front door speaker replacements

[pbkid]

hey, just did some work on my VX today, changed the front door speakers to infinity reference component's...

i also took the speaker grill out of the front doors...and added red LED's...just thought maybe a little excitement for driving at night

im also gonna post some info on wiring info for anyone else looking to do their front speakers...

front left door-
woofer + blue
- yellow

tweeter+ black/yellow
- green/white

front right door-
woofer + blue
- grey

tweeter+ green/yellow
- dark green/ yellow

ill post some pics of the LED work later....

heres some keywords for people searching-
front, speakers, tweeters, wires, wiring

hope it helps

[Ldub]

Ah young Master Jack, so young & already much smarter than yer old uncle...

I was nutz enough to pull all new wires (BIG wires) through those skinny door boots, & it's NO fun...

I used Infinity reference panels for my rear speakers & love them long time...
(sorry, just watched full metal jacket...)

GOOD INFO.!

[etlsport]

i put all new wires in too.. mostly cause i have an amp pushing the speakers in the doors.. easiest way to run wires through those boots is to pull it free from both sides... get it as vertical as possible and push a thin walled metal tube through.. then run your wires through that, slide the tube off and voila!

i am lookin forward to seeing the LEDs.. i still want to put alarm LEDs on my door panels one day.. stupid cold weather

anyone looking to up grade, check out amazon's deal of the day today.. infinity reference 6.5" speakers.. with a small amount of modding they will fit in the front door

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

offer is only good 02/17/09 though

[pbkid]

etl, as a matter of fact, most vehicles have good enough wiring to handle 4-channel power...

the only time its really necessary to run new wires is if the wires are a small gauge, which the VX has standard gauge wire (and mine was in pretty good shape)...im pretty confident that they will perform really well with a 4-channel...

ill also have to post some pics of my rear speakers im getting set up
im trying to get really creative with them...

i've decided that i dont like the location of the stock rear speakers so im moving them to behind the headrests....i actually bought some badarse 4x6 infinity 2 ways and some nice boxes to build them into...
ill get some pics of those up later

[etlsport]

hmm good to know.. knowing that, i still probably wouldve changed the wires, just because its too much of a pain to try to tie into the wires and re-route them to the amp.. i run 3 pairs of RCA cables from the head unit to behind the drivers seat to the amp.. rather than try to run stock wires to the seat i said just put new ones in

now you have me on pins and needles waiting to see what you are doing with the rears.. i was in a buddys jeep cherokee not too long ago and noticed the stock rear speakers are mounted in the ceiling.. that got me thinking... but not enough to even begin to attempt that sort of project lol

[pbkid]

well, mine wont be mounted to the ceiling, but they will be mounted to the big pillar that creates our blind spot...all the way up to the top...

[Riff Raff]

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[pbkid]

no offense but are you paid to advertise for them??? that sounded like something you would hear on the radio or see on tv....

crutchfield is a great place to buy electronics..they have great prices and they have great products...

but some people need other people to do the work for them, and some people need to talk to a real person in a store because they dont know what they are looking for...

thats why i have a job...


anyhow, i tried to load the pics as stated earlier..but the site wouldnt let me...i dont know if they are too big or what the issue was..but im gonna try to host them through photobucket

[Y33TREKker]

Anyone know where I might find some speaker wire adapters for when I'm installing aftermarket speakers and don't want to splice into the factory harnesses? I swear I've heard of a company that offers those things, but for the life of me I can't remember it's name.