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Tahmid Sanjari
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Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 08:50 pm, by:  Tahmid Sanjari (Rednchrome) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I took out left hand door speaker box today and got the speaker out. My impression was that the stock crossover was placed in the box. After looking/feeling inside thoroughly I couldnt find it. I was wondering if this capacitor sitting just under the stock tweeter at one corner is the stock crossover (yellow arrow below)?


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I was planning to stick the jaycar crossover inside the box where the red arrow points with double sided tape? Is this a good idea?


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The red and black wires from the speaker connects to a plug (blue arrow in speaker box pic), which in turn connect to yellow and black wires (blue arrow in tweeter pic) going to the stock tweeter. The jaycar crossover has 5 connectors: W, C, T on one side (shown in pic), and IN and C on the other side. The jaycar tweeter has 2 wires - black and white. I was wondering- which connectors on the crossover connect to which wires- namely the red and black from the speaker and black white from the new jaycar tweeters?

Really need help here guys. Would be much appreciated. Cheers!
Marius Hainal
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 09:27 am, by:  Marius Hainal (Torque) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Grey wire - crossover C (2 pins side)

Blue wire - crossover IN (2 pins side )

And now for the side with 3 pins:

Black wire - crossover C

Red wire- Crossover T

Then you need to solder 2 more wires from your big speaker ( which goes to the woofer connection on the crossover ) this way :

+ of the speaker - crossover W
- of the speaker - crossover C

So the C connection will have 2 wires on it, the ground from both the tweeter and woofer(big speaker).

You also need to cut out the capacitor and solder a wire across the 2 pins, as it is in series and if you don't it won't work otherwise.

The crossover fits in the box; I just stuffed some cloth inside so it doesn't bang around as I slam the door shut...

good luck
Marius Hainal
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 09:31 am, by:  Marius Hainal (Torque) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I suppose you want to replace the tweeter too... They sound good actually ( factory ones ) very high treble so you hear the high hat pretty good.

But if you install your new tweeter, I suppose your red and black wires become white and black; so replace red with white in my explanation above.
Tahmid Sanjari
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 08:59 pm, by:  Tahmid Sanjari (Rednchrome) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Marius. Really appreciate mate. I was thinking through the matter and what I finally worked out is exactly what you have mentioned, so big reassurance for me. I wil update you with my results on thursday after finishing it. Cheers.
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Friday, October 19, 2007 - 02:00 pm, by:  Tahmid Sanjari (Rednchrome) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Done! BIG DIFFERENCE in sound quality with the jaycar crossovers and tweeters. I can actually hear SO MANY MORE kinds of tweeting sounds now which were never there before. The speaker sound is also much sharper and refined. Recommend to anyone. At $45 for both tweeters and $32 for 2 crossovers you just cant push your bucks more for the excellent improvement.

Thanks again Marius. The wiring is exactly how you have mentioned.

I ended up screwing the crossover inside the box so that it doesnt move, at the bottom part.

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