I'm replacing factor seperates in my Silverado. Do I need to install the bass blockers that came with the speakers or is there one in the factory harness somewhere?
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Sorry for any grammar errors, typing this on my phone. I can't really speak to the wiring of your Silverado. I'd say to do some research to see if there is a stock crossover in place. I will say that, I didn't find it too difficult to install the Alpine crossover as it was inline. So my set up is, the stock wiring goes to the mid woofer and then the tweeter is connected directly to the mid woofer. The two hardest things for my install were 1) getting the wire through the door boot and 2) the Alpine tweeters were smaller then the stock tweeters. So I had to fabricate a mounting bracket for then. I used some vinyl flooring to create the mount. Other then that, that are great speakers. I've really enjoyed them and they have performed like a charm.
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Yes if not you will get a sound in the speakers also you must hook the tweeters into the speakers tried using the factory tweeter hook up and thats when the speakers startered poping
962415
I used bi-wiring, which separates the high and the low frequencies. The bass is brought out by reflexing through the bottom. Nothing wrong with the bass on these speakers.
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They should fit as long as you have 6x9s now. The depth should be fine too. I found that after I disconnected the wire harness from my car, it didn't take much to get down to the bare wire to clip on to the new speakers. The harness isn't needed with these. And the speakers sound great btw!
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If there are speakers in the rear then you have speaker wire. I have this converter placed in the driver side front corner behind the plastics. All you need to do is identify factory speaker wire color and splice in. If your wondering, what if I get the positive and negative side mixed up just hook up a small test speak and observe its motion the correct motion is the speaker pushing out not sucking in. Another way is hooking it up behind the factory radio.
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No, Question for you. Did you use all 20ish feet of wire that shipped with the speakers, If so, that is most likely your problem, use as short of wire are possible to reduce the chances of electrical signals feeding into the speaker wire. I took that wiring and threw it in the garbage, grabbed some slightly thicker wire cut it to about 5 inches for signal and ground then soldered the crap out of everything and covered it with shrink wrap. I also reused the OEM connectors.
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Have then in my 2012 soundbar. Literally take the covers off, unplug the stock, remove the stock, plug the kickers, install the covers. Maybe took 5 min. And great speakers esp for the cost.
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They should be purchased separately. Normally you would be installing these in an aftermarket upgrade and use your new wiring. Most amplifier upgrade kits come with connectors, or you can get them at any hardware/electronics shop or here for just a couple bucks. The reason they don't come is that they would have to match the wire gauge you were using in the system. You would want to get both narrow and wide female spade connectors, or solder the wire to the speakers leads directly. If you are going to connect them to the stock wiring and need adapters, There is a company called Metra that makes wiring harness adapters that work well. I have done both with good results. Also, make sure you use the included capacitors on the + lead or buy "Bass Blockers" to prevent low frequency signal from damaging your speakers. These can't take low base and you will ruin them if you do not have some means of cutting off frequencies below about 100-200 Hz or higher. If you are using an aftermarket amplifier, it would normally have a High Pass filter setting that allows this, and you would then not need the capacitors. Your OEM amplifier, if there is one in your system, may also have this capability, but it is not always easy to find out it if does or not. It is NOT likely that a system that is has radio/CD player without an extra amplifier has this but a little research might be worth it.
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I simply connected the aftermarket speakers to the factory harness. Hope that helps.
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Bare stripped wires go into push locks like you see on one speakers. Hope this helps. I actually modified mine to have a plug on the back. If you do make this mod, make sure the plug is come tell isolated. The chassis can have connection to the speaker wires.
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The only thing I had to use is a Metra Speaker adapter for a particular Make. There are 2 adapter per package. Install is super easy and they sound great!
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Cut off ends (thefurthest leaving plenty of excess wire) of tweeters baring the wires and do the same on the factory installation wires...connect. Cover w/black electrician tape if you don't solder.
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I have them parallel with my door speakers in my truck. Have no crossover on mine but I do run the bass blocker that came with them
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I put these in the sound bar of my 2003 Wrangler. It did improve the bass, probably because it was oversize compared to the factory 5.25 speakers. They fit in the factory holes with no modification.
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Depends in your install, but normally you will require an adaptor to fit your factory speaker harness
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I've got an '03 Silverado extended cab, and these were a great replacement for the original speakers. I would imagine GM didn't change much in that timespan.
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I have a 2004 Silverado and it just plugs in, it come with a bracket. You must buy the one with the harness for your make.
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According to Crutchfield, they will fit your truck. As far as buying anything extra, I always like to have gray wire twist ties and some zip ties handy to connect new speakers to old vehicle wire (the speakers come with the connectors and a small amount of wire). Hard to install? That depends on the vehicle itself and whether or not you have ever remove the door or wall panels. It's not hard if you go slow and make sure that you have removed any screws attached to the panel before you begin pulling out on it. Check out Youtube for videos on how to install car speakers. You might even find one on this very truck.