16psibrick Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Hey all, its been a while since i last posted anything, working on a project for CES, coupled with being sick and parents visiting sorta prevented me from doing anyhting new but over hte last week or so i managed to squeeze an install, its my first ever full custom install in a E46 M3 goals: 1. excellent Sound quality, but retain stock locations 2. stealthy trunk install and save as much space as possible. 3. when covered pulled off the trunk, there can be a bit of flash 4. revert the car from stock NAV to non-nav. whcih is kinda different, but the car is going overseas where the stock nav would have been useless...but it sure took a bit extra work to do lets get started. upfront, a pioneer 5900 flipout dvd player is housed in the stock location. the stock nav headunit was removed, and various bmw parts were ordered to return the car to non-NAV configuration http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm31.JPG the front stage consists of a pair of DLS Iridium 6.2 two way comp sets. the tweeter was installed int he stock midrange location...whcih is behind a factory grille, so here is the best pic i can get: http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm32.JPG while the midbass was installed int he loewr door. This was quite a PITA. the stock bmw speaker is a 5.25" and installed to the PLASTIC DOOR PANEL, whcih obviously is crappy for SQ. so, a hole had to be cut in the metal door behind it, and a bracket fabricated that would hold the speaker and mesh with the plastic door panel. i also used a foam baffle to seal the space around the spealker so it only breathes to the outter door cavity. http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm33.JPG thats about it in the trunk, a pair of DLS 425 component coaxials reside in the stock location in the rear deck as per customers request. moving to the trunk, here is the normal covered up view: http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm34.JPG as you can see, the floor is only raised by about 2 inches or so over stock and i cut a piece of new carpet to go over the install. pull the carpet off an here is the new fake floor, the entire floor is trimmed out of ebony CF vinyl, with three cutout windows sorry for the poor lighting, the CF vinyl looks much better in person: http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm35.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm36.JPG remove those covers and you see the equipment. inthe back, a DLS A7 5 channel amplifier runs the entire system, active on the IR and 600 watts to the subs. two Image Dynamics IDQ10 version 3 subs are int he middle. and a logo plate upfront. the sub install was quite a challenge becuase the m3 does NOT have a spare tire, so there wasonly a very limited amount of space avaible in the tool well...but it turned out okay, a little over 1 cub feet is the internal air space. the sub and the amp are trimmed in white suede, and if you look closely at the well of the amp, you can sorta see that each side wall of the amp rack well is three pieces, a piece of sueded mdf on the bottom, a strip of plexi in the middle, and a nother sueded mdf strip on top the two forward wells also have flush trimmed plexi glass below the floor. http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm37.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm38.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm39.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm310.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16psibrick Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 obviously, the reason for all the plexi is that each piece of edge lit with blue LEDs, making for a pretty bright glow http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm311.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm312.JPG lets see it at night in darkness again, these pics are horrible, the colors and contrast way off hehe http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm313.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm314.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm315.JPG http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm316.JPG thats about it...i gotta say, it sounds quite good, the stock location for hte tweeter isnt ideal, but its not bad, and the solid nature of the BMW IMO benefits the overall effect nicely two more shots for ya: the stuff below the floor: http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm317.JPG and i also put in a cap on the driver side, again as per the customers requiest, quite fun routing power wires back and forth lol http://simplicity.elitecaraudio.org/deanm318.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axis008 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Looks fantastic! I can't wait to get my car. I'm going to have to drive up if we can work something out since I will be building my car for show . -ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16psibrick Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 sure, just gotta give me way headsup notice, i am currently scheduling cars for march :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Loks great as usual. My ideal install... preserve as much of the trunk as possible and look otherwise stock! Very nice! Nice pic of the Stinger monitor cap too! Great to see! (I'm a rep for the Canadian distributor, so I'm happy you are using their goods!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyFast Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Beautiful as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 clean and sexay. i like it. nice f'ing job! MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COM XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Bing ain't no joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Nicely done! My vB Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1freak Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 very clean looks sick!!!! check us out here http://newenglandsubarus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one69chev Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 awesome job.....and when can you stop by..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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