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Double check BOSE part numbers before ordering!

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Hi there I just bought a new 94 Legend LS Coupe from a coworker at the fire station w/ 100K for $3K that was family owned and she's pretty even with the pic below taken with a cell phone!

I need a new ICU (the hunt goes on) and some new Bose replacement speakers. I ordered the replacement speakers from Bose and they sent me the WRONG ones. Just to clarify part numbers for future member orders, make sure they send you the 2 ohm speakers for the LS/GS and not the 4 ohm speakers for the L. Here they are:

LS/GS Bose Premium 2100 2 ohm speakers numbers:
6.5" fronts - 133619 (replaces 141564)
6x9" rears - 147321

L Bose 2200 4 ohm speaker numbers:
6x5" fronts - 143320
6x9" rears - 142636

They would not refund me to ship the speakers back, but I'll talk to customer service about that. They insisted that since I didn't have the original speaker part numbers it wasn't their fault. Funny thing is that they never ASKED for the part number--which I could have easily found on this forum! They are making concessions to ship out the new speakers 2-day no charge.

Regardless, they are still $40 each shipped free. The price was a bit higher on my bill but it was the 9.25% CA sales tax in the end.

I hope this helps someone in the future. Double check your numbers before they ship your speakers out.

I'm going to take pics of the L and LS/GS speakers side by side before I ship them back for your convenience in the future. I'm also curious how different in width they are.

Thanks ahead of time for all the info I've found on this forum. I used to have a 1995 Lexus SC300 (always loved Legends and SC300's as a kid) and belonged to a similar forum and these things ROCK :woot: in terms of helpfulness and information!

FireLegend

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Updated rear Bose speakers with pics

After installing the CORRECT rear speakers that Bose finally sent me you'll see the old speakers next to the new ones. They looks a bit diffferent and the construction is a bit different. The old ones are made in the USA and the new ones from Mexico (new ones have solo yellow sticker). They sound MUCH better than my blown out rears, but that's expected. I'll post a front speaker update as soon as I finish installing them--they're a bit more complicated as I have to remove the front door panel. On some of the post they say you can remove the speaker grill, but upon opening the speaker grill you'll find the speaker behind a ziptied tweeter, which is also laying behind a plastic "grill" that's part of the door panel.

Be safe everyone!
 

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Update and Bose Phone Number

The number to BOSE is 508-766-9522. I was quoted $40/speaker shipping included. The extra on top of the sale is your state sales tax.

Update to the front speaker installation. All went pretty well and I've posted some pics of the installation. I'll try and upload them in order and all the pics should be self-explanatory.

1. Remove the two screws behind cover behind the lever on the inside of the car door.

2. Remove the cap on top of the handrest and the screw.

3. Remove the cap near the front of the door and remove the screw. I'm not sure if this one secured anything, but I removed it anyways because it was easy.

4. You'll have to pry off the edges of the inner door moulding by pulling sharply on it. I did learn after the first door that the plastics clips either snap off completely with the panel, are stuck on the main part of the door, or with the edge of the door where the nader bolt locks onto the car door, it may complete rip the "C" mount from the door. I ripped the "C" mount that looks secured to some kind of wood when I removed my first driver side door, and on the passenger side door I alleviated the problem by prying out the plastic clips with a pair of scissors. Now all I have to do is secure the side panel of the door to the dislocated clip again, but I'm not even sure if it's worth it considering the gap is still pretty negligible.

5. I jammed the scissors in the "V" created from removing the bottom of the inner door and worked in that area to remove the front speakers. There is no need to cut the ziptie to the tweeter, as I found out after I re-ziptied it back. Remove the old speaker by the four screws, unplug the wires, replug the wires in the new speakers (it's easy to do as there is no confusion with polarity--they are different widths), and screw the new speaker back in the housing.

6. Replace the inner door panel. If some of the clips are still stuck in the main door, I extracted them with the scissors, inserted them in the inner door "slots" where they go, and once lined up with the inner door punched all the clips back in.

7. Turn your stereo on and enjoy the amazingly full sound of some inexpensive 2 ohm speakers!

Hope this helps you all out. Sorry for the quick write-up, I'm running late!

Aargh...apparently I can only upload five pics at a time. This set includes from left to right:

1. Old speaker on left, new speaker on right.
2. Old speaker.
3. New speaker.
4. Removed grill to see what I had to work with.
5. BOSE covers after cleanning. They were FILTHY to begin with and cleaned up easily!
 

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More Pics to Front Speaker Installation

1. Using scissors to create a workspace to operate in.
2. The first time I pulled the panel off I ripped the "C" clips on the door. You can see that the clip is supposed to be anchored to the door, but after 15 years and my superhuman strength I compromised its integrity.
3. With the second passenger door I removed the plastic clip by prying it off with the scissors. Reinserting it by punching it back in with my preforementioned superhuman strength was easy. Results were much better!
4. Extracting the plastic clips that didn't come out with some wire cutters. They came out easily and were just as simple to punch back in.

I hope this post helps some people out. I probably made it sound harder than it really was, but it just makes me feel like more of a man. :thumbsup:
 

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