ok i got some alpine type r's 6.5" with the tweeter as a separate piece thinking that they would fit in the stock spot on my 98 civic ex. well now i know that they don't. should i return them and get the ones that are one piece, just not mount them and use the stock ones, not mount them and not use the stock ones, or mount them. i don't know how much the sound quality will differ either way??? anyone have pics of mounted ones, is it worth it sound quality, looks and time wise to mount them???

 

Are you talking about the tweeter?

 

yeah tweeter sorry

 

Have you pulled the tweeter out of its housing? The plastic housing around the tweet can be unscrewed - it might fit into your stock location then.

 

i know for fact that the tweeter fits in the stock location cuz i have them in my car right now. you have to do what pirate said and unscrew the the housing and get down to just the tweeter and it fits almost perfectly.

as for mounting it. I used some epoxy to hold the tweeter in place. I did it about 6 months ago and have had no problems at all with it.

and dont use the type r woofer with the stock tweeter. the crossover is designed to seperate the frequencies and the power between the alpine tweeter and woofer and it will not sound as good on the stock tweeter

 

if you wire the stocker through the component, it might sound ok if it doesn't blow. other than that, you won't hear a night and day difference, but it will be a good little increase.

 

just do it the right way and run one tweet down low in your kick panel.... thats where i have mine and the hiegth is higher then the factory location..... thats the way all the SQ guys do it and it WORKS!!!

 

i figured it out, i didn't know that the housing was supposed to come apart, thanks for that, im still a noob when it come to audio. thanks for the help guys