Hey guys,
I have an 02 Protege5 with the factory tweeters. I am in the process of replacing all of the speakers and head unit, and I will also be adding sub woofers. I am using a 4 channel amp, I will amp the front component speakers and I will bridge the rear channels for the subs. I was running a bunch of the wiring yesterday and I am having an issue on what to do now. Since the factory uses hard plastic plugs at the harness going into the doors there is not an easy way to snake speaker wire into the door. Is there something I am missing here? So now I am thinking about just amping the signal in the kick panel area, but then I will be amping those tiny factory wires.... So that's where I am right now. I am also thinking about keeping the factory tweeters in the sail panel because if I install my aftermarket tweeters (I have already replace the 6x8 woofer), is this a horrible idea or do other people do this too? Does the factory system have a crossover built into the system? Is there only one set of wires going into the doors for the woofer and tweeter? I only see one set of black/white, and black/red wires in the kick panel area and that is the color of the wires that go to the woofer and tweeter. Any advice from people who have done this?
I have an 02 Protege5 with the factory tweeters. I am in the process of replacing all of the speakers and head unit, and I will also be adding sub woofers. I am using a 4 channel amp, I will amp the front component speakers and I will bridge the rear channels for the subs. I was running a bunch of the wiring yesterday and I am having an issue on what to do now. Since the factory uses hard plastic plugs at the harness going into the doors there is not an easy way to snake speaker wire into the door. Is there something I am missing here? So now I am thinking about just amping the signal in the kick panel area, but then I will be amping those tiny factory wires.... So that's where I am right now. I am also thinking about keeping the factory tweeters in the sail panel because if I install my aftermarket tweeters (I have already replace the 6x8 woofer), is this a horrible idea or do other people do this too? Does the factory system have a crossover built into the system? Is there only one set of wires going into the doors for the woofer and tweeter? I only see one set of black/white, and black/red wires in the kick panel area and that is the color of the wires that go to the woofer and tweeter. Any advice from people who have done this?