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MG MGF Technical - Mk 1 to Mk II Door Card conversion

I have just bought some new door cards from Victoria at the MGF Centre and they have come with original Tweeters but no wiring.

The tweeters have a special connector, which I have been unable to trace at local audio suppliers and motorist shops, including Halfords. Rover will only sell the complete loom.

Has anyone done this conversion and sourced a connector supplier or managed a mod to get the tweeters working.

Any advice appreciated.

Chris
Chris

Why don't you just replace the connectors with bullet or spade connectors for a cost of a few pence?
Steve White

The connection pins are actually inside a recessed housing which is part of the tweeter itself. Two thin round pins, quite close together, which require a special type of plug connector, which of course is not commercially available, thank you Rover.

I may be able to get some small thin connectors inside but the smallest Halfords, Motorworld and Maplins supply are all too big.

I need some small, computer type connectors unless someone has done this mod and managed to connect them in some other way.

Chris

The wires in question come from the loom at
the back of the speaker as a capacitor is
fitted to the speaker/loom to provide the
cross-ovre for the tweater.

You would probably also need to fit this to
make bet use of the tweaters.

A better bet is to changw the speakers for
somethig better whilst you have the car in bits.

I used a set of Inifinity components. The tweaters
from this can be made to fit in the factory holes
with a bit of adjustment to the fitting base supplied
with the speakers.

If you want some more info let me know....

Cheers

Paul;
Paul Waine

Chris, when I got my MY2000 door cards, I also obtained the part of the loom from the door as well (always handy to keep your Leatherman ® handy! ;o))

Too late now, but I'd suggest you drop Victoria a line, as I am sure she'd be able to source these cables out for you.
Rob Bell

I have already asked Victoria, she was not too keen to cut a wiring loom just for the connector, she thought I could get a connector from an audio shop but I have had no success.

I think I will try Victoria again, maybe I should bribe her with Jaffas.
Chris

Chris,I had the same problem with a pair of tweeters purchased from MS, no wires in my 1997VVC. I ended up scotch locking into the existing speaker cables, followed by a trip to Maplin Electronics for some very small connectors to fit the pins did the trick. They cost less than a quid for 10 but are bu**ers to fit. Sounds OK to me but I'm no boom boy.Give me a mail and I will post the spare connectors I have left, if I can find them.
Terry

>to source these cables

For sure Tyco connectors. May be OEM design as usual at all car designs ;)

Anyone got a pic ? and *true* measures of the pin/socket distance ?
1/10 " or 1/5th ?
Dieter K.

This thread was discussed between 11/04/2003 and 13/04/2003

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