crossover location

 hello, please excuse me if this type of a post has already been posted. my question is : when installing separates in your car is there a rule of thumb about where the crossovers should be mounted. i usually install them as close to the speakers as i can. however a shop in town did a tahoe that came in for me to do some upgrades to and they installed the crossovers in the drivers rear quater panel for all 4 doors. seems to me that thios may throw off crossover points do to added resistance in the wiring. thanks for any help.

I suppose it could alter the xover points if the wiring was very small gauge and very long so that it added ohms instead of fractions of ohms... but if good quality decent gauge wire is used, it should not matter that much.  In some critical high-end applications it might matter more, but for car audio I wouldn't worry too much about it.  I agree, however, to install crossovers close to the speakers, but mainly to minimize wiring run confusion.

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Theoretically, you are right, but I agree with DYohn.

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In my car, the crossovers for the front components are in the glove compartment.

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DYohn is correct in what he says. As long as the speaker wiring going to the crossovers are of decent quality and gauge, it doesn't matter too much where the crossover is mounted.