PulpFriction

Having replace a bunch of doors speaker in these cars, I have some non-expert advice for everyone. Put better speakers in the doors. Even the Pioneer Premium speakers aren't that good, so-so OEM QUALITY, just a lot better that the bass speaker trash. If the pillar tweeters are giving you trouble, just disconnect them. They're just there for "presence." With good speakers in the doors you won't really notice their absence, unless you park the car and expect an audiphile experience. Which you won't get anyway.

Pretty sure in the base setup there is no crossover and the pillar tweeters are simply in parallel with the front door speakers. So if a door speaker is blown, it'll affect the tweeter. May be true for the Pioneer system as well, IDK.

Vinnybagodoughnuts

He has replaced his door speakers if you read his post.As someone who installed stereos in cars for a living I can tell you that all tweeters require some form of bass blocker (crossover).Using 1 without will lead to distortion and probably blown tweeters.If you look at the picture he took of the stock tweeter you can see the little capacitor.As far as disconnecting them.I wouldn't.They are relatively inexpensive and as long as they are power balanced with the rest of the system they make a huge difference in sound quality.Speakers other then subwoofers are directional and since the door speakers basically point at your feet having the tweeters higher and closer to your ear make a world of difference in a properly tuned car.

planetrj

Yes! I witnessed this! I had some oversized tweeters that won’t fit, but I temp wired them in, and I noticed the filtering in them. I should have paid closer attention to the ohms but I figured I would replace with the same (or as you said) as close as possible to the OEM ohms.

thank you for your input. It makes a difference, and I would never just try to Jerry rig a system, as i appreciate the installer’s experience.

planetrj

I also love Amazon for their totally free return policy, and I have Prime! So maybe there might be a discount on Prime Day (11th-12th). Who doesn’t love a good deal on a quality item?!!

Now, I have just one question: Those Infinity’s are really nice! But…How do these fit under the pillar? It has a single bolt on the back, which would seem to mean that a bolt hole needs drilled and they need to be bolted to the frame instead? Just curious.

planetrj

I’m considering this Pioneer, in fact…just waiting to see other suggestions.

4 Channel/200w per channel

Vinnybagodoughnuts

You can use a back strap to mount them with the oem screws.Something like this although it seems the price is pretty high on Amazon.You just bend them to shape.I would wait though as 1 of the included brackets looks like it might work.

Vinnybagodoughnuts

I have no experience with that particular HU but have been using Pioneer stereos since the 80's and have had good luck with them.

Vinnybagodoughnuts

Heres a picture for reference of the shape you would need to bend the backstrap.


This included bracket may work though.

planetrj

this is really helpful, because not only did I not know what to call them (to put into the search), but I also didn’t know there was more universal ones available, because the only thing that kept coming up was for specific models and most were Toyota or Subaru. Thanks!

Oldblue

Suggested tweeters for the HHR

https://www.crutchfield.com/g_400/All-Car-Speakers.html