I am planning to upgrade the sound system in my 69 XR7, and would like to add door speakers. Does anyone have a template or photo for the inner door (not the door panel) cutout ?
Be careful with your speaker choice for the doors. There is very little room behind the inner sheet metal. What I did was open up the factory area in the door panel and trimmed the vinyl to factory look by glueing and stapling on the rear side. I next mounted the door panel and then mounted the factory speaker grills. Once I had their screw locations, I free handed the cutout to match the speakers I bought. I think there are some aftermarket speakers that are supposed to fit the ‘stock’ openings, but I’m not sure if they are any good. The factory cutout is an unusual size and I’m not sure I’ve seen one that not already butchered.
Just my two cents …if you want the look screw just the covers on to the doors and use a blue tooth speaker …removable to other vehicles …I had door speakers they sucked then and doubt they’d be much better now…I have the covers on my car with no speaker behind …the front ones barely go loud enough to hear …especially in the back