ldb3130 wrote:
Thanks for responding, I think I have the same set up. Did you have to make the hole larger to take the 6.5" speaker?
Regarding the back speakers: I guess the originals were 6.5", because I was able to mount the Polk DB651's using the same screw holes. In my case, the speaker mounted behind the side fiberglass panel, then was covered up by a combing panel with grey cloth hiding the speaker. The hole in the combing panel was a little small, but I did not modify it (about 5" diameter). If I had wanted to mount the speaker on top of the combing panel, then I would have had to cut a larger hole (and cut the cloth). My preference was for the stock look with the speaker hidden.
The trick was finding the 3 or 4 nuts that hold the combing panel in place. The combing panel has 3 or 4 #10 machine screw studs installed it it. With a mirror, you can see #10 hex nuts and lockwashers from behind the fiberglass that were easy to remove with with a deep well socket (5/16 or 3/8?). (Fortunately, they did use Stainless Steel hardware, so I did not even need a socket driver...just hand torq on the deep well socket)
ldb3130 wrote:
...and the VDO gauge cluster. How is you cluster doing? I know they have caused alot of headaches for alot of owners.
My Original VDO gauge cluster is doing well... knock on wood
I had it go a little crazy once for a couple minutes, but it turns out that was just a symptom of my failing alternator. Once the alternator was changed, no problems since.
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