Front Speakers in Ex-Bose...

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

After some detective work, I have determined that no extra parts 
should be needed to mount speakers in the dash of my 1990 200 which 
came twith the Bose system - which meant it had no speakers in the 
dash.

I called the very helpful Linda @ Carlsen and she gave me the parts 
numbers for the front speaker grilles and covers into which the 
grilles snap.  For the record, these are:

Mount, L: 441-819-793
Mount, R: 441-819-794

Grille, L: 441-035-419
Grille, R: 441-035-420

And in pulling the comparable parts off my car, I found THE NUMBERS 
MATCH.  I always thought (are you listening, Arun??) that the speaker 
grille was blocked with a coarse material...but on holding it up to a 
bright light, I can see through it - and sound seems to travel 
through the material OK.  

On removing the mount beneath the grille, I found that there is a 
perfect round hole for the speaker to drop into - with a slot on one 
side for a mounting tab to stick through, and a stud projecting up 
180 degrees from the slot, allowing the installer to secure one of 
the tto tabs.

The round hole concealed by the grille mount measures precisely 3.5 
inches acros the hole, plus a 1/4 inch shoulder for the speaker to 
seat on.  It does look like getting the speaker in will be tight, but 
those of us who got the bose system can rejoice...because we have the 
grille parts we need to intall dash speakers.

I plan to run the dash speakers off the front radio speaker outs, the 
door speakers off the rear speaker outs, and the rear deck speakers 
off the line outs and an amplifier.  Noting the recent point made the 
Hon. Igor Kessel, I will not mount the amp horizontally under the 
rear deck, but vertically on the rear side of the seat bulkhead so 
heat can move away by convection.



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