Why replace your car's original speakers?

The speakers that originally came in your car were made from inexpensive materials, designed to create acceptable sound at the lowest possible cost to the manufacturer. If you love music, you deserve better. Name-brand aftermarket speakers deliver fuller, richer sound with considerably more detail and nuance, and they're capable of playing louder and cleaner than factory speakers. Connect new speakers to your factory radio and you'll get the best possible sound from your dealer-equipped system. Pair them up with a new car stereo for a level of enjoyment that can rival a high-fidelity home audio experience.

Our take on the RetroSound VWKPBC Kick Panel Enclosures

by Charlie Pastorfield

Old VW Beetle convertibles are cool vehicles but they weren't designed for great sound. It's particularly hard to find a good spot for aftermarket speakers, but now RetroSound offers a neat solution — install their VWKPBC enclosures in your Beetle's kick panels and start rocking out.

Great sound in a bug
The package includes two ABS plastic enclosures and a set of RetroSound's R-652N 6-3/4" speakers. Each enclosure holds a RetroSound speaker, angled up toward your ears to create a more powerful stereo image. These speakers will work well with a factory or aftermarket radio, but they handle up to 50 watts RMS so they'll be very happy with an outboard amplifier.

Compact, paintable enclosures
The R652N speakers have a mounting depth of less than 1-3/4", so these enclosures don't take up a lot of space. You can paint the enclosures to match your VW's interior, and each enclosure already has a cutout for the RetroSound speaker, so they'll just pop right in. These enclosures fit in 1956-70 Beetle convertibles; they will not work in hardtop Beetles or Super Beetles.

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Highlights:

ABS plastic kick panel enclosures with precut speaker openings
includes a pair of R-652N 6-3/4" speakers
speakers are angled up for stronger image
enclosures can be painted
power handling up to 50 watts RMS
warranty: 1 year
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Features and specs chart | What’s in the box? | In-depth notes

Features and Specs

General
Design Loading...	2-way
Tweeter Design Loading...	Dome
Tweeter Composition Loading...	Mylar
Woofer Composition Loading...	Pulp Composite
Woofer Surround Loading...	Santoprene
Parts Warranty Loading...	1 Year
Labor Warranty Loading...	1 Year
Specifications
Sensitivity Loading...	87 dB at 1 watt
Frequency Response Loading...	52 - 21k Hz
RMS Power Range (Watts) Loading...	2-50
Peak Power Handling (Watts) Loading...	100
Impedance (Ohms) Loading...	4
Top-mount Depth (Inches) Loading...	1 3/4
Bottom-mount Depth (Inches) Loading...	N/A
Cutout Diameter or Length (inches) Loading...	5 11/16

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2 Black plastic kick panel speaker brackets
Two R-652N 2-way speakers
2 Grilles
2 Grille frames
Two 12' Lengths of speaker wire
Eight 1-1/8" Self tapping screws
8 Speed clips
Speaker owner's manual

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Features

Kick Panel Brackets: The VWKPBC package includes a pair of RetroSound R-652N 6-3/4" speakers and brackets to mount them in the kick panel location of select 1956 to 1970 Volkswagen Beetle Convertibles. The diameter of the pre-cut openings in the brackets is 6-3/4 inches and they can be painted to match your interior.

Note: These kick panels will only work with select VW Beetle Convertibles; please confirm compatibility using the Crutchfield Vehicle Selector.

Woofer: The speakers feature rigid pulp composite cone woofers with Santoprene surrounds. The woofers use Neodymium magnets to achieve their shallow depth.

Tweeters: The tweeters are low profile Mylar domes.