Door speakers

[red78II]

We want to add front door speakers to our 78 hatchback but have found that the window crank hits the speaker grills on new style speakers. Does anyone out there know of current aftermarket speakers (not too expensive) that have a grill that will work?

Our alternative is to try and make something at this point.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[a351Must2]

I've used the 6.5" Infinity speakers with the factory speaker grills in the door panels...don't know of any other grills that work othjer than the ones that came in the II

 

[1970impala]

thats a tough one. never seen anything but original grills to fit.

 

[jeffnoel]

You have to mount the speakers behind the door panel and use the factory grills that's the only way they clear the window crank. I'm using 6 1/2" Pioneer TS-G1640Rs with no problems like $50.

 

[ib_steed]

I installed some 6" kenwood speakers w/ tweeters in the doors. I used the kenwood grills, the cranks clear, and they sound great. I'll get some pics up in the next day or two.

It was a bit of custom work though, my door had holes for speakers, but I could not use it, because it would have hit the crank, and was not big enouhg for the speakers. I cut a new hole in the door, and cut some plywood to fill in a space where there was no metal.

I'll see if i still have pics of this process.

-Ryan

 

[ib_steed]

Here's what it looks like done.

And i dug through my file of pictures and found the one i took when i was installing them. As you can see, I had t omove the hole a little

Hope this gives you some insperation!
-Ryan