[schwinn]

I've heard about Focals, and heard a setup with them - they really are very good speakers, indeed. Great choice - I think you'll be happy with them.

I have the Bose setup, but an aftermarket HU that came with the car, so I have no idea what the POs acutally did (I'll have to dig deeper, but I can clearly see copper speaker wires going just behind the HU). That being said, I expect the speakers may not be stock either, so I may want to consider the Focals myself eventually... we'll see.

So, do keep us in the loop! Even us non-ASK setups may be able to use what you find!

 

[schwinn]

Generally speaking, I would NOT remove any crossover or capacitor that is already part of the new speaker. These are likely there to protect the speaker, after all... no sense in removing it as it could cause the speaker to fail, and then it won't be warrantied.

That said, I would like to know what is actually there (on the 8" speaker)... as it may be more than just a capacitor? If it's just a cap, if you can read the value, we can likely determine what it's doing and how low it will filter (we'd need to know the speaker impedance as well to calculate this).

For the 8", you could probably get away with removing it... as they are not as sensitive to low frequencies. The tweeter, however, WILL be more sensitive, and could blow out without the capacitor... ask me how I know