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clemson71guy · 01-29-2008, 05:31 AM

i am looking for places to mount tweeters. i am cutting holes in the door for speakers but i dont really want to put my tweeters there because the seat will block some of the sound
so where have some of yall put tweeters?

*1972Ryan* · 01-29-2008, 06:53 AM

mine are in the corners below the hole that is for shoulder belts about 8 inches below that. They look good there. Will try and post pics if I can get over there and take some.

young grasshoppa · 01-29-2008, 06:59 AM

I am probably of no help, but this is how I did mine.

72 cheyenne pdx · 01-29-2008, 07:57 AM

For optimal sound, you don't want to put your tweeters no further that 6" from the woofer they came with. You could theorically put the tweet on the kick panel and call it good.

Good Luck

SEA

Andy4639 · 01-29-2008, 08:04 AM

I took the clothes hanger off the passenger side and mounted the tweeter.

I measured the driver's side and mounted it at about the same spot. They sound good and you don't have to crank it up so loud to hear them.

clemson71guy · 01-29-2008, 10:09 AM

cool, i mite just do that.

kenm78 · 01-29-2008, 11:57 AM

Andy4639,

How did you run your wiring???

Longhorn Man · 01-29-2008, 12:38 PM

wiring would be easy, stuff the wire into the hole, and when it drops out down by the cab corner, run it under the carpet or the chrome thresh plates and up to the radio.

heavy70 · 01-29-2008, 04:26 PM

If your truck is equiped with the round a/c vents obove the kick panels i put mine in there.

Andy4639 · 01-29-2008, 07:43 PM

I drilled a seperate hole for the wires and did as Longhorn Man suggested. Wasn't nothing to it.
Heavy70, where does the air come out at for the A/C?

KFreddy · 01-29-2008, 11:17 PM

Mounted mine real nice above the AC vents, used a heavy piece of bailing wire mounted to the vent screw and the speaker screw. Works like a charm and the placement of a tweeter is near perfect.

**John Fabris** · 01-30-2008, 12:38 AM

Put mine into the frame of the stock dash speaker. Recovered the top with black cloth.

70short · 01-30-2008, 01:03 AM

I put mine in the pod's on top of the dash out by the doors. There small enough and with the dash pad being black there are not really noticeable.

01-29-2008, 05:31 AM	#1
clemson71guy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: north carolina Posts: 470	places to mount tweeters i am looking for places to mount tweeters. i am cutting holes in the door for speakers but i dont really want to put my tweeters there because the seat will block some of the sound so where have some of yall put tweeters?

01-29-2008, 06:53 AM	#2
1972Ryan Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Weaverville, NC Posts: 718	Re: places to mount tweeters mine are in the corners below the hole that is for shoulder belts about 8 inches below that. They look good there. Will try and post pics if I can get over there and take some.

01-29-2008, 06:59 AM	#3
young grasshoppa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 88	Re: places to mount tweeters I am probably of no help, but this is how I did mine. Last edited by young grasshoppa; 01-29-2008 at 07:00 AM.

01-29-2008, 07:57 AM	#4
72 cheyenne pdx Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 382	Re: places to mount tweeters For optimal sound, you don't want to put your tweeters no further that 6" from the woofer they came with. You could theorically put the tweet on the kick panel and call it good. Good Luck SEA

01-29-2008, 08:04 AM	#5
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: places to mount tweeters I took the clothes hanger off the passenger side and mounted the tweeter. I measured the driver's side and mounted it at about the same spot. They sound good and you don't have to crank it up so loud to hear them. __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.

01-29-2008, 10:09 AM	#6
clemson71guy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: north carolina Posts: 470	Re: places to mount tweeters cool, i mite just do that.

01-29-2008, 11:57 AM	#7
kenm78 Broken Down Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Choctaw, Oklahoma Posts: 1,267	Re: places to mount tweeters Andy4639, How did you run your wiring??? __________________ kenm78 1982 Chevy 4X4 Project truck “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder about your ignorance, than open your mouth and reveal all doubt”

01-29-2008, 12:38 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: places to mount tweeters wiring would be easy, stuff the wire into the hole, and when it drops out down by the cab corner, run it under the carpet or the chrome thresh plates and up to the radio.

01-29-2008, 04:26 PM	#9
heavy70 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: choctaw, oklahoma Posts: 100	Re: places to mount tweeters If your truck is equiped with the round a/c vents obove the kick panels i put mine in there.

01-29-2008, 07:43 PM	#10
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: places to mount tweeters I drilled a seperate hole for the wires and did as Longhorn Man suggested. Wasn't nothing to it. Heavy70, where does the air come out at for the A/C? __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. Last edited by Andy4639; 01-29-2008 at 07:44 PM.

01-29-2008, 11:17 PM	#11
KFreddy Active Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 286	Re: places to mount tweeters Mounted mine real nice above the AC vents, used a heavy piece of bailing wire mounted to the vent screw and the speaker screw. Works like a charm and the placement of a tweeter is near perfect. Attached Images __________________ "The Great State of Florida"

01-30-2008, 12:38 AM	#12
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Re: places to mount tweeters Put mine into the frame of the stock dash speaker. Recovered the top with black cloth. Attached Images __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

01-30-2008, 01:03 AM	#13
70short Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boise ID Posts: 609	Re: places to mount tweeters I put mine in the pod's on top of the dash out by the doors. There small enough and with the dash pad being black there are not really noticeable. __________________ "72" Red CORVETTE 4-speed 350 "70" Chevy Short Bed early stages of resto. Edel 600 cfm carb Weiand Stealth Intake HEI shorty Headers 4/2 Drop 295 50R 15 TOYO on 10 inch wide corvette rally rims at all 4 corners. "CHEVY RULES"



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