OEM Tweeter pods

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:49 am

Hi Guys ive got a set of oem tweeters but they dont work!! i bought them off a guy here and he asured me they did work he was reputable so no reason to doubt them, ive them connected to the wiring but ase they connected into the sound system from there??

I dont want to try connecting them to the speakers directly in fear of blowing them, an help appreciated

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:52 am

Have you connected the wiring up at both ends? the wiring is in the door to connect to the pods but needs to be traced back to behind the front speakers and connected there too?

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:53 am

They need conecting behind the foot well speakers, and small caps attatching to the live feeds of them or they will blow.

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:58 am

Just get a AA battery ad touch the pod wires either side, you'll hear a scratching sound if they work.Easy

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:58 am

Nope didnt do that will give it a go in the morning thanks

Post Sat May 02, 2009 12:59 am

as said the wireing that is behined where mirrors is not connected up, just trace the wires down and connect them, although will you not need a set of crossovers for them to work properly

Post Sat May 02, 2009 1:00 am

Need caps or will fry.

Post Sat May 02, 2009 1:09 am

Alex wrote:as said the wireing that is behined where mirrors is not connected up, just trace the wires down and connect them, although will you not need a set of crossovers for them to work properly

Hmm i thought they'd be plug and play!!! were crossovers built in to thses units or were they seporate???

Post Sat May 02, 2009 1:13 am

They were ment to be fitted with the bmw premium speaker upgrade with cross overs built in,thats why the connectors in the kick wells behind the speakers dont look like they are ment to connect together as in between them should be the uprated speakers.

Post Sat May 02, 2009 1:21 am

sweep wrote:They were ment to be fitted with the bmw premium speaker upgrade with cross overs built in,thats why the connectors in the kick wells behind the speakers dont look like they are ment to connect together as in between them should be the uprated speakers.

I hear ya, ill get crossovers in there ive got infinity 5 1/4 speakers in there and 6x9's in the back dont want to risk blowing them altho ill possibly upgrade them later on anyway!

Post Sat May 02, 2009 3:56 pm

Yes get a crossover to run them.

When you connect them to the wiring behind the wing mirror, the wire changes as it goes through the door plug. The tweeters aren't that great anyway and can be upgraded by removing old tweeters and adding new ones - mine were like this when I bought from ebay (lucky me).

Give me a shout if you are have any problems getting them working.