I did the same thing about three months ago installing the 3.5" infinity's
in place of the stock speakers inside the housing. I didn't cut off the
metal ears, I just bent them over. I got a set of four from Crutchfield for
around $80. They also had 3.5" Blaupunkt's available, but the Infinity's
were on sale so I got them instead.

I ordered and installed Bass Blockers on all of these speakers at a later
date. I would recommend installing these with the speakers if possible. I'm
adding a powered subwoofer later to make up for the missing bass.

Lastly, I installed a AM/FM Cassette w/ CD changer control out of a 1995
Jetta to replace the stock unit. You need to add 12V to an additional pin in
the wiring harness to get it to work, but it sounds and looks great. I have
a 97 Jetta with the same front end unit and like it a lot. Future plans for
the Vanagon include wiring up the same number and type of speakers that the
Jetta has in it and adding the Clarion CD Changer under my rear facing seat.

Tim Hannink
Winter Park, Florida
1987 Westfalia Wolfsburg Camper, the Sand Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of ray g
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 00:47
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Westy Speaker

Hi all,

I just replace my front speakers on my 87 Westy using the original VW
speaker housings/grills.  By the way, they are actually 3-1/2" speakers, not
4".

I pryed out the original speakers from the plastic housing and put a bead of
silicone around the circumference of the inside of the housing as a spacer,
so the new speaker tweeter would not pust against the plastic grill.  After
that dried, I installed 3 1/2" Infinity speakers into the housings, after
cutting & grinding off their metal ears, then siliconed them into place.

Good luck,

Ray
Salt Lake City

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