I have 2 pairs of blaupunkt 5.25 coaxials..4ohm.. and i was wondering how they would be wired..what guage wire should i use if i'm gunna send each speaker around 40-75 wrms..power handling is 40wrms on them. Also I only plan on running an amp to just the fronts so a 2 channel amp will be sufficient..basically I have no knowledge of wiring speakers in the door..i've never done it or seen it done so anyone that could explain this with a diagram or just a typed explanation would be great..i'm guessing you basically treat them like svc sub but i'm not sure..Another thing i'm wondering is how to put speaker wire in your doors without the wire moving when the doors are opened..Wow i sound like newbie on this..I guess i am as far as wiring coaxials and components. Anyways lemme know guys.
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Yeah, you treat them like a SVC. There is just one positive and one negative, so the speaker wires are connected to them. I crimp and solder F-disconnects to the wires and push them onto the speaker terminals. Buy disconnects that fit the speaker terminals, so you might want to take the coaxials into a audio store and get the right sizes. The neg may be a smaller size than the pos.
Connect the rears to the head unit factory wiring to the rears, and run 16 gauge speaker wire from the amp up to the front door coaxials. Just run the wiring with some play, under carpet edges and beneath trim molding, then through the grommet that's already in the door hinge side. Follow the factory wiring. Just like any wiring run, any place where the wires will go through a hole in the sheet metal requires the use of a rubber grommet to keep wires from being frayed. When you disconnect any factory wiring from the head unit, always tape and secure the ends so they don't touch anything.
Sounds easy enough..So there is a grommet in the door hinge that the factory wiring is run through? If so, will the grommet be visible before i take the trim off or no? By the way i've had both pairs installed for a couple of months now..so i wont have to worry about doing anything to the rears.
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What kind of vehicle is it? If there are power locks or power windows or power mirrors or speakers already in the door than there is a big rubber conduit that runs either lower or higher than the hing in the door. If there is no power anything in the doors than you may have to put these conduits in.
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double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
Found the grommett already..thanks
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Dave
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