DC5 speakers

[krayzie]

Hey guys i just found out that my DC5 has 2 tweeters lol!

has anyone been able to hook these up with a aftermarket HU?

im buying a wiring harness so i dont have to splice the wires do they generall have the front tweeters on them?

thanks guys

[Joe Bellissimo]

You didn't find a crossover hidden somewhere?

[krayzie]

i havent taken my HU out yet.. im just wondering.. so the front tweeters are crossed over with the door kickers?

[tiksie]

Look for a pair of these:

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/51093348/Passive_Crossover_for_Car_HIFI_.jpg

[krayzie]

what is that?

[tiksie]

A crossover for tweeters

[krayzie]

how does this get wired in? tweeters -> cross over -> HU?

[ICACHA]

Krayzie, if your speakers are factory then don't bother looking for a crossover, you wont find crossover boxes as you have been told.

The tweeters will have a capacitor glued to them which is pretty much the crossover you will be wasting time looking for.

[krayzie]

sorry for my ignorance - maybe im not understanding..

so if i have the stock tweeters i cant use them on a after market HU?

:confused:

[Joe Bellissimo]

Well if there is a capacitor built onto the tweeter then it should be filtering out the lower frequencies and thus you should be able to connect them to an aftermarket head unit but as I'm not familiar with the factory system I'm not actually going to recomend it as I don't want you causing permanent damage to your factory components.

Can anyone else shed some light on this?

[ICACHA]

sorry for my ignorance - maybe im not understanding..

so if i have the stock tweeters i cant use them on a after market HU?

:confused:

you will have no problem using them with an aftermarket head unit

[krayzie]

ok im getting the wiring harness
but it does not say anything about the tweeters doo i just splice them on to the front speakers?

Yellow is for the Memory and is always powered
Red is for the ignition, it becomes powered when you turn on your car
Orange is a dimming feature not always used
Black is the ground.
Blue and Blue with white stripe turns on your power antenna and/or you AMP
The 8 remaining wires are all for your speakers the ones with Black strips are the grounds
The white wire goes to left Front positive on Speaker
The Gray wire goes to the right Front positive on Speaker
The Green Wire connects to the Left Rear positive on Speaker
The Violet Wire Connects to the Right Rear positive on Speaker
If there are RCA wires on this they go to your amp.

[ICACHA]

this is the best advice you are going to get from me and it's... if you're not sure (which you sound like you're not) then i would strongly recommend you pay a reputable store to get it installed properly.

[krayzie]

yes i know an installer will do it, but i would like to do it myself, since this is a somewhat DIY forum i was hoping someone would have already done it and can share their experience

thanks

[ICACHA]

guess you're insured :)

[slimx]

yeh everyfins right.. what u can do is if its a good deck it wont hav a problem fkn aroudn with wires, just strip one of the speaker wires long, tie the tweeter AND front end kickers to the same wire (IF THEY ARE SEPERATE)

[krayzie]

i couldnt be bothered with the tweeters... the stock speakers are ok - not awesome but good

i soldered and electrical taped the wires from the HU wiring harness to the aftermarket harness everything was fine :)

added amp + sub was fairly easy to strip the sides out :P

[blabla]

I prob would of changed the splits to some new ones and prob added some new rears and an amp. that would be the best way to get some good sound.