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Kibokojoe
04-27-2007, 08:03 PM
Was cleaning the dash and had removed the speaker grill on the left side of the dash expecting to see a speaker but no I found a glass ball. Whats up with that?

Dave M
04-27-2007, 08:06 PM
Wait.....did it speak to you? Damn, I have the same problem with my washing machine.

No ideas, just post whoring :)

Dave

Blitzkrieg Bob
04-27-2007, 08:08 PM
Was cleaning the dash and had removed the speaker grill on the left side of the dash expecting to see a speaker but no I found a glass ball. Whats up with that?

Old free base pipe

632 Regal
04-27-2007, 08:56 PM
glass balls are cool, maybe find another one and make one of them clickety click things that they made in the 70s that exploded into kids eyes...sounds like a good idea to me.

anyone need a pet rock? It's potty trained too!

Blitzkrieg Bob
04-27-2007, 09:02 PM
glass balls are cool, maybe find another one and make one of them clickety click things that they made in the 70s that exploded into kids eyes...sounds like a good idea to me.

I remember those, they were almost as deadly as lawn darts

Boone.Msi
04-27-2007, 09:13 PM
Thats evidence that a gypsy stole your speakers. Better get her tears, you may have aids now.

















This thread is hillarious, lets see some pics of this crystal ball.

dacoyote
04-28-2007, 05:00 AM
that is no crystal ball... it's a space station

Kibokojoe
04-28-2007, 07:23 AM
You mean I have stumped the bimmer database??? No body else has seen this gizmo before? Wow amazing.

DaveVoorhis
04-28-2007, 08:34 AM
Take a picture. I thought you were joking, or hallucinating, or something.

Macv
04-28-2007, 10:06 AM
Whats the part number?

Macv
04-28-2007, 10:17 AM
nvm I found it.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8557/crystalgg6.png

Looks expensive... just put it on the bay.

Boone.Msi
04-28-2007, 10:19 AM
i just bust out laughing, check and see if its got an ///M logo on it, could be an authentic M5 part.

mikell
04-28-2007, 11:29 AM
Di-Lithium Crystals, ye fools! Warp factor six, Mr. Sulu!!

Elekta
04-28-2007, 11:43 AM
Ha!

Barney Paull-Edwards
04-28-2007, 03:03 PM
Its a doppel-knocker flopper stopper,only fitted to one side as the german haus-frau who put the dash in needed the other one.

Kibokojoe
04-28-2007, 09:16 PM
This is great. This is a great sight.

nvm I found it.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8557/crystalgg6.png

Looks expensive... just put it on the bay.

Kibokojoe
04-28-2007, 09:21 PM
Took the cover back off and poke the glass with my finger and discovered it was cracked. Also found out it is not glass at all it some kind of plastic. If I were to guess I would say it is a speaker but the weirdest looking speaker I have ever seen. If it is a speaker what is the purpose of the ball in the center of the cone? Guess its time to change out all of the speakers.


Take a picture. I thought you were joking, or hallucinating, or something.

Evan
04-28-2007, 10:58 PM
In 89, BMW experimented with using a borosilicate/plastic composite dash speaker. I've heard of purists paying $2500. for one of the original ''boroplast'' speakers... not sure if yours could get any cash though -- since it's broken and you fingerpoked it.

attack eagle
04-28-2007, 11:26 PM
Was cleaning the dash and had removed the speaker grill on the left side of the dash expecting to see a speaker but no I found a glass ball. Whats up with that?

{in gypsy voice} I forsee you buying a new speaker for your car...

Kibokojoe
04-29-2007, 08:43 PM
So I am not out of my mind. Boroplast speaker. Sounds like something from Star Trek

attack eagle
04-29-2007, 09:42 PM
Better check that you have a spare tire and not a Horta. :) Darn silicone nodules.

Nick.Hay
04-29-2007, 11:05 PM
^^^ What the hell is that line from??? I've heard it before.

Its a flash animation isn't it??

Nick.Hay
04-29-2007, 11:07 PM
Macv...

You are in idiot!! HAHAHA

pure.comic.genius.

DaveVoorhis
04-29-2007, 11:37 PM
Took the cover back off and poke the glass with my finger and discovered it was cracked. Also found out it is not glass at all it some kind of plastic. If I were to guess I would say it is a speaker but the weirdest looking speaker I have ever seen. If it is a speaker what is the purpose of the ball in the center of the cone? Guess its time to change out all of the speakers.
Stop teasing me, you bastard. Take a picture.

attack eagle
04-30-2007, 01:51 AM
Star trek, man... Star trek...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_Dark

Evan
04-30-2007, 05:48 AM
no you're definitely out of your mind... i made up boroplast to exacerbate your insanity

Kibokojoe
04-30-2007, 08:03 AM
Actually I have a friend who is more tech geeky than I am he knows how to repair them using a contact lens and a special adhesive. Never head of Boroplast though. Got to be something made up. And considering the jokers on this site I would lean towards made up.

Kibokojoe
04-30-2007, 08:05 AM
Camera is crapped out

dacoyote
04-30-2007, 08:10 AM
^^^ What the hell is that line from??? I've heard it before.

Its a flash animation isn't it??

Star Wars... Obi-Wan: That's no moon. It's a space station.

ThoreauHD
09-29-2007, 02:53 AM
He misspelled it. It's boratplast.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/itsanice.jpg

attack eagle
09-29-2007, 03:01 AM
http://www.forumspile.com/Old-RaiseThem.jpg

bmwrp8
09-29-2007, 10:28 AM
Wait.....did it speak to you? Damn, I have the same problem with my washing machine.

No ideas, just post whoring :)

Dave

LOL!:D

artguy
09-29-2007, 12:01 PM
Oh God! I just threw-up all over my keyboard...:D

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/itsanice.jpg

bmwrp8
09-29-2007, 03:03 PM
He misspelled it. It's boratplast.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/itsanice.jpg

WTF!!!LOL

Kibokojoe
09-30-2007, 09:48 AM
You guys are scarry