I don't think the teacher who bought my 96 960 new used the stereo much, but I do. The right front door speaker is rattling, so I ordered two pairs of Kicker 6.5" two-ways off Ebay. I didn't order tweeters yet, we'll see how the Kickers sound with the new Blaupunkt NJ220. It's pretty basic, no frills. What audio equipment have you put in your Volvo?

You can fit 6.5" speaker into the front doors of your 1996 Volvo 960?

Seriously? That's gotta be nice, considering how the factory audio in the 900s is so good. Yet with new speakers and a head unit ... !

And you can use the factory power ans speaker wire harnesses? Do they provide wire harness adapters? The Volvo factory stereo harnesses are so way more beefy than what the after market provides for wiring.

You used the fit feature on the Crutchfield (https://www.crutchfield.com/) site or another auto audio fit feature on another site?

So, I'll guess you have the same size 6.5" speakers on the rear doors?

Is your 1996 960 a sedan or wagon? So, if a sedan, the rear hat shelf?

Remote amp? Just wondering.

Two Sony powered head units in the 240 sedans and one pioneer in the 240 wagon. 4" speakers in the front doors that sound well. The 91 sedan has the same speaker in the rear doors, replacing the factory mounts. The 1992 sedan came with holes in the rear hat shelf, and they have 5.25" alpine 2-way speakers.

The 1990 wagon has a Pioneer head unit. I kept the HT-204 front door mounts and and secured some brand of 5.25 speaker in there, yet the factory Volvo dynaudio speakers have strangely positioned securing tabs on the speaker basket that do not match up with real world car audio. The prior owner that installed the Pioneer powered head unit did an awful job. Yet I found a set of the C-pillar Volvo 245 "Volvo Sound" 4" speaker on the triangular shaped vinyl over fiber board thing. I mean to pull a 89-90+ power and speaker wire harness out of another 240 and try again.

Else, nothing at spectacular as your plans are. Fitting stereo pieces into Volvo 240 sucks. The the acoustics, like the 960 interior, are quite good, once you get it all to fit. Though you install task, I imagine, is way easier.

cheers and thanks,

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The Blaupunkt unit came from Crutchfield and they did indeed provide a wiring harness adapter, which made it a little easier. I install audio and video systems in boats as part of my business. I have a boat in my yard right now where I'm installing a head unit, power amp, two 8" Kickers, two 6.5" Kickers, and one 10" Kicker subwoofer. All the speakers have built-in lights, that boat will be a riot on the water!

Hi there! Actually, I replaced the blown speaker on the front right, and took a trip yesterday. The Kicker 40CS654 speakers are actually shallower than the originals, and the same diameter. The old speakers lock into the speaker brackets and were glued in, so I had to remove them in pieces with a side cutter. After trimming the back face of the mount to get it flat, I glued the edges of the speaker to the backside of the mount with high-strength hot melt. I would have used the original wiring plug-in connector, but one leg was showing very poor connectivity so I by-passed it. I may have to trim a bit of the foam liner from the door to get the forward bracket lock secured, as the speaker frame interferes with the door slightly. The sound of the Kickers is similar to the originals, but the high end is definitely better. I'll finish the job after a day's rest. I'm not a bass junkie, so this simple system will suffice.

I forgot to mention that the speakers are invisible, just like the originals.