Mounting Tweeters + XOver?

[cbuts 10+ year member]

installing xxx re audio components

what is the best way i can make my tweeters stick, and my crossovers stick to my doors without falling off?

im probably gonna have to make a flat surface for my tweeters in the stock spot now for them to fit there.

http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/43196919.jpg&sa=X&ei=eI3ST4WjIKO46QGz6oWvAw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4CA&usg=AFQjCNEl62UzvCprYmwqxjOayNygUUJz-Q

im thinking of just making them stick there some how.

what do you guys suggest i use to make it stay? something that i wont have to check on later.

possibly something from canadiantire.ca

thanks

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[cbuts 10+ year member]

ideas that will work are greatly appreciated

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

I personally prefer to keep my crossovers in the rear or wherever and run 2 sets of speaker wire to your door.

When you take the tweeter pod off, you can use hot glue (hard-ish to undo). 3m makes this gunk stuff that would work well, I have no idea what it's called. But there's a million different ways to mount speakers, just find the one you want to do/would be easiest.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

this is what i need to mount

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/velocitystoner39/2012-01-02_19-59-12_721.jpg

i need something thatll hold it there, in my door and wont break off after multiple door slammings.. lol

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Dude once you get the door off and look at it, it'll be easy man. Don't over-think it, it's not hard.

Pull the factory tweet out and look and see what makes sense to use to mount your new tweeter in there.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

looks like it's shallow enough to go in the sail panel cover just measure the diameter and take a hole saw to it go a little small and it should thread into the plastic looking at the thread.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

looks like it's shallow enough to go in the sail panel cover just measure the diameter and take a hole saw to it go a little small and it should thread into the plastic looking at the thread.

it should thread into what? im told when i take my stock tweet from my 06 chevrolet malibu im gonna have to probably melt some plastic away and glue my tweeter in cause my stock tweeter is different i think? i just want to have the tools ready to do it for tommorow, and i need something thatll make it STAY FOREVER

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

it appears the new tweeter has a threaded housing and a silver ring that appears to screw onto it. meaning it is designed to have a hole just larger than the threads made in a panel, then have the threaded ring secure the tweeter in place.

above it was suggested to just make the factory tweeter hole larger. that may work just fine for your application. it's hard to tell without knowing the O.D. of the new tweeter and the dimensions of the factory panel.

to mount a crossover you use screws or silicone. self-piercing sheet metal screws work well. silicone will hold as long as you like, but stink for a few days.

make sure to mount between the door plastic and the panel. NEVER inside the door.

example thread - door tweeters and crossover mounting

http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1755977&page=3

in the future - just link pictures from the photobucket account directly, not viglink.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

it appears the new tweeter has a threaded housing and a silver ring that appears to screw onto it. meaning it is designed to have a hole just larger than the threads made in a panel, then have the threaded ring secure the tweeter in place.
above it was suggested to just make the factory tweeter hole larger. that may work just fine for your application. it's hard to tell without knowing the O.D. of the new tweeter and the dimensions of the factory panel. but IF NOT, i was planning on maybe just burning some plastic away so the crossover can sit flush and be glued? but whta can i use, or what is an alternative that will forsure work?

to mount a crossover you use screws or silicone. self-piercing sheet metal screws work well. silicone will hold as long as you like, but stink for a few days.

make sure to mount between the door plastic and the panel. NEVER inside the door.

example thread - door tweeters and crossover mounting

http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1755977&page=3

in the future - just link pictures from the photobucket account directly, not viglink.

THANK YOU.

so i can use a jig saw and possibly make the whole bigger, and use the steel coupling and secure it to the old factory part possibly?

and we probably have some silicone in the garage somewhere, thisll hold it good and wont fall off in my door eventually, also, am i mounting this to the steel frame of the door( i know not in a hole ) , or the plastic door panel?

i should get some weatherstrip, and put this between speaker baffle and such before screwing down? or can i go without this.

thanks man

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

4:32 u can see it kinda , im pretty sure mines the exact same.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

http://s394.photobucket.com/albums/pp28/cbuts05/?action=view&current=untitled-3.jpg

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

No to using a jig saw to make a hole larger. That will end badly.

A steady hand and a hole saw is best. If you need, glue some material over the hole to let the guide bit control the hole saw.

Silicone will last as long as you would want. To the door metal and not the panel. The panel needs to be removable.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

No to using a jig saw to make a hole larger. That will end badly.
A steady hand and a hole saw is best. If you need, glue some material over the hole to let the guide bit control the hole saw.

Silicone will last as long as you would want. To the door metal and not the panel. The panel needs to be removable.

from looking at my tweeter and where its going in my door, what would you do in my situation to make it fit into the stock spot?

im a first timer, so i need all the little advice i can get before going in.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I'd cut the hole out a little larger for the tweet.

 

[cbuts 10+ year member]

I'd cut the hole out a little larger for the tweet.

and how is it gonna stick in there, were does the steel ring go, dosnt look like thats how it mounts?