I believe I read somewhere that it is held in place by a few trim clips and with the right amount of tugging, it just pulls up and out of the dash. I've seen a thread where a guy re-ran new speaker leads to the speaker and used it as a CB speaker.....but have not seen anyone replace it for an aftermarket speaker. I guess the only reason is if you wanted a high-end 5.1 setup...but if you were doing this, wouldn't you want a minimum of a 5 1/4" speaker? I think the OEM is like a 4" at best. So if you want to change it, you are probably looking at some cutting or going with a minimal upgrade at best.