Tweeter Mounting

[Entice]

hey guys,

just wondering if i can get opinions on where i should mount the tweeters of my front splits. im comfortable cutting holes to mount them "properly" but i dont know if i feel comfortable cutting my car lol.

so just looking for opinions and hopefully pics of what you have done or would do. this is for a skyline r32 but this shouldnt matter to much.

cheers

p.s. ive had some advice from another forum but looking for some people with the same car and experience

Edited October 1, 2008 by Entice

[niran]

Hey dude i also have a r32 and I’m using the alpine r type splits.. What i did was mount the tweeters on the inside of the side mirrors in other words like the interior just that spot you have free. The basic idea is that the tweeter to faces you, so that sound is driven your way. You could also get tweeter holders and mount them on the dash so that they point to your direction too

[__PhaseShiftDown]

yep.. mount it so they are somewhat facing you.

When I mounted my tweeters on the door cards in my old car, they sounded like crap.

[Entice]

hi guys,

thanks for the advice so far. it is type r splts i'm looking at getting so that is relevant, but logically it should be the same for any.

i was told that if you mount it on the mirror triangles then the sound reflects off the glass and makes it sound rubbish, also if it is too far away from the mid bass driver it again sounds rubbish.

do you have a pic of yours mounted niran? are they powered or just running off the head unit?

[__PhaseShiftDown]

The best way is probabaly just trial mount it 1st using sticky tape/double sided tape or somthing to see if the position sounds good. Then start drilling...

[Trav33]

My suggestion (which is based on a Professional installation) is dont point the tweeters at your face. I did this in my old VN Calais. My installer pointed them accross the car, he described that this sets up front staging, and it does sound a lot better.

[Entice]

My suggestion (which is based on a Professional installation) is dont point the tweeters at your face. I did this in my old VN Calais. My installer pointed them accross the car, he described that this sets up front staging, and it does sound a lot better.

I was told on another forum that I should have the driver's door tweeter pointing at the passenger and the passenger door speaker pointing at me, the driver. which is what you are talking about I think. I suppose it would help with separation as you wouldn't hear your side's tweeter as much but you would get the other sides about the same time as the mid bass driver on your side and it would all work ideally.

The white drawings on the above picture (my car when I got it) are where I think i'll position everything. The white boxes being under the seat (i dont know the proper name for these). I suppose I will also mount the amp under the passenger seat, or perhaps the driver seat as it gets moved less.

[G3TFKD]

i have my tweeters mounted in the door trimming and my tweeters are able to move around inside the casing, so i have the drivers side pointed towards the passenger and the passenger pointing towards me. i have pics at home which i can post later if you want.

[Entice]

i have my tweeters mounted in the door trimming and my tweeters are able to move around inside the casing, so i have the drivers side pointed towards the passenger and the passenger pointing towards me. i have pics at home which i can post later if you want.

Pics would be nice, yes

I just got the suggestion of mounting the tweeter in the kick panel as this is close to the mid bass driver. only downside would be it getting kicked. anyone seen this before?

Picture examples given were:

[Trav33]

Here's my installation, the installer put a black cloth over the panel, so the tweeters are not noticable.

Would be interested to hear what Chris' views are...

[rocketboy]

Crossfiring your tweeters - passengers side firing to driver and vice versa is common way to get reasonable good sound without fluffing around too much. I have also pointed tweets towards windscreen in an R32 of a friends and had good results using the windscreen to reflect the high frequencys off.

Basically, if you are looking to get the absolute most out of your setup, play around with different mounting positions as possible. I have kick mounted tweeter/mids also and find the tonality is usually better as well not having speaker seperation -e.g. high hat sounding like it's coming from head height while the kick drum sounds like it coming from the floor area. The downside is they can be blocked by feet, kicked unles mounted well, and you generally have a lower sound stage. You can overcome this to a certain degree by running time alignment which delays sound to the near speakers.

If you don't want to do much playing/testing. I'd suggest you mount them in the door sails and cross fire them.

Good luck!

[Fry_33]

I just put mine in the inside covers for the side mirrors as others have mentioned. I just used the mounting cups they came with. Sitting inside the car with the door shut I put the cup where I wanted it and marked the hole with pencil. Drilled the holes in a smaller diameter than the screws and then just screwed them in. If you do do this make sure the doors closed as otherwise it might get ripped off when you shut the door. It can be a little fiddly getting the door skin and these mirror covers. Sort of have to do them at the same time.

I am no expert on audio setups etc but I find it's fine in this location. I don't think I'd want my tweeters pointed straight at me as it would probably sound too tinny for my liking.

This is in my R33 so I don't know if it is different for the R32?

Edited October 2, 2008 by Fry_33

[G3TFKD]

here are the pics as requested.