[W126 Coupe] Speakers (was: amazing properties of machine screws, and speaker size question)

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for what its worth, crutchfield is currently recommending either 5  
1/4" round or 6 1/2" round for the "front door", and the same for  
"rear deck", all with "modified fit" disclaimer.  I think w126 coupe  
has fallen out of their database.   best buy claims 4" for dash and  
6x9 for rear deck.  Trying different model years, like '82 380sec,  
gives entirely new answers (4x6 for rear deck, nothing for dash),  
which I trust just as much (zero).  After seeing 2 different answers  
for each location I started pestering y'all.

alex

On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Paul Samarin wrote:


> Perhaps that varies by year then, too.  My '86 560 SEC dash needed no

> customization for the 4x6s, and in fact, whatever stereo store I went

> to way back when had a database which suggested 4x6 euros for the

> car; not knowing what the diff was and not having access to any euro

> versions, I got the US versions and cut the brackets to fit; I later

> saw a set of euros--they are essentially what I cut my US versions

> down to --> a 4x6 speaker housing with just 4 screw holes protruding

> from that.  Imagine an oval measuring 4x6 with 4 little circles (for

> screws) protruding about where corners would be on a similarly sized

> rectangle.

>

> Paul

>

> On Mar 1, 2007, at 11:37 AM, Shayegan, Richard wrote:

>

>> Well, the dash will hold 4x6's if you are willing to make new

>> holes. I'm

>> not, so I went with 3.5" with brackets from Crutchfield.

>> Richard

>>

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>>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Speakers (was: amazing properties of

>>> machine screws,and speaker size question)

>>>

>>> Man that's a bummer.  Meanwhile, the dash will hold Euro-version

>>> 4x6s.

>>>

>>> I think the rears depend on year; my old '86 was set-up for

>>> 4x6s on the rear deck also, so I redid the whole thing.  Not

>>> stock.  But the dash is definitely 4x6; the Euro versions

>>> have less mounting metal but are the same speaker-wise.  I

>>> couldn't find those, so I bought standard Kenwood 4x6s and

>>> just away all the mounting metal except 4 screw holes, and it

>>> worked fine.

>>>

>>> Paul

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