B6 A4 Blown Speakers

[needmovies]

I have a 2003 B6 A4 with the Bose speakers, and I think the front driver side speaker is blown. It produces a rattling sound that seems to go with the beats of the music I'm playing. It also rattles hard when the car is idling from the engine vibrations.

I'm looking to replace the speaker just to get rid of the rattling. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with working on car audio. Any suggestions on how I can tell if an aftermarket speaker is a direct plug and play or if I would need an adapter of some sort? Or would I be better of buying the same exact speaker from a part out? If buying from a part out, am I limited to a B6 or can speakers from later years also work?


I've done some research but I'm not really sure of what terms to search for, so I'm not getting the information I was looking for. The best info I've found are some reports saying that the mounting holes might be different, and that I might need to fabricate some type of mounting bracket. I found some DIY info on this so if this is the case I can probably take care of it. However I couldn't find anything regarding the audio and electrical connections for the speakers.

Thanks

[Christian@enfig]

B6 and B7 all used the same midrange speakers. If you have bose they are different but all bose use the same. I have a few speakers laying around. I can sell it to you for $25 + $5 shipping.

[needmovies]

B6 and B7 all used the same midrange speakers. If you have bose they are different but all bose use the same. I have a few speakers laying around. I can sell it to you for $25 + $5 shipping.

thanks. so just to confirm, since I have bose, what you're saying is I won't be able to easily replace them with aftermarket speakers because they have different wiring harness connections?

[naiku]

I think Christian is saying that B6 and B7 all used the same speakers, if you have Bose they are different to the non-Bose speakers, but all the Bose speakers are the same. If you want something plug and play, but one that he has.

If you decide to go aftermarket you are going to likely end up picking up a pair of component speakers and have to replace both the tweeter and the woofer, potentially also having to mount a crossover somewhere. You can re-use the OEM plastic mounting, the screws should line up and most 6.5" speakers will fit. Just make sure the magnet is not too big and they are no deeper than 2.5" (you can go deeper, but need to modify the mount). The OEM speakers have 2 plugs on the outside of this plastic mount (you can sort of see it on the left here):

http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/MTAyNlgxNjAw/z/TxkAAOSwNKVXMhj7/$/Audi-Bose-Door-Speaker-8E0035411-A-8E0035411A-_57.jpg

But on the inside it is a short pigtail with some spade connectors that you can likely use on an aftermarket speaker.

From your post it sounds like you just want to get it working, so if I were in your shoes I would buy a speaker from Christian, spend 10 minutes installing it and call it a day.

[needmovies]

I think Christian is saying that B6 and B7 all used the same speakers, if you have Bose they are different to the non-Bose speakers, but all the Bose speakers are the same. If you want something plug and play, but one that he has.

If you decide to go aftermarket you are going to likely end up picking up a pair of component speakers and have to replace both the tweeter and the woofer, potentially also having to mount a crossover somewhere. You can re-use the OEM plastic mounting, the screws should line up and most 6.5" speakers will fit. Just make sure the magnet is not too big and they are no deeper than 2.5" (you can go deeper, but need to modify the mount). The OEM speakers have 2 plugs on the outside of this plastic mount (you can sort of see it on the left here):

http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/MTAyNlgxNjAw/z/TxkAAOSwNKVXMhj7/$/Audi-Bose-Door-Speaker-8E0035411-A-8E0035411A-_57.jpg

But on the inside it is a short pigtail with some spade connectors that you can likely use on an aftermarket speaker.

From your post it sounds like you just want to get it working, so if I were in your shoes I would buy a speaker from Christian, spend 10 minutes installing it and call it a day.

awesome that's the info I'm looking for

@christian, got a pm coming your way

thanks guys