First of all yes its 3:20am and I just got home from Daves(Note: Did a huge install on a boat this morning, and worked on a custom project on an Expedition at work, then ventured to Daves in the downpoor of rain ). We got his CDT CL-61s in tonite and they sound killer, and they arent broken in at all and the system is really tuned much at all since we finished quite late. As you can see he did one hell of a deadening job on the car, I give him mad props. Running the wires was easy as hell for the most part as usual.

The braxial style tweater mounting was something I would have never thought of and it worked out great we mounted the crossover right on the baffle made for an easy install (Note: Daves baffles > Gregs baffles). Also ran some new Knukonceptz RCAs they are beefy as hell. All and all it sounds extremely smooth and clean, not overbearing or harsh at all. We also did the rear speaker delete, which had gotta be good for atleast 5hp at the wheels LOL . As always a few pics from the install. I was very impressed with how it came out as was Dave













Daves subs, stolen from his post

 

 

Looking good That is a different way to mount the tweeter...I haven't seen that before. I'm looking forward to listening to that system to see how it sounds. If you guys were impressed, I'm sure I will be too.

Great job again...now get some sleep!

 

I have to thank Greg again for putting up with me, staying up late and helping me put everything back together. Adding the coaxials that greg had last time, made a great improvment. Going with these 2way components was a great improvment over the coaxials that were in there for about 2 weeks.

Even with a minor tune, the car sounds great. I am very happy with the install and would recommend at least getting a 2way to anyone who asks. The 2 ways were a huge improvment, crisper midbass, and clearer highs. I have to give Greg props for posting up these pics when he got home. I was thinking to myself, he is probably going to post pics up. Then thought, nah, its too late. I was wrong.

On to the mounts. You all know how I made my template, and I stole the idea for the tweeter mount off of CDTs website, while looking through a few of their products. I looked at one of the pics and said, hmm, i can make a bracket like that. Then while i was playing with the tweeters, said I can probably just mount this straight to the side. With the door panel on. The grill of the door panel just barely touches the tweeter. I figure since the tweeter isnt vibrating like crazy, it should be alright there. Sounds fine right now. I wanted to try the tweeters at the bottom like that so that I didnt cut any unnecessary holes. I can always add the holes later if need be and move the tweeter.

Im very happy with the quality of the RCAs from Knukonceptz. They make some good ****. I had to run a new remote power wire, as these do not come with one attached to it. No big deal, just something that I wanted to note if anyone wanted to know. I used caulk rope on the speaker mounts and between the speaker to the mount. Stuff came in a huge roll and only cost $4. The roll is more than enough. I will probably find other uses for it around the house and what not.

Am I missing anything. Let me know if you guys want any other info

oh i have the tweets set to 0db right now on the crossover, I am thinking about moving them to -3db. After listening to it this morning, i think they may be a tad high. I'll try to tune it better and see if a tune helps or not. If not, i'll just set em to the -3db setting.

i am paying for the late night now.....i am exhausted

 

Go for a ride in that Z with the new CDT's blasting....that'll wake you up. Thanks for the review about the install. That tweeter mounting idea was trick!

 

We can thanks CDT for the tweet mount idea I just had to turn the component crossovers to -3db. It was kinda harsh. I probably didnt notice it much last night half asleep. Time for more tweeking.

 

that is pretty cool install there. I think i missed the part between you looking for coaxials and then installing 2way components. I have to pay more attention

 

Greg let me borrow some coaxials so that we wouldnt have to deal with the bose crap. I still need to do some tuning, i just dont know where to go from here. I tuned it the best i can, but i can tell that its missing something

 

nice!!!!!

 

My budddy saw the pictures and he was like wow you had the entire interior out and got it back together :-)

 

You saw how easy it was to put the interior back together. Im thinking about pulling the carpets out sometime soon to give them a thorough cleaning like a steam clean and the works. Greg do you ever sleep?

 

Its funny you say that, we decided at like 11:30 to go out on a bicyling expedition and got a flat like 8 miles away from home but we were equipped with tools till **** went wrong, we stripped an axle etc it was a bitch lol but fun time... i got components and an amp to put in a pontiac now before work... this weeks lack of sleep is startin to bite me

 

That is a trick Tweeter install..

I am trying to decide what to do with the fronts in my C4..


I have Boston Acoustic 841s in there now (4" and tweet) plus a 5.25" Boston in the door.. they sound good, but I wonder if my Orion HCCA 5s would sound better then the bostons.. HMM

If I have cash I would buy CDTs

 

If i recall Dave paid 130ish not too bad really

 

i paid 134 i think shipped for a set of cdt CL-61A. They are the 2 way components. These are the ones that you can convert into a 2way coaxial. For 10 bucks more you can get the 61T which supply you with a mount that screws in to the center of the 6.5 for the tweeter mount. The actual CDT CL-61 are the ones that are a little pricier at 250-300 not sure exactly, i dont remember. But Im very happy with the 61A. They do what I want them to do. Ive already let a few people listen to it and they love them as well.

 

Not a bad price actually.. only thing with me is I have an 89 with 1991 interior, the speakers mount near the frame rail. on my vette i don't have the extra space like the 90-newer cars where the frame rail is bent in to give more room.. How deep are those CDTs?

Also what type of tweeters are the (metal? Soft?)

 

The mounting depth of the 6.5s is 2 1/2" and the tweeter is silk

here is the cdt site with more info
http://www.cdtaudio.com/classic_convertable.htm

 

Jeff if you like when I am at work tomorrow I can try to pull up specifics on what can fit into those doors without mods, but I must say Daves components sound great for a sub 300 dollar speaker

 

greg you should hear them now. They sound even better, I turned the gain up a hair on the amp and they sound pretty damn good.

one of these days im gonna try what fej suggests as far as tunning, with the subs off and then playing at 75% of max and that whole thing.

 

Sure if you get a chance..

Also what power do they need.. All I have to run them is an Orion 225 HCCA from 1992~1993