Components Up Front

Im putting in a JL 6.5 component set up front. This is the bottom of the barrel one they make with an in line crossover for the tweeter. Now JL recommends you hook up the tweeter off the midrange. However the factory tweeter and woofer have seperate lines. How exactly should I hook this set up? I have a good deck to power the set for now. Here is the set I have.

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use the factory midbass power wire to the mid, then to inline crossover, on the way to the tweeter.
Don't use factory tweeter line.

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A deck will be ok but a highs amp is where the moneys at.

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Originally Posted by WARLOCK

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A deck will be ok but a highs amp is where the moneys at.

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+1 on what he said, if you are hooking components up to a factory or even aftermarket deck you aren't accomplishing much. Remember, too little power can kill a speaker just as fast as too much power and distortion.
+2 on not using factory tweeter or tweeter wiring.

Thanks guys. My source deck is an older eclipse 5442 5 volt. I have the components in and they sound great. One quick question as I found some conflicting info: what are the colors for the front right speaker? Dark green + light green - ?

Thanks!

dark green - light green + but it shouldnt matter as long as they are in phase

Are you positive? Anyone else? I hooked it up dark green + light green -. What do you mean it doesn't matter as long as they are in phase?

I'm positive, I always remembered that positive and negative up front are opposite from the rear. I always remembered the rear positives by the "b" blue and brown are positive, like "be positive". I know it is corny as hell but it helped. yellow and light blue are negatives in the rear. therefore darks are positive in the rear and darks are negative in the front. but I could never remember which was considered dark out of the gray and tan wires so I always did my "redneck phase test" which I line out for you in the PM I sent.

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I'm positive, I always remembered that positive and negative up front are opposite from the rear. I always remembered the rear positives by the "b" blue and brown are positive, like "be positive". I know it is corny as hell but it helped. yellow and light blue are negatives in the rear. therefore darks are positive in the rear and darks are negative in the front. but I could never remember which was considered dark out of the gray and tan wires so I always did my "redneck phase test" which I line out for you in the PM I sent.

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Thanks so much for all the help. I'm going to do the battery test when I get home just to be sure.

Thanks again!

I wouldn't do that unless it's about a 3v battery. I've heard of speakers getting busted by too much voltage. Another way to see is to pull your deck out and see which wire it is by using your aftermarket radio harness as a cross reference. But I am 100% positive about green being negative and light green being positive

Ive done the battery test before too. Gota do what you gotta do.

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I wouldn't do that unless it's about a 3v battery. I've heard of speakers getting busted by too much voltage. Another way to see is to pull your deck out and see which wire it is by using your aftermarket radio harness as a cross reference. But I am 100% positive about green being negative and light green being positive

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Checked the old speakers with the wires still attached. Light green is definatley positive. Got everything in there correct and it sounds great now!

Thanks for all the help guys!