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excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
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1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

There is a what looks like a small capacitor.
Next I need to mount them. 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

26th Feb 2016 9:32pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
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CDN38 wrote:
grafty99, what are you running in your lower dash for speakers?

They're 130mm edge components. Just cheap ones from halfords but they don't sound too bad. Eventually I'll do a full blown focal setup

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26th Feb 2016 11:52pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5736

If I did decide to fit speakers in the lower part of the dash what size holes would need to be cut? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

4th Mar 2016 2:18pm

jimbob7

Member Since: 06 Jul 2013
Location: uk
Posts: 2055

I fitted Focal tweeters,in the same place as Pumas.Think I used a 40mm hole saw for an absolute perfect fit,didn't need mastic or anything!!
Also fitted 5 1/4 inch (130mm) speakers in place of the originals (4 inch,100mm),only needed to slightly widen the original holes,(+25mm mdf speaker rings).Trim the thin foam and easily snip the 1mm metal backing with cheapo wire cutters/tin snips. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.

7th Mar 2016 6:20pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5736

Thanks JimBob7. For those Defenders without speakers (Poverty spec?) do the dashboards come marked where the speakers need to go? I.e is there a moulding mark somewhere? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

7th Mar 2016 9:39pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

No Td5s had tweeters on top of the dash and there are no marks to tell you where to put them, I just spaced them equally from each end so they looked OK. Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html

7th Mar 2016 11:10pm

Djcla

Member Since: 29 Jul 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 469

im interested in doing this but a little confused as to how you wire the tweeters up to a head unit can anyone explain?

2nd Oct 2017 3:52pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

Puma tweeters with crossovers built in wired in parallel with main speakers

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2nd Oct 2017 4:16pm

Djcla

Member Since: 29 Jul 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 469

Ah ok so you basically piggy back onto the main speaker connection or join the wires together?

2nd Oct 2017 6:42pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

Yes + to + and - to -

2nd Oct 2017 7:07pm

Djcla

Member Since: 29 Jul 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 469

Re: Fitting tweeters - TD5

jwl wrote:
On my TD5 110 I have speakers just above the B Pillar in the headling and that's it. Now got a pair of tweeters but where to fit and how?
Do these wire in direct from the speaker feeds, so into the speaker with two wires and then two wires out into the tweeter?

They sound good what were they make/model wise?

1st Nov 2017 10:51pm

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