Speaker Rehab

[Tropicalcats]

Just looking for a little advice on my speakers. I just sent my thumb radio out for restoration and thinking about sending in my speakers from the 3 speaker dash for some attention. I have tried to keep the car as original as the day it came off the line but I wonder if I should just replace the speakers or have them redone.

[Katfish]

I'd replace them with new units.  They'll sound much better.  Once you install them, there's no way to tell what's under the dash.

Save your money for something else.

[Lunchbox]

I am in the same boat as you. I want originality but when it comes to music I want it to sound really good. So I will have new speakers all around. I am also going to have the radio rebuilt with new internals, that will run a Ipod or simular device.

Who is going to redo your radio?

Lunch

[Tropicalcats]

I am in the same boat as you. I want originality but when it comes to music I want it to sound really good. So I will have new speakers all around. I am also going to have the radio rebuilt with new internals, that will run a Ipod or simular device.

Who is going to redo your radio?

Lunch

Lunch

I sent it out to http://www.wardsclassiccarradiorepair.com/index.html  nice guy and I have heard good things about his work. I'm ok with the sound not being the best. I'm looking for what it sounded like off the line.

[71bigblock]

Doesnt Year One re-do speakers?  I thought I saw that in the catalog.   

Anybody ever tried it?

[Lunchbox]

Lunch

I sent it out to http://www.wardsclassiccarradiorepair.com/index.html  nice guy and I have heard good things about his work. I'm ok with the sound not being the best. I'm looking for what it sounded like off the line.

Thanks for the link 

Doesnt Year One re-do speakers?  I thought I saw that in the catalog.  

Anybody ever tried it?

They just send them to another company and collect a middle man fee. Call Wilson Productions, he is a great guy and will steer you in the right direction.

Lunch

[Tropicalcats]

Call Wilson Productions

Do you have a link? or phone number?

[Lunchbox]

Reason I said he's a great guy  is he helped me for a half hour trying to figure out what stuff I need for my 3-speaker system, and rumaged around in all of his stuff looking for parts numbers for me to search for on ebay.

314-448-7873

http://www.n96airgrabber.com/
Website isn't much at all as of yet

[JayBee]

You guys probably know this already...but just in case you didn't. Most new type speakers come with rather big magnets which means having to cut the opening in the dash frame larger. I had to on mine.

[Stacked440]

Personally...I'd say your crazy to refurbish those speakers   New speakers are made of better materials and sound night and day better than stockers, even if you have to cut holes in your frame, i'd do it for the improved sound quality.  For my Challenger we just bought new 6x9 rear deck speakers and some 6.5 inch speakers to go in the (already) hacked kickpanels in the front, and planning on cutting the dash frame to mount 2 speakers/tweeters in the stock dash speaker location.  you could buy some mighty nice speakers for the price you'd pay to get those refurbished.  I suppose it depends how "pure" you want the car to be. They don't show but if you know they are there, sometimes it bugs yah

[Tropicalcats]

You guys probably know this already...but just in case you didn't. Most new type speakers come with rather big magnets which means having to cut the opening in the dash frame larger. I had to on mine.

I did not know that and that alone is reason for me to go with the originals. The thought of cutting into my dash frame is unbearable.

Personally...I'd say your crazy to refurbish those speakers  

  Call me crazy 
I know they would sound better but I can't make the cut.

[71bigblock]

I did not know that and that alone is reason for me to go with the originals. The thought of cutting into my dash frame is unbearable.
 

  Call me crazy 
I know they would sound better but I can't make the cut.

I didnt know that either.  I would die if I had to cut up my dash, so its a no way for me too.   

Too bad I dont have an original speaker to even refurbish   

[Tropicalcats]

I didnt know that either.  I would die if I had to cut up my dash, so its a no way for me too.   

Too bad I dont have an original speaker to even refurbish   

71 date coded original center speaker. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ORIGINAL-MOPAR-70-74-CUDA-CHALLENGER-DASH-RADIO-SPEAKER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80741QQihZ006QQitemZ160081855044QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

[71bigblock]

Thanks TC, but how much can one guess that re-doing a speaker would cost?

[Tropicalcats]

Thanks TC, but how much can one guess that re-doing a speaker would cost?

 This should give you some idea

http://www.thespeakershop.com/home/speakerrepair.html

The center with dust cover around $68 and the 2 side speakers with dust cover about $30 a piece