Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:05:46 -0400 From: "alofusblount" <alofusblountnopsamel.net> Subject: Re: Thanks so much for the replies. Another small Question or two...
"notooyou" <peacenopsame.net> wrote in message news:VhaQ8.101574$6m5.88332nopsamnsc51.ops.asp.att.net... > My wife now wants a new stereo put in the car, cassette won't do, so she > want's a CD and Sirius Satellite Radio.. New speakers and a sub. I think I > can tackle the Deck fairly easily, but I am unsure of the speaker sizes to > put in the dash and rear of my 1992 900 Convertible. Anyone know offhand > the sizes to put in effortlessly? Anyone mounted a Satellite Antenna to the > rear Decklid? Any Problems I need to be wary of? Thanks so much for the > advice. This news group is very informative and helpful.. Lastly is there > any good parts suppliers in the US for older Saabs. Needed parts and the > extras like a car cover, floor mats, fuzzy dice, you know.... :) Thanks > again, Kyle > Kyle, Do yourself a favor and get the CD changer that plays mp3's and has a rf modulator. Sony and Kenwood make one. Mounting a Sirius antenna would be unwieldy on this car, (already tried that). Unless of course you want to drill a hole in the middle of the trunk lid. Maybe an antenna on the other side of the trunk from the radio antenna. (Middle of the hood perhaps, you could glue a gunsite to it, ride the left lane and look grumpy) The Sirius antenna needs a good ground plane, ie a flat piece of metal underneath it. You sound reasonably handy, pop the amplifier from under the back seat. Drill a hole in the end that the din plug is in. Solder a set of rca jacks to the appropriate pins on the ckt board. The audio levels at this point are 1v pk-pk, this is a bit on the low side but a good amp should have enough gain to drive a set of subs. Also under the back seat is a green wire that goes to the power antenna. I forget which one it is, there are two, use this for the remote power on for the amp. The fun part will be routing that 4 ga. wire to the trunk to power up the sub amp. I would suggest that on the driver side where the vacuum hose for the cruise control goes thru to the passenger compartment would be a good point. All of this is academic unless you have a very large amp and sub setup. There are 2 rather heavy steel stiffening sheets between the trunk and the passenger compartment. I suppose you could cut holes in them, I wouldn't. (Unless of course you plan on mounting subs where the back seat should be. With a moderate amount of power you should be stone deaf in about 3 years, about 150 watts rms per side should do.) On a more serious side, a Bazooka sub with about 75 clean watts or so will shore up the rather thin bottom of the sound system. You will not get "thump" without serious power or surgery. The front speakers are not too bad to change out, the size escapes me but I think it's 4 inches, make sure these speakers can handle a LOT of heat. The rear speakers are 6and 3/4 in. Get these from Crutchfield. The factory amp for the rear speakers is good for about 15 watts of clean power. If you get your hands on a factory cd player the cable that goes from the radio to the cd player is $65 US from Saab. whew! This is dragging on a bit, If you have any questions don't be afraid of dropping me a line. I'm a bit new the Saab stuff too. dave the new guy
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