How to Install a Tweeter on a Honda Civic

Your Honda Civic's speaker system is divided into three basic components: high, middle and bass (or low) speakers. The "lows" are driven by sub-woofer speakers, which produce the low bass sounds of your audio system. The "mids" are driven by speakers that are slightly smaller than the sub-woofers. These speakers carry the broadest range of sound from your audio system. The tweeters in your Honda Civic are audio components that produce the high-pitched sounds coming from your Civic's audio system.

Things You'll Need

  • Flat-tip screwdriver
  • Philips-head screwdriver
  • Clean rag
  • Locate the tweeter assembly in your Honda Civic. These speakers are typically very small and are located in the front of the Civic on the inside of the driver and passenger side door, near the side mirrors.

  • Place a clean rag over the tip of the flat-tip screwdriver and wedge the tip of the screwdriver under the bezel surrounding the tweeter. Pry up on the bezel to remove it.

  • Remove the two screws that hold the tweeter in place.

  • Pull the tweeter out of the door panel and pull off the plug-style electrical connectors on the back of the tweeter. They should pull right off. Note the position of the plugs as these represent positive and negative leads.

  • Plug the speaker wires into the new tweeter. Noting the orientation of the positive and negative leads, plug the large electrical wire plug over the large tab on the new tweeter and the small electrical wire plug over the small tab on the tweeter.

  • Turn the ignition to the "II" position and turn on the stereo to verify that the tweeter is working properly.

  • Place the tweeter into the door panel and align the mounting holes to the holes in the door panel.

  • Secure the tweeter to the door panel by inserting the retaining screws through the mounting bracket holes on the tweeter and the door panel and tightening the screws.

  • Snap the tweeter's bezel back into place.