My girlfriends 2010 Ford Fiesta had some blown speakers in her front doors. I removed the factory speakers and installed some better rated replacements.
Had a PROFESSIONAL install done, a little over a year later, plastic speaker adapter broke and had rattling sound from driver door all the time, luckily i kept the old speakers watched this video and now car sounds better than before, appreciate it & thnx :)
For anyone that isn't savy in cutting or soldering, you can buy speaker brackets that are the same as the factory pattern that fit 6 1/5 inch speakers, and the speaker wire harness that plugs directly into the white connector you unplug from the orginal speaker. No cutting or soldering involved. Speaker Harness : Metra 72-5602 Speaker Bracket : Schoshe SAFD655
Damn bro! You are my savior! Excellent tutorial, I want to change my speakers but i couldnt find any speaker adapter to fit the factory hole. I wasnt sure to do that to the speaker but now I can rest lol Thank you so much bro!
Great tutorial, we used it and got the speaker in. Had to stop at home Depot twice however :/. Tools needed: star screwdriver (sizes 20 + 25), Dremel, soldering iron and soder wire and he used hot glue, but I used super glue. Thanks much for uploading. It was great!
For Ford owners looking to upgrade the speakers but Don't want to cut or modify anything, PowerBass makes direct replacements... No cutting or modifying....
@Lone Mic Productions US company and don't list for the exact model depicted above (which is a 2009-2010 model). Stuff for 2011 model would probably work though as many parts like interiors carried over.
Great information, saves having to fashion new sound boards to fit each door. Although two things worthy of note: Test your upgraded speakers BEFORE reinstalling your door cards and secondly, ensure the replacement speakers are of the correct ohmage for the head unit. two and four ohm speakers could potentially damage an 8 or 16 Ohm head unit, causing the output stage to overheat and ultimately fail, just when you thought that pounding bass was kicking so good. 😉
Just bought a 2009 Zetec for the wife, although I'll be driving it a lot and I do like my music. It would have been nice to have had the size of the replacement speaker mentioned (or did I miss that?). My speakers are functional, but I like the volume up high when I'm alone, and some tracks send a horrible buzzing vibration through the door- they're not handling the bass. So replacement has crossed my mind. I have some nice Celestion 4 Ohm drivers sitting around but they're only 5 1/4 inches so I might need make an adaptor. It would have been interesting to see what the tweeters looked like. Probably garbage, but tweeters are a low priority for me, can't hear over 13kHz anyway. The Celestions can go pretty high in any case... it depends on where Ford crossed to the factory tweeters. Had some nice Jaycar 6.5" 4 Ohm but they ended up in an ancient pair of Wharfdale cabs.
First of all great video,secondly why Ford got to make everything so complicated?They know they used crappy speakers to begin with ,so why put the speaker in a permanent speaker housing ?
Theres another easy way for the smallest Soundsystem without changing anything. Just code the radio(bcm) to the bigger one. Works very fine. I also installed speakers in the back doors and code the bcm for havin the fader. The cables for the rear speakers are pre installed in the car but not plugged i the radio. You have to search hard for them. But they are plugged in the connetcor for the doors. In the doors you have to install new one
Nice one mate. Exactly what I was after. Same thing with my wife's fiesta. I've just installed an Android double din head unit so now I have to replace the speakers. After wiring it all up I finally realised hers doesn't even have speakers in the rear doors. Think I might stick a set in the parcel shelf.
I'm guessing you have a different model fiesta? Wish I could replace the stereo system in this one, unfortunately it has the molded dash, and control system is all in one. Good luck with speakers bro
Ours is a 2009-2010 WS. I've used the aerpro fascia and had to do my own wiring as there was no harness available. aerpro.com/vehicles/ford/ford_fiesta_2008_ws_wt_wz
Only the Zetec got the 6 speaker system. You might be able to get the parts from a Zetec from a wreckers. Door cards might be the hardest part to find. Or you could mount the new speakers directly to the door card without the factory grille. That might impinge on rear seat room though. They're already pretty squeezy :)
just wanted to check if there any provision to install the Ford OEM tweeters into the little mesh given on the doors... if so can it be done by simply tapping in the tweeter output wire to speaker input wire
You saved my life with this video. I changed the factory speakers for a JVC and the sound it's incredible. If you have a 3 door's car can you upload the back speakers?
