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RE: Plate speakers
I mounted the tweeters.... well, I'll have to look, but
I think they are at the first flat spot on the corner
of the door-panel towards the dash (kinda by the remote
for the mirrors) - about 6 in from the end & 3-4 in
down. When you pull the dash off, you have to look
for at least 1" of clearance between the door panel &
door metal up there...
Tell ya what, I'll have access to a digi-cam this
weekend, so I will do a write up & tear my door apart &
take some pix & post them on my web-page this weekend
(gotta study & work & stuff during the week - tests
suck). It really is simple... The first door I took a
hack-saw to, but I realized that I didnt need to. You
might be able to get by just bending the metal back
without any cutting at all. I meant to do this when I
actually installed them, but I got all excited that I
was almost done, and couldn't wait for the camera :)
TTYL
Mark
--- Neal Tovsen <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu> wrote:
> Man, sign me up! If it's as simple as you say,
PLEASE
> post the instructions!
> I'm not worried about bass, since I have a 10" sub
in
> the back, but I would
> really like some quality mids and highs in front. If
> they fit as easily as
> you say, that would be really cool.
>
> I know some people had this discussion before, but
> where did you decide to
> mount the tweeters?
>
> Neal
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: frank n. furter [mailto:wasserbox@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:31 AM
> > To: Neal Tovsen; 'Michael Friesen'; Scirocco-L
> (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: Plate speakers
> >
> >
> > Blaupunkt makes some decent PCX 4.6 with euro &
> > american mounting plates (or no mounting plates -
3
> > options w/ speakers) They are 50$/set thru
> > Crutchfield. I don't know how they would sound in
> the
> > front, but they are pretty sweet in the back.
That
> &
> > the versatility of mounting options is a plus...
> >
> > Also, 5.5" components in the front are SchWEET -
no
> > kick panels needed. When I installed mine the
> first
> > one took around 4 hours of fiddle-farting around
to
> get
> > it in, and the 2nd door took about 40minutes. I
> really
> > need to post some pix of it, because it isn't hard
> at
> > all - you only need to snip a little door metal
> > (nothing vital), and it looks almost stock
> (especially
> > if you get cool 'ol flush-mount tweeters). But,
as
> > with almost any door speakers, you won't get the
> bass
> > outta da front that you will on the back shelf...
> > Total tools needed - 1 phillips screwdriver, 1
> > box-cutter, 1 set of tin-snips/nibblers.
> >
> > If'n you decide to do that, I can send you some
> lynx to
> > sites with pix, and answer any ??s you might
> have...
> >
> >
> > --- Neal Tovsen <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu> wrote:
> > > OK. Next order of business:
> > >
> > > How do you fit plate speakers into the car?
> > > Especially in the front. I know
> > > we've talked about putting 6x9" in the back
deck,
> > but
> > > I don't want to hack
> > > it up. I have some good quality Boston
Accoustics
> > > 4x6" in the rear, but the
> > > magnet was too deep to fit them into the doors.
> The
> > > "euro" spec 4x6 speakers
> > > are much smaller than the "normal" 4x6, and
there
> > > isn't enough room for the
> > > surrounding frame of a normal 4x6 or a
> plate-mount
> > in
> > > the door. I currently
> > > still have the stock speakers in front, but they
> > > don't quite keep up with
> > > the BAs and my 10" sub in back (duh). I'd love
to
> > get
> > > a component kit with
> > > 6" mids, but I got quoted $350 for custom kick
> > panels
> > > (and that's WITHOUT
> > > the speakers!). Ugh.
> > >
> > > Anybody know of *good* speakers I can install in
> the
> > > front with little or no
> > > modification?
> > >
> > > Neal
> > >
> > >
> > > > As for the speakers, mine had all 4 stock
4x6s,
> > but
> > > I
> > > > replaced the blown
> > > > ones with Kickers. My advise is to go and
get
> > the
> > > Pioneer Premier
> > > > component plates with a 4" sub and a neodynium
> > > tweeter.
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > ===
> > Mark
> >
> > 87 Westfalia Gl
> > 84 Scirocco 8v
> >
> http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno
>
>
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