If your speaker system is one of our component sets with a separate crossover then again,
please pay careful attention to mounting and keep the crossover out of the door if possible.
If this simply can’t be done due to wiring constraints then make sure the crossover box is
on the interior side of the door splash sheet. Mounting a crossover in the main cavity of the
door results in failure (in the UK anyway!) within a few months and our warranty guys won’t
be exactly thrilled to see your crossover sent back as “faulty” looking like a relic from the
SS Titanic deep sea research operation…
At this point I want to be realistic with you – if you have bought a set of bassface speakers
to replace your old but working existing speakers and you really don’t have the time to
follow the advice in this manual to improve your installation – ie you’re just going to replace
like with like – what might you expect from the sonic performance? Firstly – you won’t get
the most out of your speaker. I hope I’ve explained why already. Secondly you will get an
improvement in tonal performance – our speakers sound smooth and sweet and exciting at
the mid and top end. The bass response, however, like the ones you are replacing, will
probably be disappointing. If you are driving them off a standard head unit the power that
is available isn’t much and will distort easily – the speakers can’t do anything about this. As
a final point on straight replacements please be very careful that you install the new
speakers at least as well as the old ones otherwise you might actually end up with WORSE
sound than before you started! It is important not to replace a basic but well fitting OEM
speaker with a nice but badly fitting aftermarket one. And that doesn’t matter if it’s a
BassFace or anyone else’s brand – same rules apply. So make sure, at the absolute
minimum that there is no air leakage around the speaker, that the screws are not distorting
