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Replaced my old speakers

The one is the picture was the worst, but the other deck speaker was starting to tear around the outer and inner edges. Needless to say, just about anything would have been an improvement. Doing the front ones tomorrow.









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    Replaced my old speakers

    Oh hi - you and I were conversing in your head unit thread. I too, am replacing the speakers in my car. The left front is completely dead, so I'm starting with the front door speakers. Since I'm using inexpensive ones, and my car is 28 years old, I'll likely do the rears in time, as well. Should make a very worthwhile difference for both of our cars.

    I'm hoping to get to the speakers today, but I also need to change the rear cassette (and lengthen the chain) on one of my bicycles. That's kind of a priority, plus I know what I'm getting into with the bike. I'm going to have to make or buy adapters to use standard sized speakers in the 940 doors, so today might just be a fact-finding exploration, although I do have a new set in hand if things go well. How about yours, does the 240 accept standard sized speakers?








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      Replaced my old speakers

      I'm not sure if my rear deck speakers were factory - there was some weirdness with the way they were installed, but the size matched what the crutchfield page for the car said. There was plenty of space for deep speakers. It originally had 5.5 inch, but I had some cheap 5.25s so I took an angle grinder to them to make them fit. I'm not sure about the front doors - I have some speakers that are the right diameter, but I'm not sure if they are too deep. Need to figure out the dimensions.








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        Replaced my old speakers

        Here's hoping all goes well for you!

        In my case, upon removing the door card (speakers are riveted in place, so it's that, or drill out the rivets)I discovered that one of the spade terminals was disconnected. I hooked it back up, and will deal with mounting replacements another day.








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          Replaced my old speakers

          Didn't consider that they might be riveted. Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, I don't think a disconnected spade is the root of my problem - both front door speakers work, but seem to be falling apart. They produce some quiet sound but as soon as there is any bass, I can hear them rattling apart. Good luck with yours.








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            Replaced my old speakers

            I pulled the 4 speakers from a 740 if you need OEM ones. Likely the same, same deck , I'm in Vancouver and you may be far though. any wrecker should have them , If you can find a wrecker these days. Auto recycling seems to have fallen out of fashion despite the green movement. These cars had a good lifespan but now Automakers break the mold and throw it away frequently to prevent recycling from affecting new auto sales and that seemed to prevent the wreckers from doing what they do.

            Im sure there are better ones but they seem to sound ok in my 740. Likely the front doors get slammed and that might damage cones over time. drilling out the rives isn't hard. adding some small tweeters with a crossover might give better highs and they never did have a real deep base, but not so bad for OEM car speakers.

            i dont know the ohm rating but it might differ and should probably be 4 or 8 ohms. someone else should know. Id find that out and if you buy new ones take the ohms into account. speakers can be wired either way but its right to keep the wires in correct polarity so they move in unison. I find it hard to tell just by the sound, the difference, but there is two different sized spade connectors on them. you may find there is a standard where the negative wire has a stripe.. I remember it by thinking of the stripe on the wire as equal to a negative sign if I install or wire my own speakers.








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              Replaced my old speakers

              Thanks for the offer and info. Assuming you mean Vancouver, BC I'm just across the border from you. I may reach out if the extra speakers I have don't fit. Unfortunately, it seems like no junkyards around here keep RWD Volvos. Talking to a guy who works at one, anything like that immediately gets sent to the crusher.








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      Replaced my old speakers

      I'll answer your question regarding standard speakers for the 240 series. NO. All 240,260,140 & 160 models require a very thin front door speaker.
      AND A MESSAGE TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER -- please use photos with a smaller file--or whatever you have to do to have the post appear normally. - Dave







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