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September 30, 2006 After driving the car for a year with the Blaupunkt stereo head unit hiding in the glove compartment, I decided that there were two problems with it. Number one, I couldn't turn it up loud enough to hear the music over the noise of the car without distorting those cheesy front speakers. Number 2, I couldn't see the faceplate without leaning over to look into the back of the glovebox. I had to find the volume knob by feel. So to solve these problems, I took it all out and started over. I built a new wooden frame for the head unit which fits nicely into the glove box. This new frame positions the head unit more towards the front of the glove box where I can see it from the driver's seat. I also bought a pair of small 100 watt Pioneer speakers to mount under the dash. I had to make a custom wood bracket to hold them. The bracket had to fit around the ashtray, and avoid the steering column and heater box, so there was a lot of trial and error before I got it to fit right. I also didn't want to permanently mount the wooden bracket to the dash, so I added some of this stuff people put down in cabinets. It is a little sticky on one side, and has a little bit of foam-like give to it. I wanted to keep the bracket from rattling so this seems to work great. The new speaker bracket basically just rests on top of the console storage compartment. With the new speakers hooked up to the rear channel, and the existing twin speakers in the dash hooked up to the front channel, the sound is now much better, and can be turned up loud without distortion. I plan on coating or painting the wooden frame in the glovebox with something dark to make it blend in better soon. -Zim