I have 6.5" speakers in roughly the same place (upper doors) as the
original tiny ones.   Needed to cut the door cover to size but I don't
believe I cut any metal.   You also need to either bend the window crank
handles slightly to clear the speaker grill or get one of those crank riser
pieces.   (I've bent the handles successfully on two vans so far.)   The
speaker grill will likely contact the side of the dash, but it seems to do
no harm.   If you don't like that you can put a small piece of vinyl sheet
on the dash end.    Bass is much improved (sounds great at low speeds), but
if you want to really feel the bass at cruising speeds, you need a
subwoofer somewhere.

Dave
90 Westy

  At 11:14 AM 5/23/02 -0700, dave bowers wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I am trying to find out what the largest size speaker (and specific brand?)
>is (upper) for a 1986 Vanagon Westy.
>
>I'd like to try and avoid installing speakers, down below at my feet, if
>possible.
>
>Currently, I have the stock, original 4 " ? speakers upper, up front. I'd
>like more bass and a more robust sound, and hope a bigger speaker can help.
>
>Anyhow, I'd love to hear your suggestions, and speaker recommendations for
>the upper slot. If I can't enlarge my upper speakers, I'd love to hear
>peoples experiences of putting larger speakers down below. More bass would
>be groovy.
>
>Thanks much,
>
>dave bowers
>1986 wolfy westy