tweeter placement in a cavi

[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

i have a 04 cavalier and the stock speakers were 4x6. i bought adapters and upgraded to 6.5 and now im upgrading to 6.5 comps and moving my door speakers to the back deck. the problem is theres no stock tweeters anyway. so i have 2 questions 1, where would be the best and easiest place to mount tweeters, and 2, what can i use to cut thru the plastic to get a perfect hole for the tweets, without cracking anything or putting to much pressure so that it does crack or break? any help is greatly appreciated, and pics of fellow cavalier drivers who did this would be best

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[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

bump. anybody??

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

i mounted mine right down by the mid

im not saying this is the ideal place for them but it works

 

[nicksredline 10+ year member]

the sail pannel usualy has space( the triangle on the inside right behind the driver and passanger mirror..) only if u have power mirrors. and you could always go with the old school and just mount them in the door pannel. best tool would be a hole saw.(in my opinion) if they dont fit just use a file and go slowly and make the edges rounder and wider untill it drops in there and tada... tweeter mounted.

 

[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

^^ i remember talking to you about this. im thinking thatd be the best place for them to but im worried about what can cut thru the panels without cracking anything

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

there is a special drill for it.

skip down to step 4. that is the tool

http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/doors/knob/install/new.htm

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

also if the hole is too big just use some hot glue to hold them in. its not permanent and holds them pretty well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[nicksredline 10+ year member]

yeah its a hole saw.. it wont crack anything its just a round saw with a bit in the middle for the inital digging and you wont have to push hard the drill bit in the middle should help pull the saw through the plastic. ( dont push hard the bit is also made to cut not just to spin lol... it will crack if u excert alot of pressure on it but just calm and steady and it will work fine... depending on speakers i would not use hot glue... get speakers with screw on type backing and alittle lip on the fronts and you can just screw the back on and it will hold it self and will not be perminate either. but then again depends on speakers.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

once the hole is drilled make the drill spin backwards to kind of wear the plastic in there and then turn the drill back to normal and it shouldnt chip anything.

 

[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

cool this helps alot. thanks alot guys. any more help would still be great, im open to here other placement ideas and whatnot.

 

[kbwj24 10+ year member]

I placed my tweeters up high in the door panel right up under the a pilar. From outside the car you can't even tell there are tweeters there I'll post a pic when I get home.

 

[sikcavy 10+ year member]

im curious also as i just picked up some dd components.

 

[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

I placed my tweeters up high in the door panel right up under the a pilar. From outside the car you can't even tell there are tweeters there I'll post a pic when I get home.

lets see those pics man

 

[southpoleman69 10+ year member]

still waiting on these pics man

 

[kbwj24 10+ year member]

Finally getting the pics up hope yall like.