Hi gang, this thread is actually a real question

I'm preparing to install my Rainbows and looking through the included hardware to see how to install the tweeters in a car that did not have bose, and therefore not having a place to install them. I want to put them in the stock locations as I travel to Baltimore and don't want my car to look like it has something expensive inside (relatively).

Basically, I know I have to cut a hole in the door panel and put the flush-mount cup through, but how do I secure the mount there? There's nothing in the directions about this, only some not-really-useful-info about the angle-mount cup.

How should I proceed?

 

If you cut the hole right, it should be a pressure fit.

 

That's what I was thinking, but it won't vibrate itself out?

 

you could do the pressure fit, but the SLCs came with a way to mount the tweeters like that

there are brackets that bolt into the magnet of the tweeter, use those

 

Are those the black ones with the serated (correct word?) edges?

 

i have no idea what you're talking about

give me a minute and i'll upload pics of mine

 

 

Odd, those aren't what mine look like. You got the Kicks if I'm not mistaken, so maybe the mounting hardware is different.

I'll look tonight and see what I can do with my brackets. There weren't any instructions for some of the hardware, so some of it I had to guess about.

 

it should have come with some kind of u bracket (might not look exactly like those).

another idea for location is in the kick panels, like so (stolen from don):



this is probably how i'll go.

 

^'s niiiiice. I wish I had a custom kickpanel like that for my whip.

 

Interesting, but goes against my "stock-looking" requirement.

I'll check out the brackets tonight and see if I can use them.

 

out of sight > stock placement as far as thievery issues.

ideally you should come up with a couple acceptable positions and see which one sounds the best (double sided tape and give it a listen).

 

you could always put them up in the side like so, but then again it kind of was a lot of work.. would the sound quality be better for my location or from the stock door mounted ones?

 

Are the woofers/mids in the stock door location? Is there enough room to mount the tweeters on the same bracket?

 

U can use hot glue to put them in the stock location. U can find it at Wal-Mart, Lowe's, or Home Depot.

 

most tweeters have brackets like the ones in bigleman's pix. either way.....putting some hot glue or something on the back is a good way to keep it from vibrating out.

 

Out of curiosity, what size are the stock tweeters that are in the A Pillars?

 

I suggest to find bose a-pillars at a wrecking yard for your car. Just mount them to the back of the a-pillar (I used a tape and then a layer of adhesive foam to prevent rattling).

 

Only if he has A-pillars with the grille.

+1, or hot glue as mentioned above.