With my 5.25" speakers, I deleted the plastic grill ring, put speaker
behind panel, rubber O rings between grill and panel, fastened with SS
fasteners. Not certain if edge of cone is butted up against the panel
or if cone hits grill at higher volume, but crank *just* clears the
grill.

JL speaker image:   http://tinyurl.com/ayg9oof   plastic ring, mesh,
hand bent crank (worked but not the best idea)
http://tinyurl.com/ayfdzse

Pretty sure these are my speakers:
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136TR525CX/JL-Audio-TR525-CXi.html?search=TR525-CXi&skipvs=T

Neil.

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, just what I was looking for a few weeks back.  But at $34, twice
> the price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic
> sleeve would be required -- they are apparently made of platinum and
> titanium with diamond studs.
>
>
> On 12/31/2012 7:11 AM, Jonce Fancher wrote:
>  Many of you talk of speakers getting hit by the window crank.
>  Would need some sort of deco plastic sleeve to  hide the full extension.
>
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1356962481370/page_1664_176/window_crank_extension_pair.html

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Neil n

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