Tweeter Wire Shorted, Fried Crossover? Suggestions?

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My driver side tweeter cut out the other day and being in a hurry to get ready for a massive road trip I ordered a new set of tweeters (stupid to order them without inspecting old ones, I know). When I opened the door to install them I found that the tweeter wire had been caught in the power window track and was severed.

I soldered up the wires with the old tweeter and it sounded terrible (static, no treble), and got the same results with the new tweeter (I only ran the new tweeter for a few seconds, fingers crossed it didn't blow). I'm assuming the wire shorted when it was cut. Seeing as the midrange woofer still works, does this mean my crossover is fried, or should I pull the wires to check for other shorts?

If it is the crossover, are there any in particular that would work well for this setup (Focal TN-B tweeters, CDT 6x9's, Zapco ST-4X SQ amp bridged so ~180W RMS per side)? I have CDT EX-550i crossovers currently, but am hesitant to spend another $200. I only have these crossovers because they came in a component package and were meant to be used with CDT silk tweeters which I didn't like and replaced. Should I just get the same crossovers or is there another one I should look at? It is the crossover that is likely the problem, right? No fuses are blown.

I only have until the end of the week to fix this...1,800 miles through mostly desert is a long drive with nothing but wind to listen to.

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I would go ahead and thoroughly inspect everything after taking the door panel off. Because it could come down to more problems later on if it doesn't get fixed now. Also secure your wire inside the door. Zip ties bud....I myself zip tied my speaker wire to the factory wiring, thus will prevent what happened to you.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I can't think of anything that would fail on a passive crossover due to shorting out the tweeter wires. Perhaps something is failing from something else? Anyway if the passive crossover failed you really won't want to replace it with anything but the exact same crossover or it likely will be a poor match with the other side and with those drivers. Perhaps it's time you consider going active?