Cris,

I'm In the process now.  My auto sound guy got a pair of 6 1/2" round
biaxial speakers to drop in the hole. the Brand is Boss, they do a good
job.  The biaxial is a seperate tweeter mounted atop the main speaker, but
still below the edge of the frame. They don't stick out. Worth the dough!.
I guess to the smaller stock speaker is also an option, I mean Boss makes
one that size too 4" or 3" round, but its so tiny.  Cost is $70 and less
for the big uns.  Any auto shop should be able to satisfy your desire to
maintain the "it belongs there look and feel"  My rear speakers are the 4"
jobs in the A/C unit, I've seen the pods your refering to. My guess is the
auto sound guys can retro fit a replacement speaker in the box you give em.

  I'm going with the biaxials back there too, but keeping the 4" size cause
the alignment is really good. Thats a good level one sytem for me.

 Level two is the subwoofer route, they supposed to do that tommorrow.  One
8" under my seat, and one 8" under the rear bench, the amp is  2 chanel
planet audio, at 200 watts. But I'd bet its more of the "just enough to
make the subs do their thing in the loaf mode", rather than have to really
push a little amp and speakers. Also an active crossover to tune up the way
the freqs get passed to the speakers and thats my setup.

 Head unit is a clarion w/ 6 CD changer. Half of it sounds nice, I'll let
you know what the other half does.

Mark Keller
91 Carat and spending$

>Hi!
>
>First, I luv my bus.  85 Vanagon, brown, well loved.
>
>Anyway, we just got back from doing the Yellowstone-Teton loop, and I
>realized something.  My speakers and radio need updating!
>
>Problem:  I don't want to have to replace the grills up front, or the pods
>out back if I don't have to....so my question is:
>
>Does anyone know of a decent speaker set for installation in the old
>hanging pods in back, and the grill door speaks up front?
>
>Thanks, if y'all can help!
>
>-=Chris=-
>
>'85 Vanagon - "Fritz"