Tweeter install?

[Prog]

Originally Posted by PatrickSAN

Did the Metra 71-042C plug in up in the dash location?

It fit in the factory harness, but something about it didn't work...I forgot what it was. I never finished messing with the dash speakers, but I think it had to do with the tweeters...

[PatrickSAN]

Solution:

Originally Posted by KBRZee

So Crutchfield sells a harness, Item# 12071042, for the dash speaker. It does not work. It fits the plug that goes to the 3.5 inch speaker but it doesn't work because the sound has to travel through the tweeter plug to get to the 3.5 inch speaker. No idea why they wired it that way.
I was about to splice the wire when I came up with this idea, that worked. I had some 14 gauge house wires laying around. I cut the ground wire into small pieces and bent them into a small horse shoe shape. Then I flattened them out with a hammer. I used them to bypass the tweeter plug so the sound can travel to the 3.5 harness, and then I used the harness from Crutchfield. Hopefully this picture can explain what I did better than I can.

[Here2rock]

Originally Posted by MidnightRunner

Ok... The stock amp sits behind the driver side rear seat btw.


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Any pics, I did not think that it had any separate amp.

[PatrickSAN]

Originally Posted by Here2rock

Any pics, I did not think that it had any separate amp.

The tweeters don't.

[jwvand02]

I decided to just run new wires... that way I can return to stock easily if I want to.

[PatrickSAN]

Originally Posted by jwvand02

I decided to just run new wires... that way I can return to stock easily if I want to.

That is by far the easiest way. I recommend it for any install with an amp.

The other easy way is a couple t-taps or even cutting off the connector and using some quick disconnects to revert to stock if needed.