@@lucabrigandi3653 if the tweeter are broke, you only need to disconnect the cable, but you don't have problems with 2 tweeters, because I use both👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Seems like a bunch of people have there factory speakers go bad. Mine are just like people describe down here, scratchy. Just ordered a pair of new ones. Wil try your tutorial later this week :)
5:15 lol bottoming out from that. Most the time these aftermarket options are crap, i upgraded the stock woofers from my 2010 fiesta and they sound worse asides from the tweeters. Most stock system speakers are optimized for the stock head unit, and which is why the aftermarket speaker couldn't handle the bass.
Okay guys so I just replaced my original front speakers with exactly the same speakers as in the video. I drive Fiesta S Mk7 2010 with originally mounted front and rear speakers ( 2 door version). Unfortunately original ones sounded better than the Kenwood. It made me think when I got Kenwoods and compared them size wise to original ones. Kenwood had much smaller magnets and smaller coil too. Original sounded alright with decent bass but when the music was louder it was distorting sound, but after watching this video I thought it will be much better bass as you said in the video. To summarize I regret replacing them and I wouldn't recommend those speakers.
Jakub Tokarz I guess the screenshot was a little misleading. The state of the factory speakers in my case were terrible. They had very little response, were scratchy and only got worse with volume. The kenwoods are cheap speakers, but are much better than the shitty state the factory speakers were in. You could always use this tutorial to aid in installing some higher quality speakers of your choice
TheHandyTech to not be misunderstood, this tutorial is a great instruction on how to replace your speakers step by step. It's just the shitty Kenwood speakers that made me cry when I heard them 😂 So just for people who are like me looking for better sound than original - look for better speakers than Kenwood.
Some years ago I put Kenwood splits in the doors of my Soarer. They were the last of the 4" Kenwoods and sounded far better than the originals. I didn't want to go any bigger as a lot of mods were required, and in any case I put new 6.5 in drivers (also splits) in the parcel shelf. A 10" subwoofer also helped with the bass :) (Soarer is a 2dr coupe and came with two 6.5 in standard for the rear, 4 in for the doors, mine were totally shot). Some models came with an amp in the boot floor and a 10" sub in the middle of the parcel shelf, 2 Ohm though. Mine didn't have the deluxe stereo setup so I put a new sub in the stock position, with a 4 Ohm amp in stock position under the floor mat in boot, and ran the rears and sub from that, fronts off head unit).
It won't matter for my speaker as there is no componentry to split higher freqs to a tweeter or anything like that. There is a tweeter in the door but I did not alter the wiring. Another way would be to check on the factory speaker before replacing it
Finding that since doing this same thing and adding some pioneer speakers my tweeter speakers in my upper doors have stopped working now.. any idea? (Mk7 09)
@@TheHandyTech - They're pioneers that apparently have tweeters in so now I'm 99% sure i've blown my tweeters as they don't do anything. I've un-plugged my main speakers to see if just the tweeters would work and they're not.
Bummer that is tough luck man. I think the speakers I used were standalone 4ohm speakers not combination like the ones you have installed. You might be able to replace them too, else just use the new ones you've put in
Nice, except the 2013 comes with a tweeter in the upper section of the door. I think I'm going to take it to a professional installer. It will probably cost more than I paid for the speakers.
From memory there was a little wiggle room so you should be ok. Worse case you may have to file the hole sizes a little or make some adjustments to the speaker mounting points
You only need to expose the speaker, no need to remove the entire door card. I just rotated the door card which allowed access to the speaker, you dont have to take it off
@@TheHandyTech I want to remove my cards entirely, to clean the little cloth pad better. The car I bought was filthy. Used as a tradie's van, I think :) My interior's the same colour scheme as your GF's. I thought the maroon only came with black and burgundy cars, but hers is white.
Hot melt glue isn’t s good idea around things that vibrate, it will break away from the housing given time/vibrations. Evostick impact would be a better choice. Best option is to screw them onto the plastic housing with spire clips then they won’t rattle.
