Normalicy...I need your help
It isn't really THAT important how close the crossover is to the speakers. We're only talking a few feet difference and the amount of power isn't enough to worry about resistance too much. For ease of installation, I suggest going with your first hunch. That way you don't necessarily have to run any new wires through the door jam (you could use the existing wires if you wish). It would be different if you were mounting both the tweeters & woofers in the door though.
Also, for mounting the tweeter you have a couple choices. You could either cut out a piece of thin plastic to cover the opening & cut a hole in it to mount the tweeter or a personal favorite of mine is to get a metal back strap and bend it into a saddle like so:
http://gallery.srtforums.com/photopost/ ... 012615.JPG
It's nice because it allows you to aim the tweeter a bit.
Also, for mounting the tweeter you have a couple choices. You could either cut out a piece of thin plastic to cover the opening & cut a hole in it to mount the tweeter or a personal favorite of mine is to get a metal back strap and bend it into a saddle like so:
http://gallery.srtforums.com/photopost/ ... 012615.JPG
It's nice because it allows you to aim the tweeter a bit.
Small update:
Took your advice and and mounted the tweeters on two .50 cent back-straps in the 4x6 locations. Left the crossovers in there as well and fished the woofer wires to the doors. Also ran the wires from the crossover to the future location of the amp behind the seats. I need to find a routing path for the AMP + power cable. Could not find an existing grommet on the passenger side where the battery is located at or firewall, so whenever I have some more free time that will be my next step.
Took your advice and and mounted the tweeters on two .50 cent back-straps in the 4x6 locations. Left the crossovers in there as well and fished the woofer wires to the doors. Also ran the wires from the crossover to the future location of the amp behind the seats. I need to find a routing path for the AMP + power cable. Could not find an existing grommet on the passenger side where the battery is located at or firewall, so whenever I have some more free time that will be my next step.
Good deal.
Every car is different for getting the power wire through the firewall. And yes, I've had to resort to drilling a few times. If you do end up having to, make sure you check both sides for wires/brake lines/etc. I prefer to use THESE to pass large wires through the firewall.
I know that most hardware stores sell them for about $2-4.
However, I'd had pretty good luck finding a grommet. Sure, sometimes, I have to contort in crazy ways to see/get to it. You almost always have to poke a hole in it & as usual, make sure you don't poke anything else. Oh and I'm almost never lucky enough to have the grommet on the side that I'm mounting the amp.
As for the grill, I'd grab one of these:
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_353 ... WGB10.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_116 ... BG-10.html
Every car is different for getting the power wire through the firewall. And yes, I've had to resort to drilling a few times. If you do end up having to, make sure you check both sides for wires/brake lines/etc. I prefer to use THESE to pass large wires through the firewall.
I know that most hardware stores sell them for about $2-4.
However, I'd had pretty good luck finding a grommet. Sure, sometimes, I have to contort in crazy ways to see/get to it. You almost always have to poke a hole in it & as usual, make sure you don't poke anything else. Oh and I'm almost never lucky enough to have the grommet on the side that I'm mounting the amp.
As for the grill, I'd grab one of these:
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_353 ... WGB10.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_116 ... BG-10.html
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One of the worst cars I ever had to run a wire through was my buddy's 06 Honda Accord.. He was reaching all crazy down behind the exhausts manifolds in like 3" of space while I was upside down in the drivers seat reaching up trying to get the wire. It was horrible! I'm so glad the battery in my Magnum is in the back less than 2ft from the Amps.. lolnormalicy wrote:Sure, sometimes, I have to contort in crazy ways to see/get to it.
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Mickey, got it all wired up but I assume to run channel 3 & 4 for the sub I need to buy two "Y" RCA cables to beak out the signal from the receiver into channels 1&2 + 3&4. Something like these?:
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_11703_Hitron-RCAY2M.html
I tried running it in 4 channel to test the sub but got no output. Is it safe to assume that you need input in channels 1 & 2 as a prerequisite to get output on channels 3 & 4.
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_11703_Hitron-RCAY2M.html
I tried running it in 4 channel to test the sub but got no output. Is it safe to assume that you need input in channels 1 & 2 as a prerequisite to get output on channels 3 & 4.