A-pillar tweeter/speaker install

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Hi all. Had a bit of a look through old posts and there's a bit of discussion about this but couldn't see anyone who did it and posted results. I'll try keep it short as I know this won't appeal to everyone.

My problem began with a bit of hearing loss from my time in the army which can make it a bit difficult to hear voices with background noise. In the patrol especially I always seem to have the radio/music blaring to hear it properly so it motivated me to go ahead with the tweeter install... like pretty much every new car now has. (Plus I just like my music to sound good)

As some have seen I got these ones in.. love the JBL stuff. Top quality sound IMO.

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Decided I wanted them in the A-pillar but didn't know how much clearance there was behind. This was my solution. Bit of balled up al-foil taped in place. Reinstalled and removed to see how far it had squished.. plenty of room!

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They came with 3 mounting options but I went with the countersunk one so I worked out my placement.. marked and (holding my breath) holesawed through it.

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Needed a couple extra mm out of the hole and to grind the ribs down a touch for the rear nut so just used a carbide bur. Worked a treat.

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After that they just slip in with a big nut on the back. I tightened them up good as I could then added a few dobs of hot glue for those rough roads.

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Both sides were done the same and came out looking pretty good to me. Not quite as nice as factory but not too much of an eye-sore either.. and sounds brilliant. Brings the voices up so I can hear them

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Didn't bother writing up the wiring part. Pretty easy that bit.

Now.. just the rear doors to do and they'll all be done.