OK.....I thought this would be a fairly simple exercise.  Just went to see
about pulling the stock speakers from our 87 Westie Syncro; not so fast.  I
pulled the door panels back enough to see that the speaker panel is held in
place by what looks like a plastic fitting that screws onto the speaker
panel with the door panel in middle.  I tried and tried but could not budge
the thing.

Can anyone tell me exactly what must happen to remove this thing?  Do I have
to break it and get a new one?  Am  I missing something very simple here?  I
looked through bentley but did not find any diagrams showing how the
speakers are mounted.

Thanks,

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@tribune.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: upgrading door speakers

> I would try doing this if you would like to install some excellent
speakers
> in the doors of your vanagon:
>
> I used Boston Acoustic CX4 speakers, I removed the original grills and cut
> the cover right behind the mounting surface, all you want to retain is the
> cover, not the screw housing and old speaker.
>
>  You will want to mount the screws in the middle of the ring of plastic
> surrounding the speaker holes, you will have to take a dremmel to the spkr
> housing so that it will allign with the holes you just made in the
modified
> cover.  it looks good and looks stock, but sounds 10 times better than the
> original speaker
>
> Malibu Tony 85' westy  6 degrees BTDC
>
> More Clearence for front door speakers
>
> Fellow Vanageeks,
>
>      I've noticed in reports in the past of list members having a narrow
> choice in speakers for the front doors.  Having had to replace my door
> cranks with new VW ones from Bus Depot, I noticed that the replacement
ones
> give about a 1/2 inch more clearence for the speaker.  Hope this helps out
> all you audiofiles out there.
>
> Jason M Yasment
> '84 Westfalia