Moto Speaker Vs Headliner

[jfab]

Hello all,
I recently put an external speaker on my Moto CDM1250. I would like to put the speaker on the headliner, between the two sun visors. I've seen this done in police cars, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience doing this, and if so how to go about doing it without damaging the headliner.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

 

[mmckenna]

There are two options I'd try, if I was going to do this:

1. see if there are any screws holding the sun visor clips. If there are, you can probably fabricate a bracket that will span between those two screws and support the speaker. The full sized Motorola speakers are a bit heavy, so you'd need to design it well, lest it fall down at an awkward moment.

2. you could fabricate a sheet of aluminum to attach to the speaker bracket and hook up and over the front edge of the headliner. If there is any trim, you might be able to use that as part of the support.

There are likely some other ideas out there that will work, but those are the two that came to my mind.

For off the shelf stuff, Motorola has a speaker bracket, actually it is a metal tab attached to the speaker that slides into a small metal bracket. The metal bracket could be attached to the roof in one of the above ways, or by screwing through the headliner,(which I know you don't want to do), and sliding the tab into the bracket attached to the overhead.

 

[Halfpint]

You might also take a look at these speakers.

MB21 - 8W VHF Extension Speakers Surface Mount | PolyPlanar Waterproof Marine Audio Systems

At .35 lbs each they probably wouldn't need nearly as much hardware to mount up above the mirror as the `Batwings' speaker and should be able to be heard as clearly.

 

[gewecke]

Hello all,
I recently put an external speaker on my Moto CDM1250. I would like to put the speaker on the headliner, between the two sun visors. I've seen this done in police cars, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience doing this, and if so how to go about doing it without damaging the headliner.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

I've installed them between the visors in type III ambulances before, but it's easier to get above the headliner on those.

73,
n9zas

 

[jfab]

I've installed them between the visors in type III ambulances before, but it's easier to get above the headliner on those.

73,
n9zas

How did you do that? Any pictures by chance?

Thanks everyone for the replies!

 

[gewecke]

How did you do that? Any pictures by chance?

Thanks everyone for the replies!

No pics but the headliners are not stock Ford or chevy headliners. They are a modular conversion kits which allows for emergency vehicle wiring. They are designed for doing other mounting options.
What kind of vehicle are you wanting to do this with?

73,
n9zas

 

[jfab]

I'm trying to do this with a 2007 Crown Vic.

 

[gewecke]

I'm trying to do this with a 2007 Crown Vic.

I see, you might look at pics of other crown vic CVP's because some of them have the day/ night dome light mounted up there, allowing access for speaker wiring.
I did post this pic from a site that I got ideas from.

<a href="http://www.supermotors.net/clubs/fordexc</registry/media/687564"><img src="http://supermotors.net/getfile/687564/fullsize/01_cvpi_part2-005.jpg" /></a>

73,
n9zas

 

[TonyS]

What about mounting the speaker on the back of the center console? I've done that where other options weren't as viable. Messing with the headliner can lead to headaches if you break the backing or things just don't line back up upon reinstall. I shy away from opening the headliner unless it's a purpose built modular headliner made for emergency vehicles. They're built to allow work like this to be done on them.