Volvo 440, 1990, front door speakers and window winders

[Henry000]

Volvo 440 1990- 93000 miles

Hello,

Has anyone ever fitted new speakers in the front doors of their 440, only to find they cannot wind the windows up or down because the loud speaker grills are in the way of the window winders?

Does anyone know how to overcome this problem as it is extremely annoying?

The winder handles grip onto a special bolt with lots of teeth, but there seems to be no way of extending the bolt so the handle misses the speaker grill.

Please help,

Henry.

[billofdurham]

Welcome to Matthew's Volvo Site.

I have not come across this problem and assume you are using after-market speakers.

How much further out do they protrude compared to the originals?

Bill.

[Henry000]

Hi Bill,

Yes they are after-market speakers- Pioneer TS-A1311. The grills are round as shown in the picture. The diameter of the grills would not fit into the trapezium recesses so I had to cut a shape out of MDF to cover the trapezium recess. The grills end up sticking out 3 cm.

Thanks for the quick reply,

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[billofdurham]

Two solutions come to mind.

1. Remove the door panel, which is not too difficult on the 440, and cut the trapezium shaped recess to allow the grille to sit inside. Fix the grille and infill with MDF.

2. Locate a small machine shop which could make extensions for the winder shafts and electric weld them on to the existing shafts.

Option 1 would be the cheapest way to go.

Bill.