danbortz

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hey guys...

i'm looking to upgrade my system by putting in tweeters in the A-Pillars by the windshield, i have a 99 Black GXE...

what years had the factory tweeters in the pillar and where would you guys recommend i pick up a pair of tan ones?

also, what tweeters would you guys recommend that would fit easily and sound good??

THANKS A LOT!

max5spd

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95-96 Maximas and 96-97 I30s.

I went the other route and added tweeter to the door and used new pillars to cover the old tweeters.

I have tweeter pillars for sale if you're interested.

danbortz

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how did you add them to the door panels??

would i have to get new door panels to install the tweeters??

Thanks...

max5spd

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Ok, let me rephrase. I added the tweeters to the sail panel on the door by the side view mirrors, not actually to the door panel. Sorry about that. There are pics of where I mounted the tweeters on my homepage.

Weasel

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My installer told me the system will sound better with the tweeters in the door panels, for optimal sound quality the midbass and tweeter shouldn't be more than ~18 inches apart.

danbortz

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anyone out there have a write up or pictures about how to install a set of tweeters into the door sail panels by the window/mirrow??

do i need to worry about tweeter depth etc in the panel??

do the tweeters come with crossovers needed for the install?? i have Boston Acoustics running from an amp under my passanger seat in the doors now, how would i go about hooking the tweeters up??

Thanks for all the help guys, this is the first time i've ever worked with tweeters and i'm looking for the best sound set up i can get.

JMF

danbortz

You shouldn't need a writeup for that. It should be really easy.

Pull back the interior sail panel, you can see that there isn't much room for a flush mount tweeter, but there is plent of room for surface mounts and wiring.

I don't know much about your setup, but most tweeters (sold separately) have built in X-overs. If yours have crossovers, just wire them to your door speakers.


Here's another question:

I just bought a set of CDT CL-61s. I plan on surface mounting them on the aforementioned "interior sail panels" (beside the sideview mirrors). Should I mount them "straight" or angle them toward the driver and passenger?

Thanks

max'n out

Idealy the tweet should be close together yet, nothing is ideal. With a 12db crossover you can easyily run them further apart, not to mention todays speakers are ment to be run way off axis.

JMF

That's good to hear. I don't want to get blasted with the tweeter, and I don't want to cut the door panels (resale issues-I'll take the gear out)