Well, the speaker mount on the driver's door of my '93 240 finally cracked enough that it fell off the door. The pop rivets are still in the door.
Any suggestions how to fix this?
Well, the speaker mount on the driver's door of my '93 240 finally cracked enough that it fell off the door. The pop rivets are still in the door.
Any suggestions how to fix this?
Pick up some less cracked ones at your local pick a part?
On my '83, I bought some Polks that fit in the hole. They were too deep though, so instead of mounting the plastic bezel over the top of the speaker, I put the bezel between the speaker and door. Had to clip the corners of the sheetmetal on the speaker to fit inside the bezel and pop the middle of the grill out a bit to clear the tweeter cone but they don't look too bad. And sound great.
I got some of these at a junkyard for my '84 240, I had to drill out the rivets and then I used machine screws with washers and nuts to hold them on the door panels of the 242. If they are not cracked too badly you can use this method, if a larger chunk has broken out, superglue or plastic weld epoxy should get them back together, then use the screws, they work better than rivets.
the ones on my '91 disintegrated, so I got some 3/8" plywood, traces their outline, and broke out the jigsaw. A little edge sanding, bevel the upper and lower back edges, some black paint and they're invisible behind the speaker grilles. And will never disintegrate like the plastic did. Bonus - you can alter the depth and mounting holes to fit whatever speakers you like. I dropped in Pioneer 5-1/4's and they sound great. Just make sure it's not so thick that it impinges the edge of the dash.
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