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a good quality pair of tin snipps will chop through it like butter and there really small and easy to handle. 8)

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bill.b wrote:
a good quality pair of tin snipps will chop through it like butter and there really small and easy to handle. 8)


I think they call em aviation sheers?

I have a pair and they are ok. I have a longer straight pair and another pair with a bit of a curve. This ones good for cutting holes.

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I've done it with a jigsaw. Use a new (sharp) fine tooth blade, take the base plate off so that you can easily twist into all sorts of angles, and take it nice and slow and relaxed - oh and Murphy dictates that the more spare blades you have the less likely you are to break one :lol:
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[quote="mini-dunger"]I think they call em aviation sheers?[quote]

What!?!
I didn't know aeroplanes needed to be shorn!! :shock: :D :lol:

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Morris 1100 wrote:
You could use an axe. I have had a couple of Minis that have been modified that way.


I had one that looked the same. DOnt know how you could have butchered it so badly. (they had to use a piece of wood to hold the speaks in. My advice dont cut into the passel shelf at all mount your speakers under the rear seat.

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Dremel with flexible shaft.
my 1c.

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hbr wrote:
Dremel with flexible shaft.
my 1c.

Well that's hardly worth it :roll: :lol:

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Why do people want to mount the speakers as far away from their ears as possible? :mrgreen:

Don't cut holes, it will just make someone elses life harder in the future.
Just leave the speakers in a box on the passenger seat and leave the window down. It will save time and money in the long term anyway.
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Holes in parcel shelves makes baby Jesus cry...
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Parcel shelf/tray is such a stupid name, anything you put on there will approach you at 1G+ whenever you go for the anchors hard... or hit anything. :lol:
I have the opposite problem, a PO hacked the holes waaaaay too big for the round speakers, so I'm thinking of making a baffle board from 3/8" plywood (I hate the flimsy crap 3mm MDF he used...) :lol:

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My deluxe has four 8-inch holes in the parcel shelf, or whatever is left of it anyway.
I didn't put them there, and I want them gone.

How hard is it to replace the shelf?
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