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

[RONNY GEENEN]

I have in my 1987 560 SEC front a round 4" with a tweeter, but in my 1984 
300 SD I put in the front deck a 4x6 plate speaker. I notice that plate 
speakers do have also holes to match the european version.

Ronny
1987 560 SEC
1984 300 SD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Samarin" <pauls at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Speakers (was: amazing properties of 
machinescrews,and speaker size question)



> 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-----

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

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

>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:36 PM

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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

>>>>

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>>>>> [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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