Re: 'Rocco ICE Install.....HELP!!!

[Ewan.Marshall@UK.Sun.COM (Ewan Marshall - Frans Maas Linlithgow)]

Hi Riley,

	  Thanks for the mail!My plan is to remove the original
plastic kick panel and replace it with MDF (12mm thick) and blend
this into the door panel,then recover the whole door panel with 
leatherite.Where the original speaker is at the moment would be
the general area of my Clif speakers will be,set at an angle to face the
drivers seat and completely sealed into the MDF.The tweeters will
also sit in that area,although direction is not that important,due
to the fact I have sensitive ears!!!(In my last '87 GTX 'rocco I
put tweeters on the top of the door panels next to the front quarter
glass panel and about deafened myself!!!).How do they sound when
in the stock grilles?
By setting the speaker at an angle,I should create enough room behind 
for them to fit in.Will I have to somehow support all this MDF onto 
the sheet metal inside the door,or should the panel be able to support 
this weight?Should I use fibreglass or something to blend in the MDF to 
the door panels?Please advise,any help is very much appriciated!

 	   Ewen Marshall
 	   '89 Blue Scala 'Rocco
 	   "Built in Germany...(VW)...Made In Scotland."
 
           Email:  ewan.marshall@UK.sun.com
 


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>From mcm@intergate.bc.ca Fri Aug 14 02:18 BST 1998
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To: Ewan.Marshall@UK (Ewan Marshall - Frans Maas Linlithgow)
From: Riley McDowall <mcm@intergate.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: 'Rocco ICE Install.....HELP!!!
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
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At 11:52 AM 8/13/98 +0100, Ewan Marshall - Frans Maas Linlithgow wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>	I looking for some advice on fitting Stereo equipment
>in ma '89 'rocco Scala.I have the following stuff:
>
>Pair Clif Design California 6" Mids/tweeters and crossovers
>
>I am mounting the Clif mids and tweeters in the door panels,
>but I'm not sure of the best way to do this.I think I will
>point all 4 speakers in my direction!!!

Are good are you with fiberglass?  :)

To get all 4 speakers pointed up at you will require building out the
kickpanels.  This has been done before (can't remember who did it), but
there's really not much space there to begin with.  I don't think this is
the best way to go.  

What I'm doing with my 6.5" a/d/s/ separates is a lot easier - I'm screwing
a baffle into the sheetmetal behind the door panel, behind the stock
speaker location.  The woofer will sit here, and fire (mostly) through the
stock speaker grille.  Although they will fire right into the legs of the
passengers, I don't think this will be a huge problem.  The tweeters will
also sit behind the stock grilles, but will be aimed up at the sunroof.  If
you pull all the foam away from behind the stock speaker location you'll
see there's about 2-3" of sheetmetal you can use to anchor the tweeter to.  

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!  HTH...



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