KN4665

"In-Car Express" <usenet@REMOVEincarexpress.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 May 2004 16:10:21 +0100, "KN4665" <KN4665DEAD@YAHOO.CO.UK>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm just trying to decide out of curiosity where the 160mm is taken -
best I
> >can do is from the far left to the far right of the screw holes..?
>
> I've actually just taken another look at your image, and I can't quite
> tell, but it looks like it might have 4 fixing screws?

Yes, that's right.

> If so, then
> it's not going to be a 160mm (which usually have 3), but more likely a
> 165mm, which isn't especially surprising as the car's effectively a
> Vauxhall Belmont (which used 165mm eurosize)
>

Ok, so 165mm (6.5") is probably the size I'm looking for.

> Rather than worrying about the speaker size, I'd measure the mounting
> hole. A 130mm mounting hole equates to a 160cm (usually Japanese and
> American) driver, and 150mm equates to a 165mm (eurosize) speaker.
>
> Sony's database lists 160mm speakers for the car, but a 153mm cutout,
> so I'm not thinking they've probably got things wrong!
>

Ah right..
Well, that gives me even more info, and I'll keep hold of your post and
refer to it when I pop the grilles off next.

Thanks muchly for your time Jon - much appreciated.


Mick.