The Original i30 Owners Club
MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => ELECTRICAL | ELECTRONIC | AUDIO => Topic started by: my.name.is.earl on November 22, 2018, 10:43:06
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Hey,
has anyone here replaced their front speakers. Looking for info as to if there is a crossover somewhere under the dash for the front tweeters or are they split directly from the head. Otherwise how have you wired up a set of splits in the PD
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At least 2 members (or possibly 3?) have replaced their speakers. If They don't respond in the next couple of days I'll tag them.
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Hey,
has anyone here replaced their front speakers. Looking for info as to if there is a crossover somewhere under the dash for the front tweeters or are they split directly from the head. Otherwise how have you wired up a set of splits in the PD
These threads may be useful to you
:link: PD SR Stereo Install. Speaker, Amps, Subwoofer (https://i30ownersclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=50101.0)
:link: I30 PD headunit/speaker removal DIY with wire diagram (https://i30ownersclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=49611.0) r=There is a wiring diagram & guide kindly supplied by another member.
The OEM front tweeters i recall have a built in crossover on tweeter. The front OEM doors speakers are full range with no obvious crossover built in (same speaker as rear door).
The Morels 602 Maximus that i had professionally installed had an inline crossover in the wiring for the dash tweeter and door woofer had the crossover glued to the speaker magnet. so hope that kind of answers your question. Now i have 4 channel amplifiers in the boot with Focal K2 crossovers feeding front speakers
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Thanks for the assistance, and big shout out to lil-weg for the crutchfield guide, makes pulling apart the car a bit less stressful. I can confirm the tweeters crossover is attached to the tweeter. Had to break out the dremel to make a hole in the tweeter cover and massage the dash under the cover to get everything to fit.
The speakers I used while not top of the range by any means (Alpine s-s65c) used an inline crossover so I managed to wire that in at the tweeter with plenty of room behind the dash under the cover to stash the wires. Thankfully tweeter and door speakers are wired in with a plug, so was able to easily reuse the plugs and make the speakers easily removed.
I was also able to reuse the foctory door speaker spacers by cutting out the old speakers (makes sense if you try it) and then gluing the alpine adapter plate on to that - creates a really good seal without having to drill new holes.
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No worries. Glad it all went well.
Big question is does it sound any better?
Unfortunately my current focal KR speakers wouldn't fit the OEM white spacers. Incidentally members do love pictures of installs, so don't be put off and post some happy snaps :goodjob:
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Sounds a lot better though would not be too hard in my opinion. Will get some photos of the process when I do the rear speakers.