Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:03:51 -0400
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From: Chris Szpejankowski <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Speakers for the front
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I used Infinity 3052cf speakers, if anyone wants to google them. There are only two mounting tabs which are easily bent without damage to speakers.
Chris
Dnia 6 lip 2015 o godz. 10:38 szpejankowski@gmail.com napisał(a):
> There are speakers that will fit INSIDE factory speaker housings, you just bend speaker mount tabs. I fit Infinity 3.5'' speakers in my '85 Westy using that method.
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> You may also install speakers on the inside of door panels and use an aftermarket generic thin grille.
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> Wysłane z iPhone'a
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> Dnia 5 lip 2015 o godz. 22:35 Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
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>> So, I'm planning to give you a review later, but here's a sneak-peak.
>> I've been wanting to replace my front speakers ever since I bought my
>> van in March, 2000. I've gotten all kinds of recommendations, all bad.
>> I think I may have finally found the right speakers, albeit with some
>> quid pro quos, but I have a problem with my system that I need to get
>> fixed first before I'll know for sure.
>>
>> The upside: These speakers fit. HOWEVER, you have to extend the window
>> crank handles. There ain't nothing out there that I've been able to
>> find that will obviate this need.
>>
>> Here's what I've got:
>> Blauplunkt Blue Magic, CL-100:
>> http://www.crutchfield.com/p_023MGCL100/Blaupunkt-Blue-Magic-CL-100.html
>> Had to turn the grill sideways because they have this bar with the
>> Blauplunkt name on it that got in the way of the window cranks.
>>
>> High-clearance window crank from Go-Westy:
>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23349&category_id=&category_parent_id=
>> This still can scrape across the surface of the speaker, but I'm
>> probably going to take them off and file down the back, behind the
>> knob, just a bit so they don't. If you pull out on it just a bit it
>> doesn't scrape the speaker.
>>
>> After installation, of speaker and Dynamat, the driver's side sounded
>> great. Only problem is my system isn't wired right or something. The
>> right side doesn't work and the back speakers sound fuzzy for one
>> radio station but not another. I have a lifetime warranty on the
>> Crutchfield installation, so I'll let you know what they find out in a
>> week or two.
>>
>> That's all for now.
>> Marc Perdue, in central Va., home of Crutchfield.
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