E53 D Sport door speakers

[X5-D-Sport]

Hi People,

Have had my doors apart several times re latches & door handles etc...
Want to replace the tired rattly sounding door speakers now (fronts & rear door items)...

Any one done this and used NON - OEM units ? - if so, what are the measurements / diameters & wattages  required, and is there any problem in Not using the deflector tube built into the existing units & bolting the replacement items directly into the door ??

Any info helpful ?

[yes_its_neil]

I did mine front and rear and the windscreen tweeters. The speakers need to be 160mm, which is NOT 6.5 inches. I used these,(Pioneer 6" Component Speakers TS-G1605C) which came with separate tweeters which I fitted one set in windscreen enclosures. My X5 has no DSP, just a speaker in each door plus tweeters mentioned above. The factory tweeter is larger, I just packed some foam to raise the replacement. To be honest, I can't hear a mind blowing improvement, but it was worth the effort. The existing speakers are held in with some sticky double sided tape and pressed into the tubular enclosure, with some force and a large screwdriver as encouragement, they simply push out. I cut the wiring of the existing speakers then soldered short lengths from the new speakers to the plug mounted on the tubular enclosure. Pays to mark the polarity of the original as the plastic enclosures are not stamped + or -. I used a silicon based sealant to fix my speakers back into the tubular enclosure. Simple job, I got away with not removing door trim completely, just levered out the bottom to gain enough space to work. Tweeters are not fixed, just floating behind grill. The grill prises upwards from the cabin side, then flip upwards and out.
Good luck.