When I got my 91 4dr sentra the front speakers were blown. I took the door
apart and took the odd looking speakers with the metal plate welded to
them out. I went to a local car stereo place and they said the didnt know
what those plates were and didnt have any speakers the would perfectly
match, they had a pair that was pretty close, about .5 of an inch to small.
Said they could "find a way to install them", quoted 50 bux for labor. I just
took the speakers. At home I used a screw at the top whole at those plastic
wire-ties or zip-ties or whatever they are called on the other to wholes and
pulled them really tight with pliers. Worked perfectly, speakers in there solid.
>8/7/2001 3:53:00 PM, you wrote:
>Hopefully this will help someone's stereo install go a little easier:
>
>I just bought a 92 Sentra SE 2 door and wanted to upgrade the factory
>speakers. It had 4 factory Clarion speakers in it. I had read a
>Crutchfield (www.crutchfield.com) catalog and it said that 91-94 sentras
>take 5.25s in the front, and 6-3/4s in the back. So I bought some new
>5-1/4s from EBay.
>
>When I took my door panels off, I was shocked to find that the factory
>door speakers wern't 5.25s. They were big, non-standard, 7.5 inch,
>3-screw metal plates with a tiny 4x6 speaker in the middle. It was all
>one piece so you'd need a dremel tool to even cut out the 4x6 and replace
>it with another. I took my factory 4x6 speaker to a car stereo shop and
>they said that the only way to install my new 5.25s in the doors is to cut
>a 5.25" hole in my factory speaker. They wanted $50 per side to do the
>work.
>
>I called Crutchfield to see what they had to say. They have a plastic
>plate made especially for that application. They're $12 a set if you buy
>them alone, but free if you buy speakers. So I bought some 6.75s for the
>rear and he threw in the front plates for free. He also mentioned that
>the front plates will work with both 5.25s and 6.5s. Plus he threw in a
>speaker wiring harness that adaepts the factory speaker plug to fit the
>aftermarket speakers. Very nice :)
>
>I just recieved the crutchfield plates and they fit my 5.25s perfect.
>Just for fun I tried my 6.75s in them. They were way too big. Apperantly
>there is a big difference between 6.5s and 6.75s. I don't have any 6.5s
>to see if they would fit.
>
>Although my 5.25s fit in the crutchfield adapter plates perfect and the
>3-screw plates fit the door perfect, once I mounted the speakers in the
>plates, the screws and clips that hold the speakers to the plates stick
>out too far and don't allow the plates to fit the door anymore. so I
>either need to cut the speaker screws off short, or cut my door speaker
>hole a little wider. Bummer. So I'm still working on the door speakers.
>
>The 6-3/4 rear speakers fit perfect. No hassels at all.
>
>
>Ray Metz
>Everett, WA
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
>http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
>
>
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
>List archives ==> http://www.escribe.com/automotive/sml
>Have a question? Try the archives first.
>
>
>
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
To unsubscribe, put "unsubscribe" (by itself) in the subject and send to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the form at http://www.sentra.net/sml
