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Front speaker cover repair, 1989+ 700, 900 900

uid 55's pic
posted by  john sargent on  Thu Feb 10 19:29 CST 2011
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As anyone who owns a later 700 series, any 940, or an early 960, the front speaker grills are junk. They are used to hold the door panel one, and over 90% of them are broken. New front speaker grills at $25 at the dealer. Not bad, but you can save some money with my method.

I glue the red mounting posts to the door with epoxy so they won't spin when you turn a screw into them. The picture shows the epoxy and drilling the center of the mounting post. I started with a small drill bit, and finished with a #30.



I drilled the speaker from the back side, so I could see the approximate center of where the head of the red mounting post would be. I used #6x1" sheet metal screws to mount the speaker cover and touched them up with a Sharpie.



An alternative would be to epoxy a speed nut on the back side of the door, in place of the red post, and use longer sheet metal screws.
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john






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