Thanks for the tip, this sounds like what I've been looking
for.  Anybody else tried these?
Edward

At 07:38 PM 10/9/2010, Richard Koerner wrote:
>After the last few roadtrips, noticed that the front factory door
>speakers (25 year old Blaupunkt) were sounding weak and fuzzy.  I
>have a second pair of 5 1/4" speakers mounted down by the footwell,
>but the fuzzy speakers were annoying.  Did hardly any research to
>find 3 1/2" speakers for to replace the factory ones (I'm not a
>serious audiophile...just want it to sound "pretty good").  Found
>these Legacy 3 1/2" 120 Watt Co-axial speakers on Amazon; bought
>from CarAudioDeals, $11.23 + $3.73 shipping.
>
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002M792S/ref=oss_product
>
>Removed old Blaupunkts...sure enough, the paper cones were
>split.  Installed the new Legacy's...NOW we're talking!!!  I think
>they sound really good, amazing actually.  Plenty of base, good
>highs, look like solid speakers....especially for under $15 for the pair.
>
>Some installation caveats:
>
>1.  The speakers come with side mounting tabs.....no problem, just
>fold these back.
>2.  The tweeter extends beyond the rim of the main speaker by about
>1/4".  The original speaker grills are slightly convex...but not
>enough...the tweeter will rest on the interior of the grill.  So I
>made a "spacer washer" out of an old neoprene wetsuit, about 3.5" OD
>and 3.2" ID, and used 2 layers of 1/8" thick wetsuit, glued
>together.  I epoxied this spacer washer to the mounting face of the
>new speakers, and then applied more epoxy to the face of the spacer
>washer and placed inside the speaker grill enclosure and let it cure
>to mount the speaker in the grill enclosure.  I think you can buy
>spacer washers if you want; or, you could probably build up
>thicknesses of cardboard or something to achieve the same
>effect.  Anyway, it all worked just fine, solid, no buzzing.  And it
>fits the factory plastic shell on the door panel.  Of course no
>problem with the window cranks either since using the factory grill.
>
>Very impressed by the sound...can really turn it UP if I want
>to...and I do a lot of driving with windows rolled down.  By the
>way, my radio is from a Honda Civic that I got on ebay for about
>$10...nothing fancy but a good unit, LCD display matches the
>instrument cluster clock, looks "factory" except that it says Honda
>on the cassette tape door (need some black paint and an artist's
>brush to take care of that I guess).
>
>Extremely pleased with the final result....should last for years.
>
>Rich
>85 Vanagon GL
>San Diego