Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:17:21 -0400
Reply-To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Speakers for the front
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I looked at that Infinity first, but couldn't figure out how to make
it work. It didn't occur to me to bend the tabs and use the original
mount. Doh.
Marc
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 11:03 AM, <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> You may also install speakers on the inside of door panels and use an aftermarket generic thin grille.
>>
>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>>
>> Dnia 5 lip 2015 o godz. 22:35 Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
>>
>>> 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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