Thread: Good Easy to Install Replacement Tweeters?

I'm very sorry if this question has been asked but what are some easy to fit/ install tweeters to replace the one's my car's previous owner blew out? I'm not looking to spend much, as I have run out of nearly all my money . I don't need them right now, I think they were unplugged when I bought the car, and when you plug what my Dad thought were the mid range speakers in, the tweeters chirp loud annoying crinkling sounds. Doesn't sound too bad without them, but could be replaced eventually.

Also do you think the previouds owner changed the low range speakers in the rear if you have to onstantly lower the bass range on the equalizer becuase it sounds bad at mid bass/ has too much base? Even if I move the lowest part of the EQ to the middle or lower?

Thanks for answering!

Anyone know?

Here are some stock tweeters...I'd stick with those if you're runnin stock equipment. You can tell if your rear are stock by looking up at the bottom of them from the trunk.
D6 98 99 00 01 02 03 GRAND PRIX SPEAKER / TWEETER | eBay

If the stock tweeters were unplugged, there is a good chance that the p/o changed the stock midrange to a coaxial speaker. You will want to check that and make sure. If there is an aftermarket speaker in there and you connect the tweeters, the impedance will drop and will blow your head unit in time.

Originally Posted by TheNoob23

I'm not sure if I understand what youre saying about the rear speakers but if the bass starts to distort when you turn the volume up your rear speakers are probly blown and need replaced

It just sounds like I'm gonna blow out the speakers on lower volume when I flat-line the EQ. And the bass at higher volumes, flat-lined sounds... not really distorted, just... bad, and i really like a lil' extra bass most of the time!

Sounds like you're looking for a subwoofer.

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

Sounds like you're looking for a subwoofer.

Personally no, I don't want a sub... yet. It sounds like the original owner switched out the OEM speakers with low quality heavy bass speakers or something.

No such thing as heavy bass midrange speakers. Subs were designed for bass, everything else were designed for mids and highs. And like I posted above, you can tell real easily if someone replaced your rear speakers with aftermarket...just open you trunk and look at the bottom of the speakers

Originally Posted by Hippo Machine

It just sounds like I'm gonna blow out the speakers on lower volume when I flat-line the EQ. And the bass at higher volumes, flat-lined sounds... not really distorted, just... bad, and i really like a lil' extra bass most of the time!

You're getting into physics. There's a reason why you have a tweeter and mid. There's a reason why quality installations have sub-woofers. A mid-woofer can't play a 20hz frequency very well at all. It will end up damaging the voice coil before anything good happens.

Bottom line, you either have a speaker that can play as low as 20hz or you don't. Most mid-woofers do NOT play well below ~50hz. Mid-ranges typically don't play well below 125hz. A mid-woofer includes a mid-range and a tweeter. Two way setups which is what's installed in our vehicle are better at one, the other, or play both kinda blah.

So if you want a speaker that plays decent below, 125hz in our vehicles, you need a sub or at a minimum 3-way speaker setup. Even then, you need a sub if you have music that reaches deep.

Originally Posted by matt5112

most midranges suffer at 250 Hz.

Midwoofer combines "woofer" and "midrange" not the tweeter.

Typically cover 50-2500 in a ported box with a 1" tweeter covering 2500-18 000.

You don't need a sub if you choose the right woofer.

Unless you want more than 120 dB OR much below 30-40 Hz.

Both are dumb in a car.

High SPL = no hearing.

Low frequencies = rattling everything.

FYI, I've spent over 3 years trying to get "quality" from a two way. It's a nightmare. Car audio is a nightmare.

So it sounds like I've got multiple problems? What would you recommend doing? I was thinking of eventually replacing the OEM radio (module? what ever you want to call it). Would adding a sub fix anything or just add another speaker. Tweeters contributing to the problem at all? I'm an audio noob as you can see... Thanks again.

shatap.

Originally Posted by Hippo Machine

So it sounds like I've got multiple problems? What would you recommend doing? I was thinking of eventually replacing the OEM radio (module? what ever you want to call it). Would adding a sub fix anything or just add another speaker. Tweeters contributing to the problem at all? I'm an audio noob as you can see... Thanks again.

I think your speakers are blown.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Answer is simple: live with it till you can afford to have money to play with.

Good answer!

I have an extra set of tweeters..$15 dollaz

Originally Posted by Colossus

I have an extra set of tweeters..$15 dollaz

$15 for both of them? Are they blown...? Stock?

They work fine.. not blown

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

Here are some stock tweeters...I'd stick with those if you're runnin stock equipment. You can tell if your rear are stock by looking up at the bottom of them from the trunk.
D6 98 99 00 01 02 03 GRAND PRIX SPEAKER / TWEETER | eBay

If the stock tweeters were unplugged, there is a good chance that the p/o changed the stock midrange to a coaxial speaker. You will want to check that and make sure. If there is an aftermarket speaker in there and you connect the tweeters, the impedance will drop and will blow your head unit in time.

So if I replace my stock 5 1/4 speakers with say a eg: coaxial speaker, to just leave the stock tweeter unplugged??