Just bought an 04 with typical condition front JBL's. Found out about Simply Speakers and thought to myself $30 isn't bad. Considering that I read the entire system is low impedance and you're virtually screwed if you want to just replace the door speakers with stock head unit and amps. CAN OF WORMS as they say... So of course, because I'm stubborn, I went on Amazon and realized that I could get a decent pair of door speakers for just a marginal amount more than $30. I'm spending $30 to repair speakers or $55-65 for completely brand new 2021tech... Not saying the JBL system is bad. It isn't. I just don't hippity hop to the first reasonable solution. I like it the hard way. My brain is wired weird. The GF (common law wife) and I intend on installing an double din Android unit in the very near future so I thought if that's the case, can I use the stock system amps and speakers with double din? Answer: Yes. Of course there's nuance to that. I read that you will need this harness to bypass system. No, I want to use the system but replace head unit. I dug deep. Real deep. Down the rabbit hole I went. I felt like I was on mushrooms but maybe that was just the weed. (legal in AZ please don't ban me for this statement). I came across an Amazon review or YouTube video showing the correct harness by Metra to connect the stock JBL system including amps up to a new double din head unit. The problem was, it wasn't an Amazon prime buy and the shipping was vague, you know, the will arrive anytime in the next 16 days??? Nah, I ain't about that life you feel me???? So, stubborn man that I am I continued down the rabbit hole of Amazon listings until I came across another harness that was the exact same thing but an off brand... BUT it had two day Amazon Prime shipping so I bought it.... Capitalism wins again!!!! For the guy that won, the other lister needs to step their game up. They just lost a sale based on shipping. Sad really.
Anyways, after I bought the harness I got distracted and went down another rabbit hole and wound up on YouTube watching some guy CAUK his JBL speakers because he was too cheap to buy the simply speakers kit... I thought to myself.... WHAT A COMPLETE FRICKEN ......... HEROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! This guy. Pry just shorted simply speakers out of $30...
Long story short, I popped off the door panels and to my surprise the foam wasn't in bad shape. The foam had just come unglued from the ring. That's when it hit me. This speakers destiny was FLEX SEAL. Did a quick two coat flex seal job and then marine gooped the plastic top ring back onto the top while laying the speaker upside down allowing it's own weight glue the flex sealed ring back down.
All in all. The speakers sound brand new like it's 2004 in the display section of Circuit City!! PARTY ON!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!
Still planning on going double din and utilizing the harness that I purchased and more than likely adding a subwoofer. Let the tweets, highs and mids be controlled by the stock amps and run one mono amp to the double dinner for the add on sub and BOBS YOUR UNCLE!
I will bless the forum with some amazing pictures that I captured while doing this incredibly exhausting and very labor intensive MOD.
Cheers!
Joe