Headliner with speakers?

[775stepside]

Has anyone bought this off lmc? Looks pretty cool and thinking of getting it for my 77 stepside

[bbbc10]

I have it in mine...if you was in tx I would sell it to ya...

[rich weyand]

A PO installed it in mine and I like it. I did replace the speakers that it came with, though, because they were, um, more intended for people without serious taste in high fidelity, shall we say. I got the originals out without taking the thing down, even though they were mounted from behind, by uninstalling them with extreme prejudice. Basically cutting them apart through the holes and removing the pieces. I replaced them with Kicker DS400 speakers, and added an active subwoofer on the rear cab wall. The Kicker speakers mounted using speed nuts on the headliner with no problems. I like how it all came out, and the sound quality. I hooked the two passenger speakers to rear, and the two driver speakers to front, so I can use the fader to kill the passenger side ones when I am alone.

Here's the current Kicker 4" DS-series speakers:
Amazon.com : Kicker DS40 4-Inch Coaxial Speaker...

Here's how I did the subwoofer:
http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forum/g...oobs-rcsb.html

Finally, here's a pic of the headliner in my truck.

[775stepside]

Wow that is awesome, I'm really looking Into this upgrade. I just want a sound in the truck as of right now it doesn't have a stereo or speakers. I dont know where speakers go on these trucks since it doesn't have any so I figured having speakers up top would be cool instead on the doors,

[y5mgisi]

Always thought those were cool.

[stepside83]

I def want to buy this for my truck looks good and I hear change the speakers and it sounds good

[Oldriginal86]

Had one in my 86. Fits good, sounds terrible. I used the supplied speakers. My truck didn't have the interior trim so I used the old trim from a 74 that I parted out. Not sure how they look without the trim.

[rich weyand]

The trim holds them in. As far as I can tell there are no other fasteners other than the trim holding it up. There's also a pocket for the radio if you don't want to cut the dash. I didn't want to move my eyes that far off the road, and I didn't want to have it up there saying "Steal me! Steal me!", so I cut the dash and put the radio in the dash. Anyway, here is the radio pocket. It's in the center.

[Skunksmash]

Starts to take away from the old, classic look of the truck. Start getting to far into that kind of stuff, and I'd really rather have a newer truck.

Its cooler when the modern technology is hidden away somehow.

[rich weyand]

These things have been out since forever.

[Oldriginal86]

Your correct, I think I bought mine from J.C. Whitney in 1990. Must be a reason they are still available.

[775stepside]

Are they leather or plastic

[rich weyand]

Heavy engineering plastic. I think it would be paintable in interior colors just like the trim.

[775stepside]

Ok cool, thanks for the very informative thread, I'll be looking I to these when the time comes

[B Barber]

Originally Posted by 775stepside

Wow that is awesome, I'm really looking Into this upgrade. I just want a sound in the truck as of right now it doesn't have a stereo or speakers. I dont know where speakers go on these trucks since it doesn't have any so I figured having speakers up top would be cool instead on the doors,

I know this has nothing to do with the Highliner, but to answer your question, these truck have dash speakers and cab corner speakers. The rear speakers mount in the very corner of the cab behind the seat. Brackets can be purchased to house the factory style speakers, and aftermarket brackets can be purchased to house 6x9's. The dash pad has to be removed to install the factory dash speakers. You can also purchase aftermarket kick panels that house speakers by your feet as well.

[chevy-fun]

Originally Posted by bbbc10

I have it in mine...if you was in tx I would sell it to ya...

do you still have

[bL.A.zer90045]

where can i buy one of these headliner/speaker combos at?????

[rich weyand]

Just google: highliner headliner. JCWhitney, Brothers, etc. The usual suspects.

[chevy-fun]

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