This was an excellent forum suggestion, thanks!!

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After reviewing many forum posts about these, I had my go-to tint and audio guy install the Alpine S-S10TW tweeters. He's more of a OCD perfectionist than I am -- he takes everthing apart, tests impedence and polarity, etc -- his suggestions after reading the formum posts I shared and doing my install was: use the provided filters, hook the wires to the tweeters and not the mids, validate your polarity -- audibly he stated there wasn't a very big difference in sound between the two possible connections, but the reason not to use the mid connection had something to do with the possibility of damaging the amp....he said the tweeter signal should be used with the tweeter speaker in the most simple explanation. He also trimmed some plastic to get a flush mount in the grill area, backed everything with foam and anti-vibration material, and said the factory tape job on the wire harness was insane. -- it's so perfectly done it looks 100% factory.
The sound is soooo very much better - you can clearly hear music at ear level and it fills the cabin so much better. So stupid of Lotus to cheap out and give us empty grills. Blah!!!
 

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as a person who likes KEF as a brand, I just wanted to point out that the KEF speakers that come with the emiras are their Uni-Q speakers that have a full range (the tweeter is built into the center). So the "empty" grills are on purpose for the cars that dont get the cool KEF speakers.

Do they sound great though? eh... The KEFs in my house sound better for sure.
 
as a person who likes KEF as a brand, I just wanted to point out that the KEF speakers that come with the emiras are their Uni-Q speakers that have a full range (the tweeter is built into the center). So the "empty" grills are on purpose for the cars that dont get the cool KEF speakers.

Do they sound great though? eh... The KEFs in my house sound better for sure.
Agreed. KEF are a very well respected premium speaker manufacturer that have won multiple awards for their ‘house’ speakers. Car audio is notoriously difficult to get right and more so in a small car. Things outside of the speaker itself affect the sound.
I agree that the sound in the Emira is not the best but if anyone’s heard a base audio F-type then you’ll know it could have been a lot worse and far more problematic to upgrade.
 
KEF fan too. The speaker in car is no where as good as my home speaker. Probably because the restricted space. KEF just lacks experience on car speakers.
 

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I also think that the uni-q design (tweeter on the same axis as the mid-range speaker) doesn’t work in the Emira due to its mounting position. The size of the mid-range driver dictates that the speaker has to go fairly low down I. The door and then the tweeter is not in the ideal position. So the design has worked against them in this installation.
 
Where did these new Tweeters go?
I'm assuming in the A-Pilar, but could someone confirm
 

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