The sweetest install I've seen yet is Curt's up near Seattle.  He had his
Syncro done at a shop in that area and they made a custom cabinet to fit the
upper outside corners of the floor board area.  They were covered in
matching carpet and were made so one could remove them and still have it
presentable.  It cost a pretty penny but if you folks are installing MB
Quarts you needn't be concerned anyway!

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> You are dealing with 2 problems in the stock location.
>
> Depth of the speaker inside the door. And Height of the speaker above
> the door panel.
>
> Anything more than flush mounted speakers, will hit the side of the
> dash. Anything more than about 2 1/2 inches deep, will require you to
> cut the vapor barrier pocket.
>
> With that said, a previous owner did fit some 5 or 5 1/2 inch speaker
> in my passenger syncro. As they aren't flush mounted they hit the
> dash. I wish they had gotten MB Quarts and flush mounted them instead.
>
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Robert MacDowell wrote:
>
>  What's the biggest speaker i can get into the same area as the
>> factory installed. I'm thinking 5 1/4 inch would be the biggest.
>> That's if i can even get those in. What's the opinion of the
>> experts. I don't want to cut the bottom of the door panel. I already
>> have them on the old panels and don't want to do that on the new
>> ones.   Thanks
>>
>

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