eager_r@apollo.hp.com (Richard Eager) sez: > > Now my Vanagon is running better I'm interested in making some other > improvements. Unlike the other two I've owned, the '87 I have now came with > a pretty nice looking "VW Design" radio/tape player combination. Is it any > good? The stock speakers in Vanagons are so lousy it hard to tell ! We replaced the front speakers with better ones of about the same size. I think they were JBLs. It made a big difference. The stock radio is not a super-high-power unit, but at reasonable listening levels, it sounds pretty good. And it has a better FM tuner (in terms of urban listening -- intermod from other stations etc) than most I've had, including the otherwise-wonderful JVC radio in our other car. > Anyway, I'm not interested in an amplifier and all that, just better quality > speakers. Could new speakers possibly be as large as 6x9, fit the depth of > the door and still remain flush with the front so the window crank handle > passes by smoothly (no jammed fingers for me)? I dunno if there's that much room behind the panel. There are some pretty nice 5-6" speakers out there that will fit. Ted Zateslo zateslo@geomag.gly.fsu.edu
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