Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:04:29 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Original speaker grill question
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Hi Richard,
I’ve received some replies and additional info. The speakers are glued to the grill. Getting them apart looks like a real challenge. Luckily Chris at Uniwerks makes a grill to maintain the original look.
I may still try to free up the original speaker grills, but I’m being silly as the Uniwerks ones will do the job nicely.
In the last decade or so small speakers have improved a lot, Example the tiny but powerful ones in the Echo devices, and even computers and phones.
I just installed a quality set of 4 inch speakers in the rear cabinet, still need grills, The sound is incredibly good compared to the original speakers. I won’t need to use anything larger then the stock placement for sound I'll can hear and enjoy over the road noise.
Thanks for the info and thoughts.
Eric Caron
> On Sep 21, 2025, at 1:14 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>
> It has been a long time....but I believe Original Speaker grilles just unscrew. And yes, there are plenty of good sounding speakers to replace the shoddy ones. I did this 30 years ago. At the time, I also added some bigger speakers down below on the door panel, above the metal. I am very pleased with the result, I just wired them in parallel. I discourage trying to retrofit new speakers and grilles into old spot; always issues with window cranks and clearances...and sure, I am aware of the GoWesty cranks.
> On Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 09:39:06 AM PDT, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I did something like this many years ago and I believe the standard
> grilles screwed off? I know I had to hack things up a little to make
> them sort of fit new speakers. I can take a look if I have my doors
> apart again any time soon.
>
> On 9/21/2025 07:49, Eric Caron wrote:
>> Hi listers,
>>
>> I am replacing my original speakers in my 84.
>>
>> The original grills are there. I have removed the rear ones and installed new speakers mounted from inside the cabinet out. The new speakers did not come with grills. I have some reproductions coming from uniwerks, but wanted to know. Is there any reasonable way to remove the original speaker from the grill? Or is this one unit that will not come apart?
>>
>> If I could get off the flat front, or even leave some of the ring, I could reuse the original grill in the back.
>>
>> Anyone ever successfully do this?
>>
>> Eric Caron
>> 84 Westfalia.
>
> toodle pip,
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