deadsetonlivin

Which colors are + or - ? and L or R? And heres a pic for you guys.

Go90go

I posted a bunch on this in another thread, but I don't remember where. Anyhow, you'll need two 8-ohm resistors to go inline, and they're available at Radio Shack. I'll post up a pic or at least the part number when I get home tonight.

~Cheers~

P.S. I had considered making the left dome speaker the right channel, and the right dome speaker the left channel, so that both front passengers experience a little better sound staging, but when I spliced them in, I had forgotten, hehe.

deadsetonlivin

And then do you just hook them up with the front speakers? I work next door to teh shack ill go grab the resistors later tonight. I'll try to hook up my ipod and my swith for dvd's ath the same time.

Go90go

Part number 271-120! I went to look for it twice, and forgot what I was looking for when I got to the garage, haha. My memory sucks sometimes.


It's about $3 each after tax. Pretty cheap to get those things working!

~Cheers~

deadsetonlivin

I got those but know I gotta find the polarity of the both of them.

Go90go

I can't remember what colour was what (they're all green with varying silver patterns), but you'll figure it out soon enough. Just listen for which ever one is working (left or right) and go from there.

~Cheers~

sebbiefresh

That is something id like to get into, but im not to sure where to start. Do you know where you might have posted the DIY? Or maybe some instructions please?

tilove17

red green pos.(R) blue green pos (L) i think

insane0ne

what is the purpose of the 8 ohm resistors?

Go90go

^ The speakers have an 8-Ohm impedance. A lower number is a stronger signal, and the other speakers are 4-Ohms. That is why we filter out some of it, and end up with an 8-Ohm signal so we don't blow those speakers. If you have some friends with bridgeable amps, and you can get your hands on an old 8- or 16-Ohm bookshelf speaker, try bridging the output from the amp (maybe 2-Ohms) into the speaker, using the lowest gain. Most likely it'll just pop right in your hands.

~Cheers~

insane0ne

gotcha, the tweeters need 8Ohm

bpjadhav

Thanks a ton for the part number Go90go! I finally have my dome mid ranges wired to my Nakamichi head unit. I didn't do it myself... asked a mechanic friend to do it for me. He wired the mid ranges with the rear speakers. He said since the front speakers already powered the tweeters, it was a good idea to hook the mid ranges to the rear speakers... the only flip side being I would lose the mid ranges if I used the fader to power only the front speakers. Since I never use the fader... I didn't mind it.

Go90go

^ NP, m8. Mine are in with the amp output for the fronts, and criss-crossed. The left dome is the right channel and the left dome is the left. If you think about it, the driver and the front passenger both get enveloped in sound, properly biased, too.

~Cheers~

dan jacobsen

bpjadhav---what model Nakamichi did you put into your 3.2? I have always wanted to put a Nakamichi HU into a car. THANKS!!!!

KaMLuNg

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can you fellas help this noob out... i could just be completely dense here, but all i do with the resistor is wire one side on the pos and the other side on the neg of the speaker wire into the mid ranges right???

or do i like need one for each line (4 in total)???

Go90go

^ No, just two are needed, one per speaker. You wire it in-line on the positive lead, and that's it.

~Cheers~

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

thanks buddy...

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

Green/Red - Left overhead (+)
Green/Orange - Left overhead (-)
Green/Blue - Right overhead (+)
Green - Right overhead (-)

Ken1997TL

2.5Inspired

wow, you guys are talking about those two speakers in the dome up above? I don't even know if mine work...