RE: Coupe q - help with rear speakers...

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Get your screwdriver out. I'll try this from memory, so please forgive
any indiscretions. Tip - put the screws back in their holes as you
remove them, the size varies, it's a PITA trying to locate one that
fits, especially towards the end of re-installation.

Make a large clean area on your lawn/garage floor/sidewalk for the many
parts about to be disgorged from your car.

Remove the handle/lights over the windows (front and rear).

Remove the plastic trim over the top of the windows (front and rear).

Remove the vertical plastic trim between the windows that covers the top
of the seatbelts (leave it hanging by the seatbelt, but loose).

Remove the rear seat bottom.

Tip the rear seatback forward.

Remove the cushion outboard of the rear seatback.

You should now be able to get at all the screws holding the panel in.

I have Boston Acoustics separates in the back, with the midrange drivers
behind the panels (the tweeters are on the little shelf outboard of the
rear package shelf). I'm not sure about diameter behind the stock
grilles, but there is plenty of space for depth.

Have fun, it sounds worse than it is, should take about 15 minutes to
remove the panel, about 1/2 hour to put back. HTH.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

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>From: 	ir000185@pop3.interramp.com[SMTP:ir000185@pop3.interramp.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, June 12, 1996 2:25 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Coupe q - help with rear speakers...
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm about to replace the rear speakers of my Coupe.
>
>Can anyone give me some directions on removal of the side panels,
>Bentley is unclear.
>
>Also, can I make a 6 1/2" speaker fit in the well? I'm building a dual
>12" isobaric enclosure for the rear 
>and I'd like to have something a little larger that will bridge the gap
>in frequency response from the big 
>woofers.
>
>TIA,
>Todd
>
>