Hi All:

I'd like to put a couple of screws in the center of the rear speaker shelf, closest to the front 'lip'. For those of you who have completely gutted your cars for restoration, do you remember if there is anything under there that I may hit with a drill? The area is 'blind' (at least on the driver side).

I would like to use #8 screws which require a 1/8" hole. I'd like to put the screws 6" left and right of the centerline of the shelf.

Thanks!
Chris

'87 X1/9
'82 Spider

nothing to see here

Just remember that the fuel tank is behind the drivers seat or should I say left hand side of the car.

There are speaker cutouts on each side, but over the gas tank you only have a few inches of clearance.

TonyK Grimsby Ont Canada.

You have at least 2" clearance there. Should be all right.
Would you tell us the secret - what are these two screw for ???


HaXD
Herzel, in Israel

WhiteX
The late Green '85 X1/9

....I'll try to keep this short

My old speakers were shot as was the piece of masonite that they were mounted to. So I pried up the old piece of masonite and slid it out of the vinyl 'sleeve' in the rear desk upholstery.

I then left everything in place and cut a piece of luan plywood to the exact dimensions, glued some grey indoor/outdoor carpet to the top of that and mounted my new speakers.

Then, I simply set the entire assembly back in place on top of the original upholstery, the speaker magnets for the new 4x6 speakers were centered over the existing holes.

But, since the deck is now roughly 5/16" higher, the very center of my newly cut piece is sitting proud of the shelf lip by about 1/16". I can press it down slightly with my fingers but it keeps popping back up. Hence, the need for a small screw to hold it down.

Does this make sense?

Thanks,
Chris

HaXD
Herzel, in Israel

WhiteX
The late Green '85 X1/9

Don 't forget that the gas tank is there!!!

When drilling holes in the speaker shelf you stand the chance of piercing the gas tank for check it out before you do any drilling. Hope I'm not too late.
Thanks,
ED

I plan on adding rear shelf speakers.

I know the vinyl cover has imprints for where they should go.

When I start pealing back will I find:

1. vinyl top cover (obviously)
2. some type of particle board (is this precut for speakers?)
3. metal frame with speaker cut out 4x6 metric?

I would just like to know what to expect.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Joe F
87 Bert

The speaker holes on my '87 look like they were part of the factory stamping and not cut in later. I suspect that yours are the same. The board is a piece of masonite. I don't think that you're going to find pre-cut holes or markings under the vinyl but I could be wrong. The easiest way to figure it out is simply to pry up the rear shelf and have a look underneath.

Hope this helps,
Chris

'87 X1/9
'82 Spider

Every X I've looked at has had the speaker holes already there in the metal shelf... It looks to me that the panels were manufactured that way... Not sure about the masonite though, as every X I've owned already had speakers in place...

Jim W. (in the Northeast)