Have you tried to adjust the output in the stereo menu system (change its balance from left to right or from front to rear to see if you can get the other speakers making sound). Next level would be to measure the resistance of your speaker pairs by using a multimeter on the stereo plug to see if any of your speakers are blown
@@TheHandyTech Yes I did try all adjustments. The car is new. I'm trying to know if the tweeters (on the dahboard) , missing in this version of B&O are pre-wired. It is really a mistake on this version (7 HP) where there aren't any tweeters, HP in front door are woofers, rear door full range, dashboard mid-range. There is no stereo effect and all the sound seems to come from the dashboard. Sound is better on rear places... sound on my old Titanium was so good...
Bummer maybe give the dealership a ring and see if they have any more information regarding the specifics of your vehicle. Best of luck and thanks for watching the vid :)
Antonio Vivacqua The input impedance of the kenwoods is 30W at 4Ohms, so agreeably not the biggest increase in power (also considering its the same factory headunit driving the speakers). I'll save face by saying "way more bass" than the shitty state the factory speakers were in haha. Thanks for watching bro!
maciej migacz I have a replaced radio and the speakers suck at high volumes. Anything over 20 will have the speakers sounding funny. So definitely need new speakers
@@SandmannOZ you re right ,ı must have said '' generally ''.by the way i missed a crucial point,your car is a ford fiesta,once i drove my friend's fiesta and music system was horrible,it was a surprise for me because cheap dacia's factory based sound quality was much better than the fiesta...
@@kaan898 Well I have 4 brand new 6.5" Rockford Fosgate door speakers and a Rockford Fosgate 10" subwoofer as well as a 1000W amp ready to go in mine, we'll see how that sounds.
Had a PROFESSIONAL install done, a little over a year later, plastic speaker adapter broke and had rattling sound from driver door all the time, luckily i kept the old speakers watched this video and now car sounds better than before, appreciate it & thnx :)
For anyone that isn't savy in cutting or soldering, you can buy speaker brackets that are the same as the factory pattern that fit 6 1/5 inch speakers, and the speaker wire harness that plugs directly into the white connector you unplug from the orginal speaker. No cutting or soldering involved.
Speaker Harness : Metra 72-5602
Speaker Bracket : Schoshe SAFD655
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MVP
This guy is a legend, respect for teaching a dummy like me
Yeah did that, much cleaner job, plus you get to save the old speakers if needed.
Damn bro! You are my savior! Excellent tutorial, I want to change my speakers but i couldnt find any speaker adapter to fit the factory hole. I wasnt sure to do that to the speaker but now I can rest lol Thank you so much bro!
Edgar Palma Murillo No worries bruv! Glad I could help you out
Great tutorial, we used it and got the speaker in. Had to stop at home Depot twice however :/.
Tools needed: star screwdriver (sizes 20 + 25), Dremel, soldering iron and soder wire and he used hot glue, but I used super glue. Thanks much for uploading. It was great!
For Ford owners looking to upgrade the speakers but Don't want to cut or modify anything, PowerBass makes direct replacements... No cutting or modifying....
@Lone Mic Productions US company and don't list for the exact model depicted above (which is a 2009-2010 model). Stuff for 2011 model would probably work though as many parts like interiors carried over.
can you give the exact PowerBase model number - thanks
@@JayWalker2222 OE652-FD those are the ones I bought for my Fiesta ST ... Idk if your cars need all four 6'5 speakers but mine does
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@@Icelotion ??
Great video followed from start to finish 👍 thanks mate
All good brother
just what I needed. thanks dude
Great information, saves having to fashion new sound boards to fit each door. Although two things worthy of note: Test your upgraded speakers BEFORE reinstalling your door cards and secondly, ensure the replacement speakers are of the correct ohmage for the head unit. two and four ohm speakers could potentially damage an 8 or 16 Ohm head unit, causing the output stage to overheat and ultimately fail, just when you thought that pounding bass was kicking so good. 😉
Do you know the ohmage of the ford fiesta ?
Mate. Great tutorial! Worked perfectly! I used 6.5" Sony Speakers fyi.
Mike Hadnett Cheers man glad it worked out for you too!
