RE: Replacing stock speakers

From: Charlie Marino (cmarino12@cox.net)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 16:27:40 EDT

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Thanks for the idea, sounds good.

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh
Battles
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:47 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Replacing stock speakers

Just an fyi, but if you don't feel like paying the $10 for the adapter
rings.... if you've got some spare time and about $3, you can make them
yourself out of a 1/4" piece of masonite. Just use a nice agressive
looking screw to hold the speakers in place and you're golden.

--
- Josh
Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
""Charlie Marino"" <cmarino12@cox.net> wrote in message
news:000b01c304d2$3db8f280$0201a8c0@hewlettmi4yof2...
>
> Eric,
> Thanks for the reply. Don't concern yourself with the 
> time.............I've been busy as hell myself. This is a great list 
> and appreciate everyone's responses.
>
> Charlie Marino
> Yorktown, VA
> 1999 Dakota Club Cab SLT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Eric 
> Jerman
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:46 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: Replacing stock speakers
>
>
>
> Charlie,
>   Yeah the factory openings are larger than what our books list...but 
> I believe Gabe beat me to the punch in stating that we have 6.5" 
> oversized
>
> speaker provisions in our daks.  Most of the time you need an adapter 
> to fit the 6.5" or 5.25" speakers in, but some manufacturers like 
> infinity make the
> speakers oversized as well so that you don't need an adapter ring.  I
> know
> that my clarions needed them, but my infinity 2 ways don't.  They make
> the
> basket/ frame bigger on the speaker that way they can increase the
cone
> area
> of the speaker so that you can achieve a little higher sound quality
> than
> speakers of actual 6.5" size.  HTH some.  Sorry it took so long to get
> back
> to you on this.
> Eric Jerman
>
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