Add Tweeter to exisitng 2 way 6 1/2?

[MagicNikon]

Hey folks. I have been doing my own car audio for my past several installations. They have always consisted of starightforward wiring, with little or no custom fabrication. I have generally used the stock wiring configurations to route my signal to the speakers.

Currently, I own a 2004, Dodge Neon. I am running an Alpine 9856 which has pre-outs to a subamp (Alpine 600w) and a 4 channel Alpine amp (4 x50w). I recently had to replace a blown Infinity 6x9 n the rear deck. I took the time to finally run speaker wire directly from the amp to the speakers, instead of how I had it before, (pre-out coax to the amp, speaker line then went back behind the headunit to connect to the factory wiring).

Sooooo, on to my questions! I just wanted to give a little background as to my experience and my comfort zone.

I have toyed with the idea of adding component speakers to the front door panels. I currently have some Infinity reference 6.5 coax speakers that are just fine. For a lot less money, I can just add an Infinity tweeter to the 6.5 setup. Is this a good idea? Should I just chuck my perfectly good speakers to jump into the world of components?

The tweeters come with a crossover, but I am unsure how to wire this setup with my exisiting 6.5's. Do I just connect the + and - of the door speaker to the + and - of the cossover network? Any other ideas?

I can get the tweeters on eBay for about $70, but a set of components will cost about $200.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

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[Alpine50 10+ year member]

I am running the 9847 ,which is just like 9856.I believe you have HD,BBE,Bluetooth?Are you running the V-POWER series[50x4=250F]and MRP650..600@ 2ohms.Do the tweeters have an actual crossover network?.As long as the cross-overs go to those tweeters,then--YES--+ to + , - to - .Do not hook your 6.5 co-ax to where it says to hook up the woofer.Hook it up to where the + / - are on the crossover.Are those tweeters from a set of components minus the woofer? In 2006,I did the same thing w / some Alpine 'S' 6.5 co-ax and tweeters and crossover from the old style type"S" components.With that F-250 4 channel of yours...you might find you have the extra crisp highs that you might be missing.I run all Alpine at the moment--PDX---type "R" 's-comps,subs,co-ax's.You will like what you hear...Alpine50