You can easily put 5.25" speakers in the door if you cut the door panel a little - not the metal, just the interior panel. Since you have manual windows you can also put a larger speaker lower down in the door too - nice option to go with a component setup. There are spacers available to make your hand crank clear the speakers - get those before you rip out speakers that sound good. I believe I've seen them on thesamba classifieds, use the search. What Matt says is true about making sure the speakers have a low profile so they don't hit the dash though. Mine touch the dash and have caused some slight warping of the door panel; still worth it to me because I love my Alpine speakers. I've seen some very low profile MB Quarts that would work great for you. -Peter On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 7:50 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote: > OK, I searched the archives a dozen different ways and couldn't find the > info. What is the size of the stock speaker opening on the front doors? A > DPO of my '85 installed new speakers that prevent the window cranks from > rolling the windows down. TIA, Jeff > > > > Jeff Stewart > |
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