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<blockquote data-quote="kross" data-source="post: 3138558" data-attributes="member: 577729">There are a couple reasons why you wouldn&#039;t wire them in parallel.&nbsp; The main one, is you&#039;d be sending high-power, low frequency signal to the tweeters, which would destroy them.&nbsp; Sending high frequencies to the midrange won&#039;t damage it, but it would sound better if they were filtered out.&nbsp; This is what a crossover does.&nbsp; It sends the lows to the midrange speaker, and the highs to the tweeter.The second is, by wiring them in parallel, you&#039;d end up with a 2-ohm load, which may or may not be what you want.You say you have 4 sets of component speakers.&nbsp; Are the rears mounted in the rear deck?&nbsp; Can you inspect the wiring from the trunk?&nbsp; If so, hopefully you&#039;ll find crossovers for those speakers mounted close to the speakers.&nbsp; It&#039;s a box with a single pair of wires coming from the HU, and 2 pairs of wires coming out, one to the midrange, and one to the tweeter.&nbsp; If you can find it, then great, you&#039;d just wire your amp to that, for the rears anyway.&nbsp; For the fronts, common mounting locations for the crossovers might be inside the door panel, or under the dash somewhere.I hope this helps!-- Kevin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kross, post: 3138558, member: 577729"] There are a couple reasons why you wouldn't wire them in parallel. The main one, is you'd be sending high-power, low frequency signal to the tweeters, which would destroy them. Sending high frequencies to the midrange won't damage it, but it would sound better if they were filtered out. This is what a crossover does. It sends the lows to the midrange speaker, and the highs to the tweeter. The second is, by wiring them in parallel, you'd end up with a 2-ohm load, which may or may not be what you want. You say you have 4 sets of component speakers. Are the rears mounted in the rear deck? Can you inspect the wiring from the trunk? If so, hopefully you'll find crossovers for those speakers mounted close to the speakers. It's a box with a single pair of wires coming from the HU, and 2 pairs of wires coming out, one to the midrange, and one to the tweeter. If you can find it, then great, you'd just wire your amp to that, for the rears anyway. For the fronts, common mounting locations for the crossovers might be inside the door panel, or under the dash somewhere. I hope this helps! -- Kevin [/QUOTE]

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