have found a few short cuts to getting them swapped out. Not always necessary to remove the back seat but even that wasn’t all that difficult.
@@LoFiMofo someone already replaced the speakers before but idk of it makes any difference?
So, the part when you unscrew the bolts, i accedentaly detahced the wires, and pushed my seat up, and now i cant put my seats back down. Any help please.
If you watch my video and pause it at about the 1:08 mark you can see that possibly you could take a screwdriver from behind the seat and inside the trunk and manually open the latch. I'm really not sure, haven't had to deal with that before. Sorry that happened.
Um you did way too much extra to get rear speakers. fold seats down remove the 4 bolts remove 2 screws and two side pieces left the rear deck and pop the clips and the remove clips.
Exactly I just bought a g6 so I came here to see compared to my malibu and they are the exact same rear deck setup you don't need to remove any part of the seat at all just fold them down, and at least for me in my malibu I didn't care so I just sat on the folded seats while doing the rest of the job
Yep. He made it WAY more complicated than he needed to haha
Would this work for a 2010? Have same color and probably same motor size as you just don’t know if everything is the same
Gonzo Gaming! I believe it would, as long as it is not a Monsoon system.
SH72 I don’t thank you for the help only person I could find that actually explained anything right and clearly thanks for the help again!
Also you should do some G6 upgrade/repair vids!!
Gonzo Gaming! You're welcome and thanks. I try and make videos whenever i encounter issues that i can't find answers for on other youtube videos. I'm sure ill be posting more G6 videos before too long.
awesome video, but I have a coupe, just gonna have to pay the local audio shop for the installation lol
Thanks.
Are the stock speakers 3 ohm like these JBLs? The fronts I believe are 4 ohm. Strange.
4 ohm
Great video Good Old GM Over engineered rear shelf but paper crap speakers go figure ....I'm sure it sounds Way better I'm glad my 1997 Pontiac Bonneville rear deck was a lot easier
Yeah, I had cheap-ish speakers and forgot what mine looked like in my stock G6 a couple years ago. This video made me realize how crappy they are, can't image the condensation damage just from normal driving with the windows down and seasonal weather over time.
Idk man the speakers in my pontiac are pretty good
Why the fuck do they make it so you have to take half the damn interior out to change speakers. I remember in some older cars you would just pop off a grille, unbolt the speaker, unplug the old, plug in the new, bolt it in, and pop the grille back on.
Shadowborg because that would make it too easy for us. They want you to have to send your car in for repairs/installations to make more money.
thinking its micheal cera behind the camera and teaching me how to install some speakers
What is the small box thing between the rear speakers? Is that an Amp?
I can't recall what it's for, I had it in my '07, it's not related to the sound system.
It works for 07
I have a Coupe... this is going to be interesting :(
Yeah, i highly recommend setting aside a few hours for the entire install. Not the easiest job but well worth it in the end.
+SH72 it's very easy, but it did take a little time, but faster then I expected
Yep me too, but its not much more difficult besides getting in and out of the vehicle.
it wasnt too bad to do minus the fact i had to remove the entire back of my car ive got a gt coupe
This probably applies to the same year Malibu also.
I replacing my rear speakers right now on my 06 cobalt ss....you don't need to take seat back off.
the plug has four wires total how did u wire the back speakers up?
If you have 4 wires possibly you have the Monsoon system? Mine had 2 for each speaker. Left rear is brown (+) and yellow (-) and right rear is dark blue (+) and light blue (-) . I cut off the connectors, stripped the wires and soldered them directly to the speaker. Be careful though not to get it too hot and damage the speaker.
SH72 i guess i do have the monsoon system. is that a problem for trying to add aftermarket speakers? if i have both negative on one end of speaker and both positive on the other it makes cracking sounds. any solution?
+loganator78r I have the monsoon system as well, no way to really get around it unless u find some old infinity kappas with no crossover, I blew mine and had to go OEM, the new OEM speakers are actually quite nice tho
After watching this video I kinda just wanted to say fuck it but there’s $250 speakers back there so I can’t 😂
It was well worth the time. The JBLs are a massive improvement over the stock speakers. Add in an inline amp like the 400 watt Kenwood i installed in another video and your good to go. 😎
Very unnecessary to take all of the seat out when i dont mine was took the top bolts out and every thing unsnapped with clipsand there was the speakers took me maybe an hour at the most to replace the back speakers so easy to do
I’m not sure if I want to go through all that trouble😩
I'm a year late but I was thinking the same thing ended up going through with it and doing it in the Walmart parking lot made a memory for sure
What size speakers?
6x9
WTF??? I watched the other guys video twice, went outside and had all 4 speakers out in a half hour...your front speaker vid is good...but this is way too involved...LOLOL
hendrixnut64 what other video?
ughhh im not gone bother changing mine... holy moly soooo much stuff too take off LOL
Yeah but the stocks are freaking paper plates!
Im gonna try to just pop off the grills. Even if I have to glue them back in
Has this worked for you? Popping the speaker cover off? Cause I really want to replace mine LOL
it worked for me
Did it break?
Theodore Bell-Wilson how? you can just pull up the speakers they dont fit?
hi... I've read his descrition. I don't really want to go thru this whole process, did your way work?
I bet these "geniuses" make the design as difficult as possible so we can take our vehicles to the agency and have them charge us bloated amounts of money to do the job. Infuriating.
Why all that to take 2 speakers out wtf
Dear god, why were these cars so horribly over-engineered...
Man just trying to replace the speakers not disassemble the customers car
Why did u take the seat out lol there was absolutely no need
Kid Fresh that's been pointed out like a dozen times in the comments already, but thanks for pointing that out again. Nice channel, btw. Lots of uploads and subscribers. 😏
you know all that extra work was for nothing right?
Adam Wilk not really, they still sounds excellent. 👍🏼😏