drft_180sx

OK, so recently i have been doing a full rebuild of the steroe system, after install new wires to all my new (used) speakers and the new head i noticed something....

My door open light wont go off and the interior lights stopped working, granted i removed the door ham sensors, the door open warning light never came on before. fuse? help?

OK, so i just put in a 3-way mb quart system (old school Q series) the tweets went in the dash, u front where the defogger vents go, on the left and right side.

So after the install my tweeters are declared dead? WTF? i am wondering if the tweeter grounded out on the metal underneath if it that would cause a blown tweet? if so when i get replacements, which is damn near immposible, what can i do to protect it from getting blown out?

Jahan..
sorry for the long post.

compuskills

Did you have the crossovers hooked up to the tweeters?

drft_180sx

Yes the mb quart Q series 3 way compenents came with a 1" tweeter, 4" midrange, 6.5" midbass woofer and crossover. The crossover is obviously connected to separate the amplified signal (80W RMS per channel) through a Pioneer GM-374? (something like that) the crossover is sending signal to the tweeter line, cause i checked with another speaker.

SO... the crossover is fine, the actual lines are fine. tweeters seem to be blown? actually i don't know what blown tweeters sound like, but my tweeters aren't making any sound whatsoever. I am going to try the 9V test Tak suggested. I'll post on the finidings.

BUT my concern was that the place that i placed the tweeters, well its very cramped. So there is more than likely chance maybe the magnet or the speaker terminals may have come on contact with some metal under the vinyl/sheetmetal dash portion.

Just for those wondering, i placed the tweets to the left and right of the defogger vents, flush mounted. The midrange is in the stock position, by the knees. And the midbass is in the rear speaker towers. I plan on replacing the rears with some 8" midbass speakers instead. Sound staging sucks of course with the midbass coming from the rear, but the tweets and midrange actually sound quite good. doesn't sound like the speakers are at your knees...

Thanks for all the help so far. all input is welcome.

I just want to figure out why the tweeters went dead, so i don't go and make the same mistake again. The tweeters were functioning before the install.

Jahan.