Date:         Wed, 20 Apr 94 12:56:02 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ted Zateslo <zateslo@geomag.gly.fsu.edu>
Subject:      Re:  Sweeter "tunes" for the Vanagon

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