I recently installed 6 1/2" Blaupunkt speakers in the front doors of my 1983 Westphalia.  The one in
the right door was no problem, installed low near the bottom of the door panel.  The one in the left
door was harder because there is a rigid pocket/shelf  as part of the door panel and that kept me
from moving the speaker up so it would slide in above the metal(horizontal) door brace.  I had to
take a metal chisel and a hacksaw and hammer a part of the brace until the speaker could slide into
place.  I didn't flush mount, just the regular surface mount with the grill sticking out a bit.
Didn't have any problem with the dash either.  On the right side I was worried that part of the
speaker structure was just touching the metal horizontal door brace and would buzz but that didn't
happen.

BTW, the speakers were bought from Midwest Electronics at a great discount, free shipping, and they
were very quick getting them to me.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist@GUZYK.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:52 AM
Subject: can I put 6 1/2" speakers in a Westy?

> I have 4 round 6 1/2" speakers.  Is there an easy way to mount them
> in the front doors and in the rear cabinet where the factory speakers
> are?
>
> If you have successfully installed 6 1/2" speakers, please share how
> you did it.  Include photos if any.
>
> If you cannot fit 6 1/2" speakers, what is the largest size that can
> be easily used in a Westy.