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Hi all,
I'm replacing all of the speakers in my '89 spider. I bought 2 pairs of Polk 5.25" speakers for front and back. According to Crutchfield, these speakers fit...but I'm having issues with the front doors. The replacement speakers are about an inch deeper than the originals and dont quite fit.
There is a roundish opening in the door panel behind where the speaker magnet goes...and had this strange little plastic cover over it. I took this off and found a small metal tab...which looks like it might be designed to cut out for speakers?
I noticed the original speakers do not recess into the door panel...everything sits "on top". What have folks done with their cars? I don't want to cut on the car any more than I have to...would like to preserve the original shape of the car as much as possible.
Thanks,
Greg
I'm replacing all of the speakers in my '89 spider. I bought 2 pairs of Polk 5.25" speakers for front and back. According to Crutchfield, these speakers fit...but I'm having issues with the front doors. The replacement speakers are about an inch deeper than the originals and dont quite fit.
There is a roundish opening in the door panel behind where the speaker magnet goes...and had this strange little plastic cover over it. I took this off and found a small metal tab...which looks like it might be designed to cut out for speakers?
I noticed the original speakers do not recess into the door panel...everything sits "on top". What have folks done with their cars? I don't want to cut on the car any more than I have to...would like to preserve the original shape of the car as much as possible.
Thanks,
Greg