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Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:52 pm

how did people mount the crossover box when fitting components in the front?

was told somewhere near ecu box but only way i can think is tie wraps/stickyback pads?

about to start on this so anyhelp appreciated

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rossd wrote:how did people mount the crossover box when fitting components in the front?

was told somewhere near ecu box but only way i can think is tie wraps/stickyback pads?

about to start on this so anyhelp appreciated

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My crossover is cable tied under the ECU on the driver's side.
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:26 pm

ive done it :D i cable tied drivers side under the ecu and passenger side is tie wrapped down inside glove box
Had to drill couple of holes on the underside :(
Its done now though

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Where can I buy JUST crossovers. Already have tweeters.
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robbo86 wrote:Where can I buy JUST crossovers. Already have tweeters.
Crossovers are bespoke to the components being used, so I imagine it would be unusual to buy them separately. You could always make up your own.

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Elecblondie wrote:
robbo86 wrote:Where can I buy JUST crossovers. Already have tweeters.
Crossovers are bespoke to the components being used, so I imagine it would be unusual to buy them separately. You could always make up your own.

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Or i could make you some :D which tweeters you got?
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Infiniti something or overs. I bought them in tweeter pods, presumably I will have to match my fronts to infiniti then
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robbo86 wrote:Infiniti something or overs. I bought them in tweeter pods, presumably I will have to match my fronts to infiniti then
Not neccesarily mate, as long as the power is roughly the same and the frequecy response is similarly matched, which most woofers will be, then your fine :D
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:16 pm

Why not mount the crossover on the door?
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Boyraceruk wrote:Why not mount the crossover on the door?
It depends where the drivers are, if you've left the woofer in the original location and put tweeters in the standard location you'd have to run two pairs of leads into the door rather than just one.
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I'm doing mine right now, I was gonna run the cable and have them on show in the bot along with the amps and some tify wiring but in the end decided just to tuck them up under the dash. I've got my centre consol out and there;s a plastic pannel looks like the heater whatsit, a bit of velcro and job done, no need to go drilling.
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In my case I am talking about door mirror tweeters. But yeah, how much would you want to build some crossovers secondtimelucky or would you adivse buying some comps for the front first.
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Is there no room next to the standard speaker location? I thought the car with O/E tweeter pods had crossovers in there....
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I can probably do some in-line ones for less than a tenner posted, or separate off-board ones for around twenty quid (my pound key is broke btw :roll: )
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Where you gonna mount your tweeters??
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Morat wrote:Is there no room next to the standard speaker location? I thought the car with O/E tweeter pods had crossovers in there....
If they came as standard I think yes, but mine did not and the original tweeters have long since beeen repaced before I bought them and besides which my question wasnt so much where to put them as where to get them!
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