I have a pair of 6002i's that I'll be installing in the front doors this weekend, and I'm wondering if there I will need any additional wiring for the install, or if it is a straight replacement of the old speakers with the new ones?

Anyone able to help out?

 

Yank out the old speaker, snip the wires, and crimp/solder/whatever to the new speaker wires

check the howto thread at the top of this section for more info on speaker installations....

 

Assuming you use the Clarions as a spacers (recommended!) you will only need a couple of short lengths of wire for soldering the new speakers to the old Clarion shell.

 

Liljerk, the how to's up above are good for general details. As the title mentions, I was looking for info about the 6002i's since they are a fairly common upgrade.

Zaph, I did the install on Saturday before I saw your post, however I used the OEM spacers because they were exactly the size needed. Took about 3 hours to do the entire install, including a short trip to the autoparts store for some wire connectors.

Those Clarion stock speakers were garbage. I highly recommend getting upgraded speakers for anyone who hasn't and was looking into it. I got the 6002i's off of ebay for $56 shipped.

 

What kinda of load can the oem door speaker wiring handle before running thicker gauge be recommended?

 

no clue.. i'd recommend posting that in a seperate thread so some more knowledgeable eyeballs take a look at it.