I'm thinking about putting some speakers in but I really don't want a hole in my door. Anybody have some tweeters, and how do you have them mounted in your civic?

 

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The Si comes stock with tweeters.

 

Do they? I must be blind
Where are they?

 

If i'm not smoking crack...
they are ALL the way in the corners of the dashbaord in the corners by the windshield.

Its too cold to go outside and check


Great music doesn't make the ride…but it sure doesn't hurt. The 350-watt AM/FM/XM Ready®†/CD Premium Audio System with 7 speakers, including an 8-inch subwoofer will crank out your favorite tunes. MP3/Windows Media™ Audio (WMA)-capable, this remarkable audio system sports a card reader that lets you access and play digital music right from your memory card. So sit back and enjoy the show.



2 tweeters
2 doors
2 rears
1 sub

boom 7 speakers

http://automobiles.honda.com/m...Sedan

 

Yup, your right. They are in the front corners of the dash. Had them replaced, but def. had a pro do it. I'd get to irritated working up in that super confined area. Those things are tucked in there really tight.

 

Ohhhh. Cause I went to get a quote for speakers and he looked at it and said he's going to have to drill a hole. Problem solved then. Thanks a lot

 

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Mental note....

If a shop is going to do work on your car... and they dont know what is actually IN the thing....********

pick a new shop.


******** - This also holds true if its Best Buy or Circuit city. Those no talent hacks shouldn't be within 100yrds of your vehicle .

 

They are hard to get 2 and if a shop does them for you make sure you keep an eye on them so they don't drill something you don't want them drilling etc.

 

Never ever let a shop do your installs. If you want something done right, do it yourself. I've unistalled so many, "shop installs" and boy, I would never let anyone touch my baby.

 

It was Audio Express, and I changed my mind anyway. I figure all that stuff is going to add quite some weight. I'm just going to have them install a headunit and nothing else. Alarm system in the future, but not from them(they don't carry Compustar).

I'm pretty sure their install would be better than mine, plus their install would be warrantied for life, and their whole deal is "$1 install on anything." I keep trying to find a catch to the $1 thing but I haven't found anything so far.

I can get the part about $300 cheaper online, but I heard something about how Pioneer is tracking the serial numbers on the AVIC-D3's and they won't warranty ones sold by eBay stores. I'll ask Pioneer tomorrow if that's true.

 

Just in case you decide to replace them.....this is a pretty good write-up for front door speakers and dash tweeter replacement.

http://www.8thcivic.com/DIY/sp....html

 

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Mental note....

If a shop is going to do work on your car... and they dont know what is actually IN the thing....********

pick a new shop.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with you there mike!

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******** - This also holds true if its Best Buy or Circuit city. Those no talent hacks shouldn't be within 100yrds of your vehicle .
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Cmon now mike, i hope you dont mean everyone who works/worked there... that hurts! I installed at CC for years and we had our **** on point! Cant speak for em now, I know the other places in town would send people to us left n right to fix their broken **** and install **** they couldnt do!


Yed as for the "home of the 1 dollar install" all thats for is the labor.... im sure they rape you on parts to make up for the labor they are losing. If you wanna do a headunit in ur car, lemme know. we can work something out, ive done several.

 

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Not all of us are car Guru's. Trying to do an install when you don't know what your doing is never smart in my opinion.

Just pick a shop with a good reputation. Luckly, I have friend who does custom interiors and electronic installations.

If I have tried to install my stereo or alarm, I am sure my car would still be in pieces.

The one thing I would suggest is that you go out to a on-line Honda parts store and buy some extra clips. I have extra clips for about everything (bumpers, interior consoles, splash guides, ect). Most installation places don't carry clips for every car. Supplying your owe clips insures all the pieces and parts get re-installed correctly, since clips break quite often.

 

I appreciate the offer, but unless you have a business then no thank you. I prefer paying the extra to have a business install it so if something goes wrong or if a part goes bad, then I can tell them to fix it. That way, even if they have to replace the whole part and lose revenue, I could care less, because the salesman won't be losing any money, the company will. Now if you did it and something went wrong, I wouldn't like you to waste time and money to repair it and end up with losses.

I am considering Circuit City now since they have a service plan that covers my unit completely for 4 years. If within the 4 years they can't replace the part anymore because it is not in production, they will put the full price that I purchased the head unit for towards a new one. All I've heard is negative feedback so far or neutral feedback for Audio Express, and I think they want to charge me $1300 for the AVIC-D3(suggested retail is $1000).

If you do have a business or know of a reliable one, or even have comments about Circuit City, let me know please. I'm trying to get this done within 2 weeks, in fact I was about to just do it today at Audio Express and get on their *** if they messed anything up but they only have the display unit left.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I appreciate the offer, but unless you have a business then no thank you. I prefer paying the extra to have a business install it so if something goes wrong or if a part goes bad, then I can tell them to fix it. That way, even if they have to replace the whole part and lose revenue, I could care less, because the salesman won't be losing any money, the company will. Now if you did it and something went wrong, I wouldn't like you to waste time and money to repair it and end up with losses.

I am considering Circuit City now since they have a service plan that covers my unit completely for 4 years. If within the 4 years they can't replace the part anymore because it is not in production, they will put the full price that I purchased the head unit for towards a new one. All I've heard is negative feedback so far or neutral feedback for Audio Express, and I think they want to charge me $1300 for the AVIC-D3(suggested retail is $1000).

If you do have a business or know of a reliable one, or even have comments about Circuit City, let me know please. I'm trying to get this done within 2 weeks, in fact I was about to just do it today at Audio Express and get on their *** if they messed anything up but they only have the display unit left.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Well i dont have a business (no need for one when you know what you are doing and do it right the 1st time), so sorry i cant help ya out. Go to Findlay Customs and have them do it, they have some sick *** installers over there. Ive worked with/for most of the guys there so i vouch for em. we send em cars all the time. http://www.findlaycustoms.com . And if your trying to get someone to "hook it up" so that it will play video....expect to pay from 100 up to have em do it since its illegal not to mention stupid.

 

Oh, I do have a question about that. Is it stated by law that you can't have playing video like that? My girlfriend is always with me so it'd be for her to watch so she can stay awake, thus keeping me company and keeping me awake as well(such as on trips to California or something). I wouldn't be watching it myself; I've had a friend who found himself parked in the dirt once because he does it and he also lost his license for a while because of it.

I found a place by the way. Ironically, it's called Tweeter. They have good prices and they were working on a Bentley when I was there, so I'm sure I can trust them with my car. They are also the only certified people to work on the Wynn's Ferraris in vegas.

 

I wouldn't go to Circuit City, namely the one in Centennial Hills, I took the EK there to get some new rear speakers, not only did they want to charge me like an extra 250-500 because of the "jungle gym" in the back, dude said he might have to take it all apart and remove some side panels in the hatch, but the speaker prices were outrageous! Oh and he said it would take a few hours. Soooo, I laughed out the front door and took it down to Audio Excellence off of Maryland Parkway and Flamingo, across from the Library, and they squezzed me in right before closing for about $130 bucks I believe. Did a great job, really nice people and only took about 45 min. And whataya know, didn't have to take out the "jungle gym" or remove any side panels. I checked it out when I got home, everything was installed very nicely, worked well and sounded awesome.

Needless to say, I never went back to ANY Circuit City again. Not that loosing one customer is going to hurt their revenue. But you know what I am saying....

-Ms.Gambit