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To get at the tweeters, you remove the whole pillar liner. Start at the top, fold back the rubber along the door edge so you can get a screwdriver behind the plastic. |
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Then pry the liner away from the pillar until you can get your fingers under it and gently pull (in the direction of the radio) until it snaps out. |
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Disconnect the wire harness and take the pillar liner & factory tweeter someplace to work on it. |
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Factory tweeters and on-board crossover are both held in place with a plastic bracket. |
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Factory tweeter removed. (In this photo, I also removed the wire harness connector but it's quicker to just cut the wire and leave it in place.) |
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Easiest material to make a replacement bracket out of is aluminum - in this case from a $0.99 section of ductwork from Home Depot. |
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You can cut it with a regular household scissors. Fold it over on itself so it is 3 layers thick, crimp it flat & cut it to the right length to fit in the pillar liner. |
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The Infinities come with a good selection of mounting sleeves for various kinds of installations. (That's one of the tweeters in the foreground.) |
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The one that worked best for me was the simple, short cylinder. |
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Tweeter mount attached to aluminum strip. (Mounting the tweeter into this housing requires pushing it in and rotating it until it locks in place - kind of like a taillight bulb.) |
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Tweeter & aluminum strip mounted in pillar liner. |
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Crossover attached to one of the tweeter mounting screws with large wire tie. All wire splices were soldered and covered with heat-shrink insulation. |
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Wire slack was tightened up with smaller wire ties. |
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Pillar liner ready to re-install. Hardest part was getting the rubber strip along the door back in position over the liner.
Total time: about two hours |
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