Re: Stock Bose Stereo

[John Hamill <jhamill@incert.com>]

No one cares anymore. New thread please.

FlyinVR6 wrote:

> Hey,
> I'm not saying that 99% of GLX's came without the door tweeters, I'm saying
> that 99% of the GLX's I have seen do not have working ones. Either the car
> did not come with them, or the owners had them removed. I'll resort back to
> my original post though in saying that I have not come across anyone that
> does have operating ones from all the events, shows, club stuff that I have
> been to. I personally have a 96, and mine did not come with the door
> tweeters, but I have the rear deck spearate mid-range/tweeter grilles taht
> came from the factory. Actually worked out perfect for the Boston Acoustic
> Rally Series speakers that I put in there.
> Take care,
> -FlyinVR6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of posaune
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 7:52 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Stock Bose Stereo
>
> FlyinVR6 wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm not just speaking for my own car, if you're familiar with GLX's at all
> > you would know that my comments apply to probably about 99% of Jetta GLX
> > owners. How many other GLX owners do u know of that have rear door
> tweeters
> > working? I know a ton of GLX owners too from the car clubs that I belong
> to
> > and from the events and shows I have attended, and not a single GLX owner
> > that I have met has had those tweeters working....you're the first.
>
> As I remember it, all of the older GLX's had working speakers back there.  I
> started looking at GLX's when there were still a few '94s around.  They (and
> the first '95s -- maybe all of them) had tweeters in the rear door.  They
> also
> had the mid/bass in the rear door -- nothing was on the shelf.  I drove many
> of
> them from many different dealers -- they all had the door speakers.  It
> wasn't
> 'till I drove a '96 (pre-Bose) that I noticed that the speakers had moved to
> the rear deck.
>
> Now, maybe if you are saying that most of the older cars' door speakers
> *broke*
> or
> *stopped* working, fine, but if you are saying 99% of GLXs came without the
> speakers there in the first place, I believe you are incorrect.
>
> But yes, I know all of the '96, '97, and '98s just have dummy panels in the
> doors.
>
> -erik
> 8-96 '97 GLX (with the Bose system and dummy panels in the doors)
>