Re: alfa-digest V7 #227

[Hal Taylor <taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alberto:

So far, I've had no problems with my car, which I leave unlocked, sometimes with
the top down.  I, too, have a detachable-face deck in my '86 spider.  When I
upgraded the speakers, I bought some Alpines which were the same size as the
stock speakers (I couldn't imagine squeezing larger speakers anywhere, anyway).
I opted to re-use the slightly funky old grills, for a "stealth" effect, rather
than the nice new grills, with their Alpine logo.

In a previous car, I flush-mounted speakers in the rear deck (no, it wasn't a
spider), and covered the entire rear deck with speaker grill cloth, rendering the
speakers invisible.  This probably woulndn't work so well in a spider, but maybe
it'll get you thinking about some other possibilities.

Good luck.

Hal Taylor
'86 spider veloce "Strega"
with mildly upgraded sound system

> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 15:28:40 -0500
> From: Alberto_Fontova@domain.elided (Alberto Fontova)
> Subject: Stereo in a Spider & theft
>
> I'm going to install a good audio system in my Spider - a CD-player with a
> detachable face & good speakers.  While I'm not to worried about the
> cd-player, I'm concerned about the speakers getting stolen and my car
> getting damaged in the process.  What has been the experience of other
> Spider owners?
>
> Thanks.
>
> AF
>
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