Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
Pat,
The thing is, he does not know for SURE they used those speakers. Sure, they sound like a good shop, but if they used another speaker (knowing that he is not going to tear it apart to check), and he is HAPPY - what's the harm?
I'd lay money they used a different speaker, once they got in there. They sound knowledgeable and probably have various parts in stock (or locally available) and the tech knew right away what he could do to get it done - and I can see why they didn't tell him, no need to upset the customer when you can 'fix' it another way.
And for 29 years, I earned my pay in a similar way - the shop I worked at outfitted emergency vehicles. The guys would sub different parts often, just to get the job done and make the customer happy.
I'll bet that, when he asks them, they either make up some good sounding story, or they just tell him, "Yea, those speakers never would fit, we used the Google-tronics 4000's instead - they cost more, but we didn't bill you more".. And had they called him, he'd have told them to do that, anyway. Again, I see no harm in what I THINK they did.
I would be curious what subs they used because I'm tired of fixing the ring on the subs I have I've done it 3 times now thats why I went with a higher quality sub. If they used the stock speaker grills then they still used the stock sub casing because thats what they snap into. I just can't believe some of the people that have used the Kickers say all you have to do is trim the casings and they work fine when the sub is too big to fit back into the hole after you have modified the casing. It won't fit in the hole or the grill won't fit on the casing. I'll figure something out but when it get a little warmer outside.