Still stock head unit?
Just bought a 2009 Zetec for the wife, although I'll be driving it a lot and I do like my music. It would have been nice to have had the size of the replacement speaker mentioned (or did I miss that?). My speakers are functional, but I like the volume up high when I'm alone, and some tracks send a horrible buzzing vibration through the door- they're not handling the bass. So replacement has crossed my mind. I have some nice Celestion 4 Ohm drivers sitting around but they're only 5 1/4 inches so I might need make an adaptor. It would have been interesting to see what the tweeters looked like. Probably garbage, but tweeters are a low priority for me, can't hear over 13kHz anyway. The Celestions can go pretty high in any case... it depends on where Ford crossed to the factory tweeters. Had some nice Jaycar 6.5" 4 Ohm but they ended up in an ancient pair of Wharfdale cabs.
First of all great video,secondly why Ford got to make everything so complicated?They know they used crappy speakers to begin with ,so why put the speaker in a permanent speaker housing ?
Theres another easy way for the smallest Soundsystem without changing anything. Just code the radio(bcm) to the bigger one. Works very fine. I also installed speakers in the back doors and code the bcm for havin the fader. The cables for the rear speakers are pre installed in the car but not plugged i the radio. You have to search hard for them. But they are plugged in the connetcor for the doors. In the doors you have to install new one
Cool Video, Tanks and enjoy the sound
Nice one mate. Exactly what I was after. Same thing with my wife's fiesta. I've just installed an Android double din head unit so now I have to replace the speakers. After wiring it all up I finally realised hers doesn't even have speakers in the rear doors. Think I might stick a set in the parcel shelf.
I'm guessing you have a different model fiesta? Wish I could replace the stereo system in this one, unfortunately it has the molded dash, and control system is all in one. Good luck with speakers bro
Ours is a 2009-2010 WS. I've used the aerpro fascia and had to do my own wiring as there was no harness available. aerpro.com/vehicles/ford/ford_fiesta_2008_ws_wt_wz
Justin Moore thats a cool product. Ill probably order one, tired of the dodgy Bluetooth in the factory unit
Only the Zetec got the 6 speaker system. You might be able to get the parts from a Zetec from a wreckers. Door cards might be the hardest part to find. Or you could mount the new speakers directly to the door card without the factory grille. That might impinge on rear seat room though. They're already pretty squeezy :)
Your video really helped. Thank you a lot.
just wanted to check if there any provision to install the Ford OEM tweeters into the little mesh given on the doors... if so can it be done by simply tapping in the tweeter output wire to speaker input wire
How much w/rms power does the radio give to each speaker and impedance?
Cant i just screw the speakers into the speaker housing?
u are an artist
You saved my life with this video. I changed the factory speakers for a JVC and the sound it's incredible. If you have a 3 door's car can you upload the back speakers?
Che modello di JVC hai installato?
@@lucabrigandi3653 JVC CS-DR1720 it's a good option, the sound is very nice with a good bass
@@francomaturano6531 its not a problem to have a speaker with a tweeter if there is another tweeter above?
@@lucabrigandi3653 if the tweeter are broke, you only need to disconnect the cable, but you don't have problems with 2 tweeters, because I use both👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice one mate 👍
I owe you a beer thanks for the help
how big is the speakers
Pro guys, Thanks for that
On my mk7 fiesta zetec s the white speaker plug is broken does anyone know where i can get a replacement?
The end of the video was the best 😄
Great quality
Can I get a link to the speakers?
Seems like a bunch of people have there factory speakers go bad. Mine are just like people describe down here, scratchy. Just ordered a pair of new ones. Wil try your tutorial later this week :)
How did you get on?
5:15 lol bottoming out from that. Most the time these aftermarket options are crap, i upgraded the stock woofers from my 2010 fiesta and they sound worse asides from the tweeters. Most stock system speakers are optimized for the stock head unit, and which is why the aftermarket speaker couldn't handle the bass.
Thanks for sharing bro
Thank you. I just took off the old speaker and was like WTF do I do now
What are the stock speakers?
Saves me $40 on new speaker adapters from crutchfield! Thanks!
what is the size of the speaker
looks good
Thanks man.
