Erik van der Neut

Hi guys,

Anyone here familiar with installing after market CD receiver in the dash of '97 A4 with Bose?

I spoke with someone from crutchfield.com, and they said that since I have Bose in my car, I would need to REPLACE ALL THE SPEAKERS AS WELL?

Is that true?
How much hassle is that?
How much would that cost me?

I found a great CD-receiver for only $250 (see link below), but having to change the speakers sounds pretty aweful to me...

- Erik<p>......................................
97 A4 2.8 Quattro
5spd, black, grey lthr, tinted windows<ul><li><a href="http://crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-vNcBkzOQ7PU/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=3&g=300&I=023TORONTO&o=M&a=1">B laupunkt Toronto -- link to crutchfield.com</a></li></ul>

eMKay (BFLO)

I may be wrong. But replacing all the speakers should not be that hard. It will cost more of course. Also, I looked at that head unit, it wasn't on the list of ones to fit, did the Crutchfield rep say it will fit?

eMKay (BFLO)

The first thing I do when I get a new car is toss the factory speakers anyway

TomAvant

for many previous models, the front speaker were passive, and the rears were powered...not only that, but the signal return was different, so if you went with
more conventional stuff, you would probably have to run new wires for the speakers<p>'01 1.8T Avant - India Red

Erik van der Neut

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97 A4 2.8 Quattro
5spd, black, grey lthr, tinted windows