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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8785265" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>The fact that that MDF is all melted indicates you're getting a bit of moisture in those doors. Plan around that if you're planning to rebuild some sort of mounting rings to fit the 6" woofer into the 8" holes and also plan for whatever you put in those doors to deteriorate due to the moisture or get creative in sealing. </p><p></p><p>That black tube thingie is some sort of passive crossover. Meant to separate low and high frequency signals to one of your speakers. A decent component set will have a little box style crossover and if you're going to coaxials those shouldn't be needed.</p><p></p><p>You don't need any fancy wire for that sort of application but I'd suggest pure copper and get something chunky enough that you have a bit of insulation there to protect from wear over time turning into a short. Ideally you may try to replace the wire all the way to your source just to be safe because you really don't know what the original installer(s) did and things can wear over time and insulation wearing thin on a wire in a car isn't uncommon and can result in catastrophic and permanent damage to your amp or head unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8785265, member: 614752"] The fact that that MDF is all melted indicates you're getting a bit of moisture in those doors. Plan around that if you're planning to rebuild some sort of mounting rings to fit the 6" woofer into the 8" holes and also plan for whatever you put in those doors to deteriorate due to the moisture or get creative in sealing. That black tube thingie is some sort of passive crossover. Meant to separate low and high frequency signals to one of your speakers. A decent component set will have a little box style crossover and if you're going to coaxials those shouldn't be needed. You don't need any fancy wire for that sort of application but I'd suggest pure copper and get something chunky enough that you have a bit of insulation there to protect from wear over time turning into a short. Ideally you may try to replace the wire all the way to your source just to be safe because you really don't know what the original installer(s) did and things can wear over time and insulation wearing thin on a wire in a car isn't uncommon and can result in catastrophic and permanent damage to your amp or head unit. [/QUOTE]
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