i own a 2.0 96 avenger and recently decided to start putting in new speakers seeing as how the old ones were . . . well . . . old.
i was able to put in new 6x9's but was surprised at what i found, not only were the speakers bad, but they werent even 6x9's, it was a 6x9 piece of metal with a smaller speaker attached to it.
i was also able to install 6.5" speakers in the front, but had a hard time putting them in, i had to modify the thing that holds the speakers, but they are in and they work.
but, one question i do have is, how do i put new tweeters in the front? i bought some and hooked them up with the wires that were under the little caps, but they never worked, i checked to make sure the wires were hooked up but they still didnt work. is there something else i need to do? are the wires under the dash there even hooked up to anything?
right now i also have an aftermarket stereo, its better than stock but not great

 

Did your car come with tweeters in the dash ??? did it come with the infinity amp (between the 6X9's under the rear deck)???

 

when i got the car it had a pioneer stereo in it, stock 6x9's and 6.5's, no amp, and no tweeters, and it doesnt lok like ther ever were any in there, but there are still wires to hook up to speakers in the dash which are identical to the ones that were hooked up to the 6x9's, but on the back of my stereo there doesnt seem to be a corresponding wires for tweeters

 

fronts are unwired on base units the infinity system runs them to the rear off the amp ...
best way to get the front tweets is buy a component set then use the crossover to send the frequency's to the dash tweets ...

 

okay i know some about electronics, but not that much.
whats a component kit? whats a crossover?
thx btw

 

component set = one pair of 6 1/2" midrange speakers , then one pair of tweeters, and a pair of crossovers ...
the crossover takes the front channel from the head unit then splits the frequency/power from the head unit and sends them to the speakers individually ...

 

okay, i see. so does the crossover kit prevent a drop in power when hooking up the two speakers togather? would there be a significant drop if i just wired the tweeters right on to my front speakers?

 

the crossover components are designed to balance the impedance (resistance) of the speakers

if you connect the tweeters directly accross the door speakers that is a parrallel connection and it can lower the impedance (resistance) too much...
it could damage either the speakers or the head unit ...