I have a set of component speakers to install in an 04 car, which already has a tweeter in the door.

I was wondering if it would be a sensible idea to bridge the inputs to the current tweeter and woofer to the input of the new crossover, the logic being this would mean a slight increase in power over just wiring the input of the current woofer to the crossover and this power then being split between my new woofer and tweeter.

Did that make sense? Would this be a sensible or stupid thing to do?

Anyone had a similar thought or attempted this themselves?

 

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking...but let me give this a shot.

IIRC, the 6.5" and the tweeter are wired in series. The tweeter has a passive blocking crossover on it. If you're installing aftermarket comopnents, just cut into the wire going to the 6.5", and run new wires from the crossover to each of the replacement speakers. The extra wire that went to the old tweeter can be removed, as it won't be connected to anyting.

 

Hi Jeff, thanks for that.

If they are wired in series then I guess there is no benefit in connecting the extra wire to anything. I was thinking if they were wired to two seperate channels, these could be bridged to provide more power to the new components.