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

[Paul Samarin]

Oh, I see.  No, that's not what I'm saying.  As I said, I didn't use  
the euros; so I don't know about the exact locations of the screw  
holes on those except to say that, from the photos I eventually saw,  
they appear to be roughly in the "corners" of the oval.  The US  
versions are mounted on a flat, rectangular metal mounting bracket  
measuring probably around 4.5" by 6.5"; I snipped away most of that  
bracket leaving just enough to mount into the existing space and  
leaving enough mounting material to get a screw through where  
needed.  It was tedious, but not difficult.

Paul

On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Shayegan, Richard wrote:


> You're saying the screw holes on your 4x6 euro style plates line up  

> with

> the existing screw holes? That's what I meant by making a new hole, I

> meant making new screw holes. Yes I realize self-tapping means this

> isn't hard, but still I wasn't willing to make a new screw hole in a

> $2000 dashboard.

> Richard

>

>> -----Original Message-----

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

>> of machinescrews, and speaker size question)

>>

>> 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

>>>

>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com

>>>> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Paul Samarin

>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:18 PM

>>>> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

>>>> 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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