Mine doesn’t have the retaining clips on the side of the door panel? 1.6 Zetec S 2012 anyone else?
This is mk6 ?
Okay guys so I just replaced my original front speakers with exactly the same speakers as in the video. I drive Fiesta S Mk7 2010 with originally mounted front and rear speakers ( 2 door version). Unfortunately original ones sounded better than the Kenwood. It made me think when I got Kenwoods and compared them size wise to original ones. Kenwood had much smaller magnets and smaller coil too. Original sounded alright with decent bass but when the music was louder it was distorting sound, but after watching this video I thought it will be much better bass as you said in the video. To summarize I regret replacing them and I wouldn't recommend those speakers.
Jakub Tokarz I guess the screenshot was a little misleading. The state of the factory speakers in my case were terrible. They had very little response, were scratchy and only got worse with volume. The kenwoods are cheap speakers, but are much better than the shitty state the factory speakers were in. You could always use this tutorial to aid in installing some higher quality speakers of your choice
TheHandyTech to not be misunderstood, this tutorial is a great instruction on how to replace your speakers step by step. It's just the shitty Kenwood speakers that made me cry when I heard them 😂 So just for people who are like me looking for better sound than original - look for better speakers than Kenwood.
Some years ago I put Kenwood splits in the doors of my Soarer. They were the last of the 4" Kenwoods and sounded far better than the originals. I didn't want to go any bigger as a lot of mods were required, and in any case I put new 6.5 in drivers (also splits) in the parcel shelf. A 10" subwoofer also helped with the bass :) (Soarer is a 2dr coupe and came with two 6.5 in standard for the rear, 4 in for the doors, mine were totally shot). Some models came with an amp in the boot floor and a 10" sub in the middle of the parcel shelf, 2 Ohm though. Mine didn't have the deluxe stereo setup so I put a new sub in the stock position, with a 4 Ohm amp in stock position under the floor mat in boot, and ran the rears and sub from that, fronts off head unit).
speakers bought December 2023 in the uk dont fit the adaptors !
How did you know what temimal on the conector was + and - ? Thanks!
It won't matter for my speaker as there is no componentry to split higher freqs to a tweeter or anything like that. There is a tweeter in the door but I did not alter the wiring. Another way would be to check on the factory speaker before replacing it
Do the tweeter speakers on the upper door still work?
Hi Joe, as we didn't make any changes to the factory wiring, the tweeters should still work. Cheers for watching bruz!
Finding that since doing this same thing and adding some pioneer speakers my tweeter speakers in my upper doors have stopped working now.. any idea? (Mk7 09)
Were the speakers you installed matching impedance? 4ohm?
@@TheHandyTech - They're pioneers that apparently have tweeters in so now I'm 99% sure i've blown my tweeters as they don't do anything. I've un-plugged my main speakers to see if just the tweeters would work and they're not.
Bummer that is tough luck man. I think the speakers I used were standalone 4ohm speakers not combination like the ones you have installed. You might be able to replace them too, else just use the new ones you've put in
What did you use to cut out the original speakers???
TriazRdm I used a Dremel with a small cutting disc as shown in the video :)
Nice, except the 2013 comes with a tweeter in the upper section of the door. I think I'm going to take it to a professional installer. It will probably cost more than I paid for the speakers.
The car on the video does have the little tweeter on the door too. On 0:38 you can see it next to the door lock
Hi , i see you're using 16cm speakers. Wil 16,5 also fit?
From memory there was a little wiggle room so you should be ok. Worse case you may have to file the hole sizes a little or make some adjustments to the speaker mounting points
thanks
What about the door handle? No cable to disconnect? Or is it electric?
You only need to expose the speaker, no need to remove the entire door card. I just rotated the door card which allowed access to the speaker, you dont have to take it off
@@TheHandyTech I want to remove my cards entirely, to clean the little cloth pad better. The car I bought was filthy. Used as a tradie's van, I think :) My interior's the same colour scheme as your GF's. I thought the maroon only came with black and burgundy cars, but hers is white.
