Rear Deck Subwoofer Replacement - Long Story - Saab 9-5 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 4/9 Saab Owners' Convention Day Pass Raffle | 3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine)
[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Clubs | Other Cars | FAQs | Gifts | Member Photo Galleries | Member Directory | Classifieds | Manuals | *Buddy Registry | *Mileage Registry | Polls | What's New | Raffle | Photo of the Month | Sponsors]

95 Bulletin Board
1999-2009 [Subscribe to Daily Digest]
(Search Author's Posts: e.g. Keyword:username)*Members Only

[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Rear Deck Subwoofer Replacement - Long Story
1 Saabers Like This Post!
Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board
Posted by K,Daehnke [Email] (more from K,Daehnke) on Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:17:52 Share Post by Email
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

One of my 2008 9-5 Aero’s rear deck subwoofers partially separated at the cone edge. Buzzing and rattling was obvious for weeks. Removing the speaker was not without incident as the rear deck grille panel has been baking for 12 years under the rear glass and when pried up, one plastic fastening tab broke off with the clip to the body and the other held fast and a one inch jagged square piece of the perforated panel stayed attached to the deck and broke out of the grille panel face!! I’m replacing both original speakers, so I plan to remove the other panel by pushing the clips up from under the body deck and avoid panel breakage. Used some 2 part super glue (plastic powder and liquid glue) to make a passable repair to the first panel.
I studied SaabNet for weeks on replacement speaker advice and settled on an Infinity Reference component set and will forego using the tweeters. Scrunchfield has a 9-5 upgrade study, but I found the Infinity set for $100 cheaper elsewhere. Another 2019 SaabNet thread gave very good advice on this subwoofer replacement endeavor and indicated the slight difference of a 3 Ohm speaker to the 2 Ohm original shouldn’t be a problem, but the upgraded woofer won’t be pushed nearly as hard as with a usual amplifier upgrade installation would.
Nonetheless, I’m ordering speaker cone flexible patch glue for the original speaker if I want to go back to the as built setup. Not finding any place for a factory compatible speaker connector, I’ll make the wire splices with those heat gun activated low temp solder and shrink connectors.

Kirk d

posted by 173.73.14...

Posts in this Thread:
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup

No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.

Name: Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
E-Mail: (Optional)
Re-Enter E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Note: Please check your spam folder for BB responses.

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads may be posted here - use the site classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Not permitted: political/religious topics and being disrespectful (personal attacks, insults, etc...).
 Site Members do not see any red text, inline ad links, bottom of page anchor ads, box ads, or anti-spam check.

Message: (please no for sale/wanted classifieds - post those in the Saabnet.com Classifieds)
Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).

Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post above, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).
Optional Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
Link Title: (Optional)
Optional Photo/Image Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)
Photo/Image to Upload: (Please be patient while file uploads)



StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]

Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP - Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot


Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!