weather wrote:
I can live with drilling and screwing the covers on - will the covers fit over the arms that hold the DB651's tweeter?
I'm not sure I understand the question, so I probably won't give the right answer. The screws go through the grille, through the speaker frame, and into the fiberglass deck. When comparing DB651's to the likely original Clarions, the dimensions between the screws - the "bolt circle" if you will - is different, so new holes have to be drilled in the deck.
If you're asking whether the Clarion grilles will clear the tweeters on the DB651's, I don't know - but I have doubts.
I personally think the DB651's look dramatically better than the Clarions or those Alpines, but that's a completely subjective thing. The 651's are waterproof though (or close enough).