Fitting Tweeters without removing door panels

[Loop]

Hey

I can't remove my door panels because someone before me has rounded some screws and bolts :bang:

Can i fit my tweeters without taking my panel off? If so how?

I have a Pionner HU and Fli Comp 6 speakers fitted.

 

[Eklipze3k]

You could surface mount them but you'd probably end up with exposed wiring, not the prettiest of solutions.

Edit: Presuming the screws/bolts which have been rounded were/are cross head/pozi screws, try using a torx head on them, I've done that in the past and it's worked.

 

[Loop]

I don't mind surface mounting them as i can find a way to hide the wires, just not sure how to connect them up

 

[Eklipze3k]

Errr, the same way you would if they were inside the doors Put your crossover box in the wiring to the speaker before it gets inside the door and ... well ... that's it really, lol.

 

[Loop]

and just disconnect the stock tweeters? As there is a stock crossover inside the door isn't there so surely the wiring to the old tweeters will always be live

 

[samdavis]

The tweeters were behind the mirror adjusters on my mk2b. I thought they only clipped in?

The tweeters had a hi-pass filter built in so no crossover. I had to bodge tweeter bracket down a bit as the tweeters I put in were a bit bigger.

 

[Loop]

Yes they are inside adjusters and they do clip in, how did you connect them?

My tweeters are quite a lot bigger than factory so won't fit inside the plastic housing

 

[samdavis]

You could just cut the wiring to the existing tweeters and wire them up, but without crossovers you might damage your new ones.

When I installed mine I just disconnected the stock tweeters tied up the wiring out the way and wired my crossovers, midbass and tweeters all from the wiring for the Fiat midbass speaker at the bottom of the door.

 

[samdavis]

Actually an alternative might be to put your new tweetsers on the A pillars, place your corssovers under the seats. Wire your midbass (in the doors) back through the iso loom behind the stereo, run a new feed to your new tweeters and just disconnect the old ones.

Puttuing the tweets on your A pillars will give you a better sound-stage as it will bring high frequencies closer to ear-level.

 

[Loop]

Actually an alternative might be to put your new tweetsers on the A pillars, place your corssovers under the seats. Wire your midbass (in the doors) back through the iso loom behind the stereo, run a new feed to your new tweeters and just disconnect the old ones.

Puttuing the tweets on your A pillars will give you a better sound-stage as it will bring high frequencies closer to ear-level.

Step-by-step would be great as im not the most technologically minded of people

 

[samdavis]

Go behind you radio and get to the ISO harness.

Splice the front speaker conenctions (see link below, although most ISO looms are labelled up well).

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectors_for_car_audio"]use this link to help[/ame],

Feed the audio out from you headunit into the inputs of your crossovers. Feed the midbass out (or low, LF, bass) back to the cars wiring loom, through the other end of the splice you made on the iso loom.

Run new cables behind the dash, to the A pillars for your tweeters. Drill holes on the A pillars to screw the tweeters in and feed the wire through. To get the tweeter wiring behind the dash you may need to remove the weather strips (rubber) between the dash/cabin and doors. Something should be possible, have an explore!

You'll need a fair amount of speaker cable, some crimps, electrical tape or heatshrink. Decide where you put your crossovers, maybe wire-tied behind the dash, if they're small or under the seat, attached to some wood if they're big. If you're planning on amping things, under the seat is probably a good plan!