We'd all like to see photos when you've got them installed. What could someone expect to pay for these same speakers at a Crutchfield store? Jason
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Kim Brennan > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:49 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: New stereo w/remote > > A timely posting... I stopped in at the Crutchfield store this morning > (Harrisonburg) and was pleasantly surprised to learn that they now > carry MB Quart speakers. > > This is nice because MB Quart, in addition to making very good > speakers, has speakers that fit in the stock location of many > VW's...including Vanagons. > > So I picked up a couple of pairs. PE210's. Unfortunately, the stock > speakers on a Vanagon are designed in such a fashion that the speaker > grill is more or less and intergral portion of the speaker. I could put > the MB Quarts in the (front door) spot without making any > modifications, but I wouldn't have a grill on them. > > Instead, I'll make the existing hole slightly larger so that I can > flush mount the MBQuarts with their included grills. The finished look > will be nearly identical in appearance to the stock speakers. Except > for the MB Quart logo on the grill face. > > Of course, once I start on this, I'm going to be looking at the > original stock speaker wiring and considering replacing it with monster > speaker wiring...One thing at time though (I've still got to see where > I'll stick the cross-over boxes...probably inside the doors up front, > in the back I think I'll have less issues. |
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