Just installed my Sub and Amp
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As loaded as it can come...hud, cw package, f/r heated seats, 20 inch oem style 32 (deep dish),conv package, etc. etc.....
Mods: smoked side markers, black painted calipers
Coming soon:angel eyes, smoked tails, tint, rear tvs, ipod
you probably get a better sound that way..should i do that? if so..how do you get to that?
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My Ride: 08 528i TiAg Premium/Cold Weather Pkg, 20% Tint, Technic Harness, JL Audio 12W7, JL HD 750/1 and LOTS of lighting mods!!!!!
haha stop taking corners at .9 G's
i have a 12" in my trunk and i have to say well done to BMW on the firewall - the only sound i get from it in my cabin really is because the whole car is vibrating.
i keep toying with the idea of pulling the carpet back - drilling a few 2" hoeles and gluing the carpet back in place but man.... thinking about drilling or cutting anything in this car almost makes me tear up
i have a 12" in my trunk and i have to say well done to BMW on the firewall - the only sound i get from it in my cabin really is because the whole car is vibrating.
i keep toying with the idea of pulling the carpet back - drilling a few 2" hoeles and gluing the carpet back in place but man.... thinking about drilling or cutting anything in this car almost makes me tear up
When I had this sub in my honda accord things were much different....but this aint no honda
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hello everyone, i really need help on how to find the actual wires to connect an after market amp, my car is a e60 2004 model with no factory amp or subs. im pretty sure it is the standard sound system with just 4 speakers. can anyone help please
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I feel you on this...I got a JL 12 W7 in a ported box and that bass is not NEARLY as loud in the cabin as it is from the outside. I pulled up to a buddies house with my music on low and my buddy told me he knew I was there cause he could hear my trunk rattling I was like wtf...
When I had this sub in my honda accord things were much different....but this aint no honda
When I had this sub in my honda accord things were much different....but this aint no honda
My old car was a Lexus, and while I prefer the E60 vastly.... the Lexus was very good at containing the sound of my 1800 Watt aftermarket system. You could hardly tell it was playing from outside the car. And that was with three JL Audio 10W6 subs.
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That's always been my biggest complaint with my E60. Even before I added my aftermarket system, the Logic7 system was very loud outside of the car. It sounded so terrible, it was honestly embarrassing. Now with my aftermarket system, it's even more of a problem. Just using a single JL Audio 12W6v2 in the stealthbox.
My old car was a Lexus, and while I prefer the E60 vastly.... the Lexus was very good at containing the sound of my 1800 Watt aftermarket system. You could hardly tell it was playing from outside the car. And that was with three JL Audio 10W6 subs.
My old car was a Lexus, and while I prefer the E60 vastly.... the Lexus was very good at containing the sound of my 1800 Watt aftermarket system. You could hardly tell it was playing from outside the car. And that was with three JL Audio 10W6 subs.
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Folding rear seats
As for the sound from outside the car, the only way to combat this is to install lots of Dynamat dampening to the trunk and car doors, and to build speaker baffles when doing your install.
In my old Lexus, I had fiberglass speaker enclosures built for the front doors which sealed the rear of the speakers from the interior of the doors. I believe this helped reduce the amount of sound escaping to the outside of the car.
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There is no reason to use a hi-lo converter and degrade sound quality. The line level inputs come into the little amplifier in the back so you can just tap into those instead of the line outs on the other side of the amp.