Help fitting speakers

[Nutkin]

OK the door cards are off and the originals have been de riveted etc.


I am in the process of fitting some MDF rings using putty onto the door cards so i can mount my speakers and seal around so no gaps between it and the door. But i need some help with the wires.

I have components.

How do i wire them up I have my boxes where do i take my input from???

Which colour wire is the +ve and which is -ve

where have you placed your crossover boxes?

 

[Nutkin]

Anyone???? christ sake i have my door in pieces i need to know :S.

 

[jay87]

dont know about the wires dont remember

but in my mark 4 golf same as leon

i put the cross over box, inside the door at the bottom, through the speaker hole, had it fixed down so no vibrations would occur etc

 

[Nutkin]

right since the speakers themselves ahve the crossovers built in. Would i be thinking right i could take the signal from the wires that go to the tweeter and all would be fine.

the thing that gets me is there are 4 wires going to the main speakers and 2 on each side join together. I figure its the wires that go to the tweeters but i dont know. Id like to use the tweeters wire as it means i dont have to cut the clips off.

 

[briggd01]

James

Let me know how you get on as i'm thinking of upgrading the speakers and i live in Bracknell.

Have you tried Nice Ice in Longshot Lane near the Bracknell tip for Advice?

 

[googies]

You could always get wiring adaptor for the mkI leon and means you dont have to cut clips off and still keep tweeters connected.

 

[Nutkin]

well i did it now ... grrrr

1 soldering iron
1 passenger leon door
1 mdf ring
1 Rockford fosgate component
1 tube of savlon
and 20 packets of elastoplast later

i have half an install lol.

i will do the other side tomorrow, it was alright just alot of doubting myself today i reckon ill get the other side done in under 2 hours tomorrow including tidy up.

I took my input from the regular speaker

i may take a few photos tomorrow if anyone likes, as there is no guide and little help to what to do.

 

[Leigh15]

i may take a few photos tomorrow if anyone likes, as there is no guide and little help to what to do.

Yeah, that would be useful

 

[2slim]

I changed all the speakers a couple of years ago, I removed the bass & tweeters and replaced them with Kinetic Components in all 4 doors.

The crossover box has since been remounted (super-glued!) as the doubled sided pads (supplied) & duct-tape (added) failed to hold it in place.

I also wanted more bass but didn't want to install subs as I want to keep my boot space so was recommended a pair of 8" Kinetic speakers & 250w Alpine amp fitted to the parcel shelf.

Obviously the bass isn't as deep as subs would provide but I can feel the vibrations in the back of my seat, the sound quality is very good, clear & crisp

 

[Nutkin]

see imnot into cutting my door about so im just replacing mine. like for like as it were. im setting my speakers back from the gril a little so the extra air in front amplifies the bass a bit.