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jasondavis 
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I have 4 2-way kickers speakers in my doors and component sets in the kick panels right now but I would like to add 2-4 tweeters,  should I wire them to the wire going to my component speakers or tap into the tweeter part of my crossovers?  Basicly would it be bad to run more than the 1 tweeter per crossover?
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Have you tried moving the tweeters in your component set first?  If you're dead set on adding tweeters to your current setup, try to stick with the same brand, and only use one set.  Also, unless you are using an amp to power your speakers, I would not recommend doing so- headunits are not meant to run anything below 4 ohm speakers. 

If you are using an amp, ensure that your amp is 2-ohm stereo stable.  Any add-on tweeter system should come with it's own crossover.  Wire this in parallel with you components before the crossover.  Don't try to use the component crossover to do this- you will through off the impedence, and the crossover points will be mismatched.  Play around with the positioning of the tweeters until you find something that will work best for you.

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Yes running two pairs of tweeters from the same xover will halve the impedence of circuit, halving the xover frequency, and destroying both the fidelity of the tweeter you already have as well as the one you are attempting to add.
Try moving your tweeters to your dash or upper doors and see if that doesn't sound better than playing at your feet eh?
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Err uhh. What geepherder said.
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