BavAuto Subwoofer Kit

[Incantation]

re-do your whole system? with what.. walmart speakers?

[Incantation]

some boxes are designed for sealed boxes and others are designed for ported.. and even some are designed for a "free air" setup

bandpass is only when you want to get a lot of volume at the expense of clarity and at the possible cost of blowing the sub (because you won't hear it distorting as the enclosure design makes it near inaudible)

[Incantation]

angrypancake and qube said it right.

if you need help with any wiring stuff feel free to pm me i've gutted my car and installed 3 different systems in it so far.. definitely know my way around and would be happy to help

[angrypancake]

Thanks for the replies yall.

I checked Bruno's site, and for what I'm looking for he recommends changing the speakers, which elsewhere I read is the only part of the whole system worth keeping. Which confused me. A lot.


You folks gotta excuse the silly questions, I did searches, looked up e34.net and some other online stuff, but I am starting from scratch!

its because if you change the factory speakers, nothing is going to be accomplished, as the stock amp sucks. however you could conceiveably change the stock amp and leave the speakers, it would give some more volume. this setup wont be cheap... but it will sure as **** sound great....

Phoenix Gold Pro-1 Line Driver
Audiobahn A2301Q Amplifier
Audiobahn A8000T Amplifier
MB Quart Q Series 3-way Components (6.5", 4", 1")
Alpine Type-R 10" Dual Voice Coil subwoofer in spare tire mount box
Phoenix Gold 30-Band Graphical Equalizer
Tsunami 2 Farad Capacitor

[Derek A.]

1. Remove factory Amp - retain factory crossover.
2. Install new head unit ($150)
3. Install new 4 Channel amp ($200)
4. Install 10" bazooka tube sub ($150)

Very little trunk room loss, you gain the ability to play cd's and it will sound a whole lot better.

[winfred]

the crossover is built into the amp, sorta hard to do that

1. Remove factory Amp - retain factory crossover.

[Tiger]

Read my post about head unit... They make tremendous difference.

http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=20485

[Traian]

angrypancake: Thanks for the reply, actually that is what my understanding was too (ie change the speakers last). I don't doubt the quality of that setup you posted, but I am leaning towards a bit more of a hack job (read: save as much of the factory setup as I can), similar to what Derek posted. Also, I currently have a CD changer. Also, thanks for the link Tiger, that kind of answers my question about how that would affect anything.

Also, Incantation, thanks a lot for the offer man. When I take up this project I will have to take you up on it almost for sure hehe.