Replacing tweeter

[Skeeter172sport]

I'm getting vibe black ice 6x9's mids and tweeters but was wondering how easy it is going to be to fit the tweeters will they just slot in the original slots or is this going to be a compleat nightmare?

Any help would be great


Cheers

Simon.

 

[182oxford]

Are you on about the front tweeters or just putting new ones somewhere?

 

[James28]

Do you mean Vibe Black Air?
I think the Vibe Black Air tweeters might fit in the existing holes. Not 100% though.
In the dash the tweeter you can see is actually just a cover, you twist and pull that off, and the tweeter itself is actually clipped in beneath it.

What are you going to be doing about wiring in the crossovers?

 

[Skeeter172sport]

Yeah I meant black air lol, I'm hoping they should fit in original holes not sure about crossovers did want to put sub in but dont want to change head unit at the moment because my standard tuner list has I pod in-put but hasn't got pre-outs I'm not entirely sure what crossovers do I'm quite new to this ☺

 

[James28]

The crossovers filter the sound frequencies. So they make sure only the higher frequency sound goes to the tweeters, and the mid/low goes to the woofers in the doors.
The OEM tweeters have an inline resistor built into the bottom to do this iirc, so therefore if you remove them and don't fit crossovers, nothing will be filtering the frequencies on the new ones.

 

[Chapster5]

Thought you had to take the top of the dash off to get the tweeters out? Unless its different for the PH2?

Easy enough job to get off anyway

 

[James28]

Don't have to. Can be done without , but the tweeters themselves don't always like up with the holes in the dash, so can be a bit of a fiddle.
Just untwist the tweeter cover and have a look/go.

 

[Skeeter172sport]

Where abouts would I install the cross overs? Will have alook on next week as I'm off for the week

 

[James28]

Anywhere you want. Slap a bit of velcro on the back of them and stick them up behind the dash somewhere, or under the seats.
It's all a bit complicated if you don't know what you're doing.
You're not too far from me..

 

[Skeeter172sport]

I might have a go myself but if I get stuck that's good to know, do I need to use the old wiring loom or can I just feed the new wires back through to the door ?

 

[James28]

Easier to use old wiring loom. Better to feed new wires through to door.
However the rubber boot thing has a plastic pin connector, so complicated to get new wires through.

 

[Skeeter172sport]

If I use the original wire will I still be able to fit the crossovers easily enoght?

 

[James28]

Yea, You'll have to chop the original wire. Or buy a female to male ISO extender and cut that to save cutting the loom itself.

 

[James28]

This is how it'll need wiring:

 

[Skeeter172sport]

Brilliant thanks for your help il let you know how I get on