I have a 01 Dakota extended cab and I don't know how to disassemble the rear of the cab to get to the speakers. I don't want to just start pulling things apart and breaking clips and tabs. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

There's no easy way. I anded up tearing up the edges of the top panels trying to pull the bottom ones out. It's a royal PITA. Easiest way I see is removing the top seat belt restraint, removing the top trim piece, then removing the lower trim piece. But i don't have a Torx to fit the seatbelt bolt.

 

Thanks for the reply and your experience. I ordered speakers through Crutchfield and all the instructions and hardware is said to be included so I'll see how this goes. After I tackle this I'll let you know how this process goes.

 

I replaced all of the speakers in my '01 Sport Quad Cab 4X4 with the Infinity system and my '04 standard cab SXT 4x4 with standard speakers. If you have interior panel tools, a #2 Phillips screwdriver a ¼" drive metric socket set and a torx bit set (T10 through T40), you're golden. I replaced all the speakers in my standard cab and added tweeters in the factory locations and once I figured out how to get the cab apart it wasn't too bad. The Club Cab is similar, just bigger panels. If memory serves, you have to start at the top and work your way down and I pulled the seats just to have better access. The panel tools will help preserve the push pins on the trim panels, but the covers for the seat belt anchors didn't survive due to brittleness from age/sun exposure. I did find replacements from a NOS parts site online, but I've lost that address over time. While I was at it I had my headliner repaired as it was sagging. When you have the cab torn down to that extent, pulling the A-pillar trim, coat hooks, dome light and sun visors to get the headliner out is a cinch.

 

I appreciate the help with this situation and feel I have enough information to tackle the job, I hope. I sure miss the days when you could disassemble the entire interior of a car with a phillips head screwdriver.

 

Got the speakers in and all went will. Ordered through Crutchfield and with their instructions I was able to finish the job without much trouble.