Best Location for Aftermarket Tweeters

[algiorda]

Originally Posted by B6T

The Bose speakers are a weird impedance so they won't work with aftermarket amps or wired directly to the new head unit. Plus one of mine was blown anyway.

I used the new Metra installation kit which I mentioned in my previous post. I'm pretty happy with it. I also used the Metra wiring harness, but found that it wasn't really necessary since there are so few wires you can actually get from the factory radio plug. If I did it again I would have just taken ground, constant 12v and switched 12v from the likely unused telephone connector, which is where I had to take switched power from anyhow.

Illumination wire was tapped into from the back of the cigarette lighter. I wired the factory antenna power and amp turn on to the switched 12v output off the back of the new deck. I'm using the existing white/red wire in the factory harness as an amp turn on.

hmmm, interesting. How did you fish the wires from the HU to the Amp?

[B6T]

Originally Posted by algiorda

hmmm, interesting. How did you fish the wires from the HU to the Amp?

There is a nice big unused grommet which you can only see once you pull the battery out. It feeds directly under the dash above the accelerator pedal and to the left of the HVAC duct. I ran 3x RCA pairs through it.

[Dave S.]

I added my component tweeters to the doors. Sounds great in this location.

[newBgeek]

Originally Posted by Dave S.

I added my component tweeters to the doors. Sounds great in this location.

Great looking system you have there. Very professional. Did you manage to squeeze your crossovers in the doors?

[JavPit]

B6T, is there anything you had to do to extend the wiring on the HVAC controls when you used the Metra kit? How straight forward was getting the controls lower?