suzook said...……………………...
I did..it was easy. I had a 3 and half inch speaker laying around. It brought the sound a bit more forward, which is nice.
+2 on the center dash speaker I did that replacement on two 2013 and one 2014 Taurus. I have not pulled the grille for this model but I am guessing and hoping it is the same layout.
The trick for Taurus is at least but with my three way center dash speakers there is a little trick and "Gotcha" moment. The OEM center speak is flush with the top of the instrument panel. With the way I did it was remove the grille align the speaker but here is the "Gotcha" to get a proper seat and alignment with the speaker grille the new speaker will have to go UNDERNEATH the dash. The center voice coil on my Kicker 3 way sticks up too far and just far enough for the voice coil to interfere with a flush alignment of the grille.
Fairly simple fix, for my modification it only required two slide/clip type anchor nut. Two screws for the thread pitch of the anchor nut and two metal washers. Simple version is remove the cover, remove the OEM speaker....BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL removing the OEM speaker to avoid tearing and other damage to the OEM wiring harness. (POS/NEG)
NOTE: The below procedure applies to 3 way speakers with the center voice coil. I have not installed two way but I would think that the speaker grille would fit flush.
Here is where it gets interesting.
Place the new speaker align the mounting screw openings ABOVE the dashboard speaker base. Remove the OEM anchor nuts/clips, they should just pull out. Re insert the new anchor clips that were purchased. Insert one screw at least to avoid it falling through and try to insert cover and you will see what I am talking about. With the three way you have to do some minor trimming of the plastic base of the dashboard. By very minor I mean just that. The speaker WILL NOT fit underneath the grille without this trimming step. There should be a notch cut out in the speaker base. What you need to do is take the new speaker voice coil to face your body. Rotate the entire speaker assembly and rotate approximately 45 degrees to the RIGHT. The speaker alignment holes need to go underneath the instrument panel. After you do that the rest of the body of the speaker will be too wide to fit underneath the dash. That's where the slight trimming of the plastic comes in. The widest part of the speaker should rest on that notch that is already partially cut for you. Take a Dremel cut off wheel and VERY SLOWLY cut that notch at about 45 degrees until the widest part of the body fits underneath the plastic. CONNECT AND Protect the wiring harness and ensure the connection wont come loose, tape, solder, crimp whatever, you get the idea. Grab the left side alignment hole to guide in. Stop there!!! slide the speaker in and when the widest part clears rotate the speaker voice coil forward again so the voice coal is facing towards the windshield. Take one of the washers and slide it over the new mounting screws. Very gently grab the voice coil with your left thumb and fore finger. I am left hand dominant so that makes it a little easier. When the entire speaker is walked down and underneath the plastic rotate the voice coil to flat up and down. Voice coil should be facing the roof. Rotate the entire body approximately 45 degrees left and align the speaker mounting hole with the mounting hole of the anchor clip/anchor not. Slowly thread in the screw slowly at first and if done correctly the speaker mounting hole should raise and draw itself towards the anchor clip. Depending on how thick the head of the mounting screw will depend on what size washer to use. I might be overkill with the washer but not taking any chances. Align the mounting screw on the right side and repeat the step...draw the speaker towards the mounting hole from underneath and slowly tighten. That should be the end of it and try inserting the speaker grille/cover.
One final step and totally optional was a gasket to fit around the perimeter of the speaker body. I used foam weather stripping but you get the idea.