Tweeter directions?

[JackImpact 10+ year member]

In my coupe I have tweeters in my door panels, they originally were facing me in the drivers seat. However the sound felt uneven and in the passenger seat, the driver tweeter was being obstructed by the steering column. So I pointed them instead at the windshield, sounds better for the passenger but about the same for me in the drivers seat. Highs more noticeable on my right then my left.

Any thoughts? I can post pics tomorrow.

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[All_Logix 10+ year member]

What kind of vehicle is this? You may have to resort to kicks or running a processor for really good time alignment

 

[JackImpact 10+ year member]

Its a 2004 Honda Civic DX Coupe.

I dont know what kicks are but by processor do you mean something like JBL ms8?

 

[JackImpact 10+ year member]

Bump? Can You self bump? I dont know, just looking for some guidance =[

 

[Wingsfreak9 10+ year member]

no problem with self bumping I actually had the same issue in my grand prix you could temporarily offset the balance to make it sound better to your ear while you figure out a time alignment plan or something

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Don't put yourself into a box when thinking about solutions. With tweeters I've seen some pretty unorthodox mounting/aiming strategies work well. Often times they will not want to be symmetrical (one will want to aim slightly differently).

Nothing for it but to test everything AND fyi, odds are if it sounds particularly good in the driver's seat it'll sound off for passangers.

 

[JackImpact 10+ year member]

Ive already cut holes in my doors to put them in lol, I couldnt put them in the door by the mirrors because i have manual mirrors. One friend suggested using one of those after market gauges that go on the frame and putting the tweeters in those to point straight out, but I cant fill the hole now that Its been cut haha

I fail at car audio=[

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

well i know there are tweeters that have an off axis mode, thats what i did for my car, and it sounds a hole lot better with them off axis than on.

 

[JackImpact 10+ year member]

Youre gonna have to explain the axis thing to me =[ I could press the button on the crossover to lower the decibles on the higher side?

I guess its most important how it sounds to me, so I should position them that way and say screw it to the passengers