Had a look at your pics one of them mentions an issue with the USB. Go here

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-U005-10I-Right-Extension/sim/B0000AQNX2/2
On Mar 9, 2013 2:17 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I understand back issues. Sorry to hear of yours'. Mine is threatening
> to go out after all the work I've been doing
>
> (picture scrubbing with SS HD sink scrubber. This is what I had-found
> to work best. Images)
>
>
> https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-D07assRH1aI/UTuJmEBw3kI/AAAAAAAAHIE/ER-OZi84ANg/s720/Pop%2520top%2520clean-crack.jpg
>
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> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i91PKo2Qp7s/UTuJl3_jM7I/AAAAAAAAHIA/SY_q3XeTt_k/s576/Pop%2520Top%2520Clean%2521.jpg
>
> But back to speakers. Yes. There are compromises etc. involved. As
> have many others, I found that replacing the front OEM speakers (well
> OEM in that I put in "new" panels from a Diesel Vanagon) with better
> speakers was a marked increase in quality.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/NewFrontDoorSpeakersAndStereoInstall
>   To my ear, these were the most natural sounding (in my price range,
> locally available) speakers.  I've since modified the grilles so an
> OEM crank *just* clears them. Still need to address if I've blown a
> speaker or if the cone bit is bumping the grill on low notes.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:09 AM, forum email <nij.forum@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I didnt think so but sometimes people surprise you with replies. Also i
> have
> > been laid up since Sunday as my back went out so probably feeling/being a
> > bit sensitive! What I did was made a shelf/table that sits between the
> front
> > seats and have a self powered bass tube that sits under the table. This
> adds
> > bass around the van. Those small enclosures would help to have some top
> end
> > in the back. The table does stop walk though and also hinders swivel
> seats,
> > but for me I never walk though and I have always found the swivel to be a
> > pain, so my front seats spend most of the time facing forward.
> Everything is
> > a compromise, in my daily van I attacked the sounds issue differently and
> > have speakers mounted in the underseat panel and in the rear side
> panels. I
> > converted the buddy seat storage into a 12" sub enclosure and added 5.5"
> > speakers to the bottoms of the front doors as well. So now the front
> doors
> > have high quality 4" at the top and high quality 5.5 at the bottom. You
> > might find that adding some sound reading material (dynamat, fat-mat etc)
> > will help as well. I did my daily driver throughout, I also install the
> > baffle behind every speaker.
> >
> > Something like
> >
> >
> http://www.crutchfield.com/p_237XT52/XTC-5-1-4-Speaker-Baffles-Slim-line-2-1-2-depth.html?tp=2809
> .
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > On Mar 9, 2013 1:44 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >> No, not a sarcastic reply. Comment wasn't directed at you.      :)
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
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> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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