Saving $$ is very true
The $$ you could spend repairing the bose system could be invested in a new, killer, system. Mind you this cost me $1200 (and 12 hours) but just hear me out.
1: installed a Pioneer Premiere CD/MP3 player (off the wall=cheep)
2: installed Rockford Fosgate 5 channel amp. 2 channels for the Dash(Boston Acoustics) and door(JL Audio), the other two for the rear(Polk) and the last for the subs (2 JL Audio 8"s, soon to be a
8" Solo Baric Kicker L7. Highly Reccomended for space and sound!).
3: Now the trick part. rewiring all of the speakers. Not so bad if you have a coat hanger and some electical tape.
4: Now the Really trick part, grills for the Polk 6x9s, I cut (destroyed) the original grills middle support ribs and stripped the thin, holey-cover-thing off too, not fun. Then went to Home Depot and bought some light-yet incredibly sturdy black painted, stretched steel ( the slits were about 1/8" wide. It looks perfect, trust me.) Look for the heavy duty screen doors and find the replacement mesh just underneath them) a pair of duckbill Vice grips and some tin snips. Bent the new grill pieces so the had enough lap over the edge (top and bottom) that I could bend it over the edge and not use any adhesives. Oh yeah, The reason I did this is because the orginal covers ribs hit the mids-highs pole in the middle of the 6x9. Not to mention that it just looks kool.
5: The cool part: remove the Polk logos off of the original covers and glue them to your fancy new 6x9 covers.
6: This setup is absolutley punishing! Be careful that you dont get plowed by an errand running Ambulance, fire tuck or wildest police video......cuz...heh....you know.....you wont HEAR them...heh. Uh nevemind.........