Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:56:02 -0400
Reply-To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
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Maybe I didn't make it clear that I'm trying to get the actual
blaupunkt speaker out of the enclosure. I have the enclosure out of the door.
Thanks,
Edward
At 07:47 PM 10/13/2010, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>It just unscrews like the big plastic nut and bolt that it is! ;)
>
>On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Edward Maglott
><<mailto:emaglott3@gmail.com>emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well I "ran" right out and bought some of these and they are already
>here. How did you get the old speaker out of the enclosure? Mine is
>an 86 Wolfsburg and it looks like it has the speaker glued into the
>enclosure. The enclosure is held to the door with the big threaded
>ring. Seems like I've read in the past about people braking the old
>speaker to get it out? good/easy way to do this without damaging
>the enclosure?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Edward
>
>At 07:38 PM 10/9/2010, Richard Koerner wrote:
>After the last few roadtrips, noticed that the front factory door
>speakers (25 year old Blaupunkt) were sounding weak and fuzzy. I
>have a second pair of 5 1/4" speakers mounted down by the footwell,
>but the fuzzy speakers were annoying. Did hardly any research to
>find 3 1/2" speakers for to replace the factory ones (I'm not a
>serious audiophile...just want it to sound "pretty good"). Found
>these Legacy 3 1/2" 120 Watt Co-axial speakers on Amazon; bought
>from CarAudioDeals, $11.23 + $3.73 shipping.
>
><http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002M792S/ref=oss_product>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002M792S/ref=oss_product
>
>Removed old Blaupunkts...sure enough, the paper cones were
>split. Installed the new Legacy's...NOW we're talking!!! I think
>they sound really good, amazing actually. Plenty of base, good
>highs, look like solid speakers....especially for under $15 for the pair.
>
>Some installation caveats:
>
>1. The speakers come with side mounting tabs.....no problem, just
>fold these back.
>2. The tweeter extends beyond the rim of the main speaker by about
>1/4". The original speaker grills are slightly convex...but not
>enough...the tweeter will rest on the interior of the grill. So I
>made a "spacer washer" out of an old neoprene wetsuit, about 3.5" OD
>and 3.2" ID, and used 2 layers of 1/8" thick wetsuit, glued
>together. I epoxied this spacer washer to the mounting face of the
>new speakers, and then applied more epoxy to the face of the spacer
>washer and placed inside the speaker grill enclosure and let it cure
>to mount the speaker in the grill enclosure. I think you can buy
>spacer washers if you want; or, you could probably build up
>thicknesses of cardboard or something to achieve the same
>effect. Anyway, it all worked just fine, solid, no buzzing. And it
>fits the factory plastic shell on the door panel. Of course no
>problem with the window cranks either since using the factory grill.
>
>Very impressed by the sound...can really turn it UP if I want
>to...and I do a lot of driving with windows rolled down. By the
>way, my radio is from a Honda Civic that I got on ebay for about
>$10...nothing fancy but a good unit, LCD display matches the
>instrument cluster clock, looks "factory" except that it says Honda
>on the cassette tape door (need some black paint and an artist's
>brush to take care of that I guess).
>
>Extremely pleased with the final result....should last for years.
>
>Rich
>85 Vanagon GL
>San Diego
>
>
>
>
>--
>Jake
>
>1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
>1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>
>Crescent Beach, BC
>
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