my car is a 1990 two door, built with low-end audio.
Tweeter connections are already there in the doors.
the wires come through the door jamb connector, and connect to pre existing junctions on the kick panel speaker wires… BUT.. the small blue connector for the tweeter fits into the matching female connector on the speaker wire for the POSITIVE side of the speaker. The spade style connector has a matching plug that branches off of the NEGATIVE SIDE of the speaker wiring.
So..
I’m converting the speakers to the “sound system” stuff out of my parts car, no amp, and a old blaupunkt head unit. With those kick panel speakers installed, the tweeters are supposed to connect + side to the post connected to the capacitor on the speaker, and negative connects to the y-cable branch that comes off of the speaker wire.
Issue is, these plugs are reversed, so you can either connect the tweeter to the two existing y-cable branches, which gives the tweeter no Xover, and reversed polarity.
Does polarity not matter on a tweeter?
Did bmw mess up the harnesses on some cars?
why is the wiring even THERE AT ALL for a tweeter on a low end sound vehicle, especially if the connections have nothing to do with the way an amplified “sound system” version is wired?
I ended up cutting the blue plug off of the end of my tweeter wiring and splicing in a speed connector so I could connect the positive side of the tweeter to the capacitor plug on the speaker
Tweeter connections are already there in the doors.
the wires come through the door jamb connector, and connect to pre existing junctions on the kick panel speaker wires… BUT.. the small blue connector for the tweeter fits into the matching female connector on the speaker wire for the POSITIVE side of the speaker. The spade style connector has a matching plug that branches off of the NEGATIVE SIDE of the speaker wiring.
So..
I’m converting the speakers to the “sound system” stuff out of my parts car, no amp, and a old blaupunkt head unit. With those kick panel speakers installed, the tweeters are supposed to connect + side to the post connected to the capacitor on the speaker, and negative connects to the y-cable branch that comes off of the speaker wire.
Issue is, these plugs are reversed, so you can either connect the tweeter to the two existing y-cable branches, which gives the tweeter no Xover, and reversed polarity.
Does polarity not matter on a tweeter?
Did bmw mess up the harnesses on some cars?
why is the wiring even THERE AT ALL for a tweeter on a low end sound vehicle, especially if the connections have nothing to do with the way an amplified “sound system” version is wired?
I ended up cutting the blue plug off of the end of my tweeter wiring and splicing in a speed connector so I could connect the positive side of the tweeter to the capacitor plug on the speaker
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