Front Door Speakers? Was RE: [200q20v] another question

[Kneale Brownson]

Maybe it has to do with the differences in "space" around the 
driver/passenger heads.  I drove an avant once and kept "hearing" all that 
extra room beyond where the rear windows are in my sedans.


At 10:19 PM 02/08/2001 -0500, TM wrote:

>It appears that the door speakers were only present in the sedans,
>as you are the third Avant owner to mention this to me. Weird- I don't
>understand the reasoning behind this at all.
>
>Taka
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>From: 200q20v-admin at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-admin at audifans.com]On 
>Behalf Of Forhan, Thomas
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:56 AM
>To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>Subject: Front Door Speakers? Was RE: [200q20v] another question
>
>Front Door Speakers? Huh? There are none in my Avant.
>
>  Is this standard on sedans, or part of the Bose system? I'd love to get 
> some gray door panels from junkyard if I could have a factory-like front 
> door speakers
>
>Tom F.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TM [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:28 PM
>To: Tiberius Gaius; 200q20v at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [200q20v] another question
>
>The front speakers, I can give you some info on:
>The dash speakers are approx. 3.5", although you will only have
>one in the passenger side if you have the factory phone installed.
>
>The front door speakers are 4".
>
>If you get a/d/s speakers, make sure you get the 4" component
>set. I recommend against mounting the tweeters in the dash locations,
>as you will end up with too much treble boost from reflecting off of
>the windshield. Yes, even with those sweet soft dome tweeters in the
>a/d/s line.
>
>Sorry, I can't help with the rear speakers. Someone recently spoke of
>putting a custom enclosure in one of the rear wheel well areas, if you
>can do this. I think you can put the spare under the cargo floor (IIRC,
>a full size spare will fit there) and then use the space where the doughnut
>spare usually resides to build a custom enclosure. You will have to have
>a custom glassed exterior to match the contours, though, which will be
>very expensive.
>
>I just went through a complete gutting of my factory Audi/Bose stereo
>and am wondering what setup you're considering.
>
>HTH,
>Taka
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 200q20v-admin at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-admin at audifans.com]On 
>Behalf Of Tiberius Gaius
>Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:50 AM
>To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>Subject: [200q20v] another question
>
>Can anybody tell me what size speakers fit in an Audi 200 quattro wagon 
>(1991); non bose stereo.  I would like to upgrade to ADS component 
>speakers and would appreciate any information on the topic.   Anybody have 
>any suggestions as to the best place to mount a sub unobtrusively?
>
>Regards,
>
>Carl
>