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Subject:Re: Rear Speaker upgrade
From:Greg Marshall
Date:Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:25:11 -0400

I put a pair of Sony 6x9's in the front of the bench seat in my westy.  Don't
know if yours is a westfalia or not, but if it is, just cut two oval holes in
the front panel of the bench seat and plunk the speakers in there.  To wire
them, I ran the wires out of the deck, behind the glovebox, under the carpet of
the passenger floor, under the carpet on the passenger wheelwell, down beside
the batery box, and under the carpet into a tiny sneaky little hole in the
bottom of the bench seat.  The speaker backs take up hardly any space under the
bench seat, and I can still use it for storage.

greg.
'82 California Vanagon L Westfalia
"mashed potato"

Kitzmann wrote:

> This talk of upgrading the front speakers got me thinking about asking what
> others have done in the rear.  I've been thinking about what I wanted to do
> to improve the sound in my van and I've decided a descent set of rear
> speakers would be a great thing.  But, where to mount them?  I want bigger
> speakers then the stock 4 or 5" ones that came from the factory.  Anybody
> have a setup that worked out well?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave K.