Point of clarification. Since I have a westy, the speakers are in the wood cabinent part of the A/C in the back. Its not part of the plastic housing.

Todd
'88 Westy

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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>

> A slightly cheaper alternative from the MB quarts(need to hear them
> someday and see what all the hype is about), is the Focal speakers
> made in France. I bought the cheapie 6.5" mid bass and tweeter
> separates and still spent $300, but that was many years ago. Yes, I
> cut the big hole down by the floor and did the Dynamat thing on the
> doors. I even fabricated carbon fiber stiffeners for the door panels
> so they don't vibrate; 3/16" thick no less. Yeah, 75 solid watts
> feeds them nicely. My Syncro project, I'm going to cheap out and use
> the 6 speaker "premium amplified" stereo speakers from our old Town
> and Country Minivan(made by Infinity) and see how they do.
>
> The only problem I see mounting 6.5" any kind of speaker on that rear
> AC plastic housing is that you're making the support areas even
> thinner than before AND adding more weight. On top of that, there's
> no cabinet enclosure to enhance the lower frequencies(pretty much
> open air back there). Should you add a quality amp to really make
> the speakers sound good, then the factory wiring becomes inadequate;
> not to mention 17-25 year old wire.
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 03:56 PM 9/3/2008, Kim Brennan wrote:
> >Oh, yeah. Good point. On my passenger syncro the manual window cranks
> >do hit the speakers that were installed.
> >
> >
> >On Sep 3, 2008, at 4:52 PM, rubatoguy@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >>You also have to be aware if you have power or manual windows.
> >>Manual windows offer even less clearance.
> >>
> >>I mounted Polk 5 1/4" coax speakers in the stock location and they
> >>just fit and clear the dash.
> >>I cut the vapor barrier, but used aftermarket XTC foam speaker
> >>baffles. I was able to cut the overhead A/C Westy box and put 6 1/2"
> >>speakers in the back.
> >>
> >>Todd
> >>'88 Westy
> >>
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> >>From: Kim Brennan
> >>
> >> > 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
> >> > > facto ry 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