Don't forget the approach of putting tweeters behind stock speaker
grill at top of door and midrange elements at foot of door. Previous
owner did that on my '86 syncro, Boston acoustic speakers, crossover
boxes on each side tucked into air channel just forward of door in
frame.

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
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On 6-Apr-10, at 8:03 AM, Doug Alcock wrote:

The problem is the thickness not the diameter -- I recently put new 4
inch
speakers in my front doors. I have an 84 Westy -- had to take speaker
grills
from an 85 and up to allow a little more thickness --- and then grind
the
window winders so they would clear the new grills.The 84 speaker
grills are
flush with the door and the 85 and up ones protrude about 1/8". I see
you
have a 91 GL so you may have power windows --- so depending on where
all the
wiring and switches are you have more room --- still the thickness
that is
the problem.

Cheers,
Doug
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Michael Sullivan
<sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:

> Can anyone tell me the mx diameter of speakers that can be
> installed in
> front doors?  I will mount from the back so I can get bigger than 4"
> Thanks.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:44 AM
> Subject: Stereo Upgrade Project
> To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>
>
> I know iI have brought this up before, but have a few extra bucks this
> month
> and would like to get going on this stereo upgrade.  In the
> interest of
> planning ahead, I would eventually like to have an aux battery to run
> laptop
> and incidental stuff.  I would also like a jumpseat behind the
> driver. IMO,
> it makes sense to tackle the battery first to be able to
> incorporate the
> amp
> and stereo stuff and have them run off the aux battery.  So a
> couple of
> questions:
>

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