Can you run these with the standard radio or do you have to buy a special radio
Are the speakers 6 1/2 inches? I can't seem to find the right dimensions
Yes sir the speakers are 6 1/2
Powerbass makes direct replacements.. no modifying..
@@adlerdefender8067 eh, already bought Polk Audio 🤷♂️
@@alexolalde3394 ok dude... Sorry I didn't reply sooner... In my case I kept on waiting for a company to make speakers for Ford vehicles..
@@adlerdefender8067 don't worry about it now I know for the future 👍
what size are the new speakers?? :)
thanks for the answar! gonna swap mine
Hot melt glue isn’t s good idea around things that vibrate, it will break away from the housing given time/vibrations. Evostick impact would be a better choice. Best option is to screw them onto the plastic housing with spire clips then they won’t rattle.
good job, are the tweaters near door handle still in use? tx
Thankyou. Yes the tweeters are still in use. All we swapped was the 6inch speaker, we didnt alter the vehicle wiring loom at all :)
@@TheHandyTech OK ty, any idea of DSP wiring on a 2019 Vignale ? I have the 7 HP and all the sound seems to come from the center dashboard..
Have you tried to adjust the output in the stereo menu system (change its balance from left to right or from front to rear to see if you can get the other speakers making sound). Next level would be to measure the resistance of your speaker pairs by using a multimeter on the stereo plug to see if any of your speakers are blown
@@TheHandyTech Yes I did try all adjustments. The car is new. I'm trying to know if the tweeters (on the dahboard) , missing in this version of B&O are pre-wired. It is really a mistake on this version (7 HP) where there aren't any tweeters, HP in front door are woofers, rear door full range, dashboard mid-range. There is no stereo effect and all the sound seems to come from the dashboard. Sound is better on rear places... sound on my old Titanium was so good...
Bummer maybe give the dealership a ring and see if they have any more information regarding the specifics of your vehicle. Best of luck and thanks for watching the vid :)
Good job Nath haha
Are these speakers better then the original?
no the ogs are actually decent, and t hats coming from somone who upgraded
Excellent tutorial !!! But original speakers are 25 W , 4 ohm, 16 Cm kenwood are 300 W and with out an amplifier it s not correct
Antonio Vivacqua The input impedance of the kenwoods is 30W at 4Ohms, so agreeably not the biggest increase in power (also considering its the same factory headunit driving the speakers). I'll save face by saying "way more bass" than the shitty state the factory speakers were in haha. Thanks for watching bro!
im gonna buy me some new speakers as im certain my drivers side one has blown
Legend RockPlot passengers side for me
Why you are not in my city!? 😭😭 I need to change my car speakers and I don't trust anyone :(
Powerbass makes direct replacements... No cutting or modifying..😉
What is the size of the speakers u used mate?
6 1/2 inch speakers
@@TheHandyTech ayt. Cheers mate.
Leave it to,ford to make,it horribly complicated to replace..damn.thanks for the video
simple tutorial
Turning mid to minimum is recommended on Fords.
whys that
I wanna cut from outside in...looks easier
lionchamp29 right with that lil seem around the speakers, I was thinking that too
That glue won't last ...
Just replace stock audio, then install a better radio system. It’s much easier than replacing speakers.
maciej migacz i havent found any radios for these besides the oem ones.
maciej migacz I have a replaced radio and the speakers suck at high volumes. Anything over 20 will have the speakers sounding funny. So definitely need new speakers
diddent sound that great , maby buy somthin more expensive
Didn't
be informed that factory speakers always have better bass sound quality than an aftermarket one even it is the best brand...
You haven't heard my factory speakers... the bass sounds like someone's farting through them
@@SandmannOZ you re right ,ı must have said '' generally ''.by the way i missed a crucial point,your car is a ford fiesta,once i drove my friend's fiesta and music system was horrible,it was a surprise for me because cheap dacia's factory based sound quality was much better than the fiesta...
@@kaan898 Well I have 4 brand new 6.5" Rockford Fosgate door speakers and a Rockford Fosgate 10" subwoofer as well as a 1000W amp ready to go in mine, we'll see how that sounds.
@@SandmannOZ oh holy god that sounds fantastic i guess...
LOL what? where do you get your uneducated answer?