Cococola: If you're still around, thanks for the excellent photos and instructions.
Michael, thanks for your input and additional information as well.
I've decided to give this a go as I'm not even sure the local car audio shops would be able to do this type of job. Two car audio shops and Best Buy have quoted me $105 to switch out the two front door speakers. After seeing all the work involved, I'm wondering how good a job I would get from them.
I ordered Focal 165A1 speakers that have 6.5" main speakers and separate tweeters with a crossover. The choice was between JL C2-650's and Alpine SPR-60C's. I chose the Focal because I have heard them before and they sound great, but also because they have the highest SPL sensitivity at 92db and this will help with the low power out from the stock head unit which I don't plan to replace for some time.
I checked out
the link to Car-Speaker-Adapters dot com, the company that makes the adapter plates and they only list plates going up to 2008.
They have a good set of photos here, but they are for a 1996 and they don't show the tweeter install. I just talked to the owner and he is going to check out the two threads on this site..
the other one is here.
I also can't find anything on Ebay that handles the adapters newer then 2008, like
the Scosche adapters which only list 2000-2005... Will these plates work in my 2010 RAV4 Sport?
Michael503: I'm wondering how the tweeter fits on the panel? As you showed, replacing the factory tweeter with the new one using the existing bracket doesn't look that hard, but how does it look on the door installed.. how does the grill fit to the panel opening?
My 2010 RAV4 Sport tweeter grill is 3" in diameter and fits a recesses in the door panel sitting flush to the surface. Will the new tweeter grill fit this, or will the existing grill cover the new tweeter, or what? Same situation with the lower speaker.. it has a grill that is 7-3/4" in diameter and it too is flush to the surface of the panel.. will the new speaker use this grill or will the new speaker grill be the same diameter and fit the 7-3/4" panel hole?
Any help appreciated.