Thursday, 13 August 2020

2000 Porsche Boxster (986) F6-2.7L Page 178

4.2 Bolt the front of the door trim panels (Figure 8, Item A) using 2 sheetmetal screws 4.2 x 60.

4.3 Insert the sheetmetal screw 4.2 x 70 on the bottom of the rear loudspeaker cut-out (Figure 8, Item B) and tighten hand tight only.

WARNING!

Potential for damage to components in the door and the door trim panel from the drill chuck or drill bit while drilling.

>Mask drilling area and use a power drill with bit stop.

>Carefully carry out drilling and avoid too much pressure.

4.4 Carefully drill a 4.5 mm hole above the rear loudspeaker (Item C); using the door trim panel bore as a guide.

4.5 Fasten speaker housing to door trim panel at Item C with an M4 x 40 screw and sheetmetal nut. Tighten the screw beneath the

loudspeaker cut-out (Item B).

Note:

If the cut-out in the inside of the door and the positions of the fastening points in the door trim panel overlap in an unfavorable manner, the door

trim panel can alternatively be fastened at Figure 8, Item D with screws and nuts.

4.6 Check the gap dimensions of the door trim panels against the inside of the doors and retighten all screws.

5. Complete door trim panels.

5.1 Affix electric wires to the bass loudspeakers with adhesive tape or tie wraps.

5.2 Connect wires to the bass loudspeakers and fit into the door trim panel, with the connections towards the front (in the direction of

travel).

5.3 Gently bend the lower tabs (Figure 10, Items A and B) on the loudspeaker grille outwards. Gently bend the side tabs (Items C and D)

inwards. The grille should be gently bulge outwards overall in order to increase the contact pressure when screwing it on.

5.4 Affix plastic spacer (Item E) on the back of the loudspeaker grille or on the door trim panel using adhesive.