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Old 04-14-2005, 01:41 AM
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Thanks Guys! This site made my install fairly easy. The only problem was mounting the tweeter. The tweeter mount was to small to fit in the factory cut out so I had to make an adapter ring. I finally found something that I could use at home depot. It'* a pvc flush flange. .49 cents x2 well spent. The ring fit perfectly in the factory hole and let me mount my tweets. In the front I installed infinity 50.5cs 5 1/4 components and in the rear i installed infinity 6x9'* 9602i'*. my head unit is an alpine cda 9815 that I wired to the spot under the maxifuse. I was planning on wiring directly to the battery but my battery has no top terminals. I went ahead and wired for my amp that I do not have, but if I'm drilling in the firewall better take care of it now while I'm motivated!! Looks like I'll have to add a battery to my bonnie want list. Well heres the pics

My HU
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My 6x9'* next to the GM garbage 6x9'*
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Front and back view of my components installed in door
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wiring in engine bay, look at that blue 4gage coiled up snake waiting for action!
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A little milling and dremel action
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overkill in wires I ran all new wires to all 4 speakers
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This pic is a view into the door through the white light slot. Whoever put the panel on squished the trunk release black wire with the bolt. I thought it was grounded there at first until I saw where the wires went. I'm surprised the trunk release worked. Oh well I took care of it with a lil electrical tape
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looks great...you just made me wanna finish my doors really bad!
Old 04-14-2005, 08:36 AM
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howd u mount ur tweeter to the front door. i had to use the stock plate as a holder and then i super glued them to the holder so then they look stock cuz their behind the stock grill.
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yup i used a rear tweeter monut and then screwed that in to the factory location, I wanted a stock look upfront, for now
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L27Buick Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:36 am Post subject:

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howd u mount ur tweeter to the front door. i had to use the stock plate as a holder and then i super glued them to the holder so then they look stock cuz their behind the stock grill.

Well I used my bonneville super adapter ring. This pic is a before and after of the flange I bought from home depot.
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The Outside diameter of the flange is I think around 2.3" which fits perfectly in the Stock tweeter spot. The OD of my aftermarket tweeter is just under 2 inches.
I work in a machine shop and used a cnc to cut off all the extra I didnt need. You could use a bader (sander) the pvc pipe sands better then I thought. I also had to dremel the Inside diameter a touch to get my tweeter flush mount cup to fit inside of the home depot flange. The flange is tapered inside so I dremeled it until the tweeter mount fit flush in the flange. The tweeter flush mount is threaded on the back side and has a big nut you just twist on from the inside to secure the whole thing. This flange probably would work with many other tweeters that are two small. I painted the flange black to match the tweeter flush mount and bammo.
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i like that install man, did those new 6X9s fit just fine in the stock rear deck?

very sweet.....good thing you found that wire,

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yah i just cut the tweeter plate up, popped in the new tweeters, and then screwed them to the plate with the twist ring that goes around it. i like the look of the stock grilles plus nobody expects the sound to be that good from a speaker that looks stock. i just need to get an amp for em tho cuz its not loud enough for me.
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