Where have you guys placed your after market tweeters and how have you drilled the holes? any help is greatly appreciated, i plan on doing this tomorrow, also with a tutorial on door panel removal

 

I have 2 sets you can look at my garage and see both locations I used 1 set in the doors 1 set in the A pillars

 

whatd you drill the hole with? mines an inch and a half wide so kinda hard to find a bit

and do you think the sound will differ if i put it in the door versus in the pillar

 

here's mine



keith what model is the JVC and do they all come with GPS or you have to subscribe it?

 

Yes, what would the sound difference be? I have to put my kicker ones in ans want the best sound place for the tweeter. I guess these huge crossovers get stuck somewhere inside the door with 2 way tape?

Lisa

 

JVC Arsenal KW-NT3HDT (KW-NT3HD) is the deck I have I did not have to subscribe to it witch on are you looking at ?? all most all came with it you can always check on SonicElectronix.com to see what your options are for your deck and the have fair prices

 

I put mine at the top of my door panel in front of the door handle. The hole was drilled with a holesaw.

You gotta get a holesaw, it goes in your drill like a drill bit but it's a round hole cutting bit.

The sound won't be different but the soundstage and imaging will be. Putting them in the A pillars can be great if you spend time testing and aiming to find the spot that sounds the best. The problem most times is that people just slap them in where ever they fit with no testing at all and because they make noise they think it sounds good. I guess it all depends on how serious you are about your audio system.....if you know what soundstage and imaging are and rank those high on your list of wants/needs from your setup then I would advise you to keep your tweeter as close to your mid as possible UNLESS you have the ability to adjust the time alignment of your speakers. If you're just using the supplied xover that came with the comps then the a pillars wouldn't be advised.

You can put the xovers where ever you want. When I used passive xovers I always mounted them next to amp that was powering them.

 

do you have pics anywhere of where yours is?

 

It s a personal thing and a staging thing for car stereo competition you as a person can hear up and down pretty easily but have a harder time telling depth (front to back ) for me the ones in the door were to low in the car seeings how I am 6"-5" tall I sit way back in the seat and I needed them higher in the car to get the imaging right for me (the crisp high like when a cymbal hits) there are a ton of locations to put them the 2 big questions you have to ask your self is am I OK putting holes in my car where there were non and what am I going for comp. or personal sound quality.
now with the crossovers I did mount them in the door because they were to big to put under the dash and I used black rubber adhesive so they would not rattle in the door like 4 quarter sized spots on each crossover

 

i think ill try the pillars, how hard is it to pop one of those off?