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Installing Speakers: Easy and Effective
Installing new speakers is the single most cost-effective improvement you can make to your vehicle's audio/video system. Not only are aftermarket speakers relatively inexpensive, they are usually not difficult to install, thanks to the free brackets, wiring harnesses, and detailed instructions Crutchfield will send you when you buy your speakers from us (available for most vehicles). Of course, each car is different, but let's take a look at some of the more common speaker mounting locations, and what you might expect when installing speakers there.
Types of Installations
There are two types of speaker installations:
- Easy Fit
Easy Fit speakers fit your factory speaker openings and use factory speaker grilles and brackets.
An Easy Fit speaker will fit directly into the existing factory speaker opening.
Occasionally, you will need to use a special set of brackets or adapters to install Easy Fit speakers in your vehicle, or you may need to drill new mounting holes. Crutchfield provides these brackets and adapters free with your speaker purchase.
Easy Fit speakers will sometimes need a bracket to fit properly into the existing factory opening.
- Modify Fit
Speakers labelled as Modify Fit require modifications such as drilling new screw holes, or cutting or filing metal, plastic, or pressboard. These installations are more complicated and require more tools and time.
Modify Fit speakers may require minor additional steps such as filing a plastic speaker basket to allow for a larger magnet structure (left). In rare cases, a modify fit speaker may require you to cut a new speaker opening (right).
