How to mount the tweeters in the door?

[martin]

Hi

My stereoproject started on my way home from Switzerland in 2003 when I bought the NSX.

I am closer than ever before. But I need some advice.

I have Seas Lotus Reference series speakers. I have D'Ecosse speakerplates so that will take care of big ones.

I plan on mounting the what's it called the small ones up there on the door. Tweeters.

When I see at the back exactly where I would like to drill a hole for the tweeters there is something else there.

Please advice how people do this. I have added three photos. The speaker "wants" to be where there is a red line on the second and third picture. I have seen a lot of pictures where people have the tweeters in that exact space.

<img src="http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/data/1173/medium/14052009_002_.jpg" />

<img src="http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/data/1173/medium/14052009.jpg" />

Regards

 

[trainingrevolution]

You don't have a lot of room back there to mount tweeters, however I was able to get my .75" JL Audio tweeters mounted flush. I used a dremel and some JB Weld.

 

[CDX_NSX]

I have the same speaker setup, but the tweeters are placed in the factory speaker location and pointed somewhat towards me.

 

[otto_joe]

An excerpt from D'Ecosse when he installed the SOS system. I took the liberty of fixing the photo links.

Then on to what might be the most apprehensive task - cutting the hole in the door panel for the tweeter. It's really nothing to fret over, I've done a number of these now and it's really quite a painless exercise although it can appear intimidating at the outset.
Begin by removing the identified block on the inner side into which there is a mounting screw for the side window vent duct - the duct will still be held securely by the fittings at the top & bottom & the remaining screw - don't worry about losing this, it's not going anywhere. A dremel is the perfect tool for this operation with a cutting/sanding disc making short work of it. You may also have to trim some of the vinyl around that area - it varies from car to car how much is overlapped on the back side.

Now onto the actual hole cut for the tweeter: Find the centre and start to cut through from the back side until the centre pilot drill punches through the vinyl on the front side. Flip the panel over and we'll go at it from the front side from here, using the centre hole as our pilot guide. VERY IMPORTANT - REVERSE the drill rotation before starting your cut on the front side. If you inspect the hole-saw bit, you will see the teeth are designed for ripping - not a feature we particularly want to employ cutting our premium vinyl! By reversing the drill, and use a slow speed you can cut through the vinyl cleanly. Once you break through the vinyl, stop & withdraw the drill and peel off the vinyl disc which had been glued to the substrate (it should peel off easily). Reconfigure the drill to the correct cutting rotation direction and blast on through the substrate to complete the hole cutting process.

Insert your tweeter into the hole, aligning it in the appropriate orientation. The Diamond Audio Tweeters come with the most innovative clamp ring - simple yet brilliant! It is a sprung split-ring design that you merely have to press down on the threaded ring of the tweeter housing - it "springs" open as you press down, but then clamps frimly around the threads. Ingenious! The tweeters also have an angle adjustment to orient the axis so take this into consideration if you want a compound angle (rotation as well as axis).
Feed the leads under the duct and attach the mating quick-disconnect spade terminals to interface with your pigtail.

So doors are complete and if you're confident in your work, you can go ahead and re-install the panels and put your interior back together.

 

[Texas91Brent]

You can mount them to strap metal and mount beside mid speaker and angle up to image.All hidden behind grill material and no holes in oem door....

P.S. I have a set of Black/Tan door panels with holes already installed....:wink: For sale if needed.....:biggrin: