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Ok, I installed a set of Kappa 6.5" components on my Fit and you are correct in the wiring, you would plug the wires that go into the Fit's OEM "woofer" (if you can call it that) into the component's crossover IN connection. Then the woofer and the tweeter to their corresponding connections on the crossover, make sure you got polarity correct all the way through!!
As for mounting the crossover my Kappa crossovers fit perfectly inside the metal door panel next to the speaker a little above them, you have to test fit and make sure that the door's hinge wich slides in and out of the door panel doesn't hit the crossover. I afixed the crossover to the door panel with mirror mastic glue, very strong permanent stuff. I wouldn't use velcro as it will shake around in there and possibly get loose, just make sure you connect everything right and make that installation permanent.
Finally, mounting the woofers themselves. The OEM brakets clip to the door panel with a metal tab that you can push in with a flat head screwdriver and pull the woofer out. What I did is cut out the OEM speaker from this plastic bracket and used a dremel to perfect the cuts. I used some rubber gasket material around the edge of the braket where the speaker would rest and I fastened the speaker to the braket with heavy tie wraps a some muscle. After that is was a matter of clipping the speaker back into the door panel like the OEM speaker. The FINAL step is to use a dremel and shave off the plastic lip that goes around the speaker grill behind the plastic door panel so that it doesn't rub up against your new woofer's rubber surround.
And, to prevet rattling noise from the plastic door panel rumbling against the metal door panel you can put some of the same rubber gasket material used to mount the speakers around the corner of the door panel.
Thats how I did it a few months ago and not a problem to date.
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