Date:         Tue, 27 May 2008 22:37:08 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: a speaker recommendation
Comments: To: pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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While that is a great price, the fact that they don't clear the window
cranks is a bit of a let down.

The MB Quart PCE210 4" speakers are flush mounted and DO allow for the
clearance of the window cranks. I believe these are discontinued now,
but they still seem to be available in the market place. I got mine a
couple of years ago from Crutchfield, when Crutchfield carried MB
Quarts.


On May 27, 2008, at 9:16 PM, pickle vanagon wrote:

> We're installing a "real" sound system so we can listen to tunes in
> the
> van.  I found this site midwest electronics that is the main
> blaupunkt us
> seller.  Anyways, they have a bunch of things (last years models?)
> marked
> down at ridiculous prices (75-80%).  For example, I just finished
> installing
> four of these in our westy:
> http://www.midwestelectronics.com/blaupunkt-thx402-p-68.html
> They're marked down to $35 a pair right now, which seems ridiculous
> to me.
> Be careful, they have the same model number elsewhere on the site
> listed at
> $90.  I guess that is this year's "edition".
>
> They fit in all of my stock speaker holes.  The grill was shallow
> enough to
> clear the dash, but not the window cranks (bent the cranks to get
> them to
> clear, broke a few cranks in the process).
> I had to "trim" my a/c plastic face in the rear (this is westy a/c)
> to clear
> the grills.
>
> Tomorrow I'm installing a subwoofer I got from the same site, but if
> I had
> known how great these would sound, I probably wouldn't have bothered.
> There's no deep bass of course, but for 4 inchers, they have a very
> full
> range.
>
> I have no affiliation with blaupunkt or the midwest electronics place.
>
>
> By the way, I was expecting to have to run wires to the rear
> speakers, since
> I've heard the old vans have just a single ground going back there.
> I had
> two complete pairs of speaker wire in the back, so I didn't have to
> after
> all.  Does this mean some PO ran the wires?
>
> -Wes
> 1.9l '83 westy