C4 Corvette Door Speaker Grill
The Corvette Speaker Grill (or speaker cover) on the door of your C4 takes a beating over time. It gets a jolt each time the door slams and it’s probably taken more than a few direct kicks over the years as you exit the Corvette. The result: a broken, scuffed or torn speaker grill. It’s one of those Corvette Parts that will eventually need to be replaced due to normal wear and tear.
But there’s a simple fix. New replacement speaker covers from Zip will help give the interior of your 1984-1989 C4 Corvette that new car look once again. These door speaker grills are equipped with an unornamented center bar to save you the cost of replacing the emblem OR if you elect to add the emblem, simply drill two pilot holes and mount the Bose emblem. Speaker cover grills are low gloss black instead of the factory flat black for a show car look. Order a pair for your car today!
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Original Corvette Radios carried an impedance load of 10 ohms and their factory equivalent speakers also carried this matching impedance. Most aftermarket radios carry a 4-ohm load, and therefore the majority of aftermarket speakers available also have a matching impedance of 4 ohms. If the radios and speakers are not “matched” in their impedance loads, not only will the radio sound pour, but damage can occur to both the speaker and the radio!
Zip Corvette has just released a new series of original impedance Corvette Speakers. These speakers are specifically designed for 1958-1976 Corvettes and are available in the correct sizes depending on the application. These speakers are Made in USA using a high energy NEO magnet, which performs better than OEM Delco or a re-cone of your original speaker. These speakers include a custom wound load coil that exactly matches the electrical characteristics of the original Delco load coils.
All 1958-1967 Corvettes used a 6×9 speaker in the center dash, while 1968-1969 Corvettes featured a 4×10 in the kick panel. The original 68-69 Corvette 4×10 speakers included a stamped bracket riveted to the speaker for mounting, this bracket will need to be reused to complete installation of a new speaker. 1970-1976 Corvette speakers are 4×6 and are originally held in place with an aluminum retainer which can be reused.
With improved bass and treble response and the ability to achieve higher volume levels than your original speaker, Zip Corvette’s reproduction speakers will make your original Corvette radio sound better than new.
By Bobby Norris – Zip Sales Representative
