My E46 Bmw 3 series Coupe install *UPDATED almost FINISHED*

carfreak1024 · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:35 am Post subject:

BTW That trunk setup you have there lookin really nice. Kinda factory kinda look.

those morel midbass lookin wet too boi, i think those are the ones with some like a 3" coil or some so right.

theblitz · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject:

X_Factor · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject:

wrt to aiming the speakers in the kicks....how are u gonna do that?

pimptacular · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject:

pimptacular · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject:

pimptacular · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:26 am Post subject:

i swear never me again installing in a bmw atleast not in an e46 again!
i feel bmw when they built the car it was to prevent people from modifying it in anyway Neutral

kurpal_v2 · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:51 am Post subject:

Wham bai? The car bite yuh?

Wait you tripped an airbag sensor and got donkey punched?

rigman00 · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:50 am Post subject:

same ting with the audi jed....pressure

pimptacular · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject:

yea the light come on..but i hadda drop the car for service jus now Laughing

imagine to take out the kick panel u hadda take out the glove box and then a casing around the glove box Neutral

an to take out all that is like 15 screws

pimptacular · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:12 am Post subject:

ok so it took a day to finish the doors, its dampened but i didnt take a picture, and i reused to stock "foam dampening" ontop of the second skin i used to dampen my doors..

i wont lie it was a pain and i mounted and unmounted the doors a bazillion times to get them to fit in pretty decent! bmw sure did make it a pain in the ass on the coupe doors..the sedan doors are much much easier to work with because of the circular indent..

i also connected the pac tr7 for those who dont know is the video bypass module so i can play videos when the vehicle is in gear..I DO NOT WATCH VIDEOS while the vehicle in gear but i said i might as well connect it..i personally belive screens are pointless in a car but only reason i went with a screen was the HU couldve controlled the 701 processor without the use of the 701 controller

i also connected my circuit breaker which will be used instead of a mainfuse..reason i did this was so if i need to tweek the amps or incase of an emergency a press of a button will break the current flow to all my equpment in the trunk

the rca's ill be using are ixos and jl audio y-jacks

i also strapped all my wires with tie traps every so often so i wont have a mess and i also temporarily labeled the wires, rca etc till im ready to mount

pics will be uploaded when i could find my iphone cable Laughing

i must say i thought doing the dash was the hardest but those doors are a pain..as there was crazy amounts of minor modifying the door card and then mounting the tripple stack baffles.. tripple baffles was used so i can get the mounting depth to mount my midbass

kurpal_v2 · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:45 am Post subject:

Can u get a few pics in with the baffle mounted to the door?

SR · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:57 am Post subject:

what he said Smile

pimptacular · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:45 am Post subject:

i cant remember if i took pics of the baffle it mounted on the door..i did copy this guy however, and everything he did i tried to copy so credit to him
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=443244&highlight=door

if that door wasnt such a pain i wouldve taken it down but ill post up which ever pictures i have

also everything i did removing panels etc..i looked up diy tutorials, videos etc..so that way i know what i getting myself into and i dont think i broke anything yet Cool

pimptacular · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:30 am Post subject:

cutting out the rings

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positioning rings for the midrange..after talkin to a few members on the forum i decided to go with it completely off axis, imo it wouldve looked better with it angled at the opposite listner but the more off axis the less can go wrong with tuning..

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circuit breaker and ground point..

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yes yes i kno its basically the same amprack as the one i had in the mazda..here you would notice the holes that would i will feed the power wire,rca and speaker wire into the amps..it was also painted blue to blend with the color of the car..the big circle is for the fan on the a6..i also added that piece to the amprack, tho it woulnt be visble
an there is somthing very teasing about this picture Cool

my table..i mean my amprack cover Laughing

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dampening the doors

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in this pic you will see 1 of the holes i cut so i can vent the speaker into the door..here you would also see the speaker wire i ran into the doors

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cutting a template so i can cut my baffles..also i using a jigsaw and i did say my sheit would be ugly Laughing

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here i used hotglue and duct tape to hold it in place while i keep testing to find the sweet spot when mounting

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speaker mounted and testing the clearance between the door and the grille..

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running wires for the d310 brain and the 701 processor as i mentioned earlier..

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rigman00 · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject:

gd work.....more practice with the baffles

pimptacular · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject:

acoustic foam lining the back of the box

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subwoofer in
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wiring up the amprack

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amplifiers dropped in.. now wire termination is going to be difficult because of the tight fit..and i mean tighter than a virgin Laughing

but i put some extra length on the power wire when cutting so ill use that to my advantage when terminating wires..

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viking1705 · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:53 pm Post subject:

looks good.but hoss som a dem pics like your hand shaky or wa Laughing

X_Factor · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject:

wow, 4 amps

arc n thing!!

i hope u up there in july eh

pimptacular · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject:

yup 4 amps! the arc is class d and a 4 channel

so its 2 4 channel and a 2 channel and a mono on bass

ChristianRD · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject:

Look at powaaaa

1MADE · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject:

Install shaping up nice can't wait to see the final build....

jeff · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject:

niceeeeeee!!! pimp when u come back down can u cut my baffles for me plz Embarassed

X_Factor · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject:

and i thought i was bad at cutting stuff...but now i feel like a boss!!

rigman00 · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:42 pm Post subject:

jeff allyuh real wile

SR · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

pimp yuh want lix

yuh have access to tools galore but i still give an A for effort for a do it yourselfer on a BMW

better be done by march

pimptacular · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject:

well i have a rel tight fit hadda get some right angle ends for the rcas
i went 1 radio shack and they had 3 and by the time i reach the next radioshack they take off the lights jus as i was appraching the door Sad

i use a jigsaw for everything and i did say at the beginning of the thread my baffles gonna look rel fugly..point is that it strong and secured Laughing

but thanks for all the comments fellaz
i ended up with some extra dampening and i did my trunk lid..covered the flaps on the fenders and did under the backdash so the bass wont rattle it

and SR it go be done in the month of feburary Laughing

Sully · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:07 am Post subject:

kurpal_v2 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:49 am Post subject:

Techflex or loom?

I'm still getting over the shock of u cutting your own baffles.

pimptacular · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:30 pm Post subject:

i not that good with powertools and i not ashamed to admit that

and loom.. i get kinda broke elate midbass and arc audio not cheap and i didnt budget for it

but for those who wondering why 4 amps

a4 will be used for midrange and tweets

the arc will be bridged for midbass..reason i went with the arc is that i needed a small amp because of space issue, the power rating was in the area i was looking for and its also efficient as hell

a6 to play the subwoofer

and the a2 will be used later on when i decide to toy with rearfill..only reason ill be willing to toy with rearfill is because its possible to do, and i could take off the rear if i wanted off the deck from what ive read up about the h701 and i would alteast have something to do later on and not become bored with the system

an only reason i had to cut it was cuz u wasnt herekurpal_v2, Laughing

SR · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject:

welllll

i still have the DLS A1 whcih could be used for the rear fill and u use the a2 on the mid bass

Smile