Bay Area E30S52: No More Slush Box + More Horsepower

[bernzpeed]

Installing my new Sound System

Time to upgrade the sound system. Went with Alpine Amplifier and Polk Audio Component Speakers.





I bought a Nakamichi headunit from another member here and turns out there was only one RCA output. So I made my own harness for the speaker level input for the amp.






I was gonna install it underneath my seat but there was not enough room so it went into the trunk.






The crossovers were installed on top of the DME and underneath the ABS module.


Installed the tweeters with epoxy.



Enlarge the hole on the housing by tad bit using my router that I installed upside down on a piece of wood.


Perfect fit now.


Before installing my sound system, I dyed my carpet black. Using 5 of these:









Now all I need is the subwoofer.



Nothing better than silicone hoses. Group buy soon to happen. PM for inquiries.

[freeride53]

Lookin awesome Christian!
Totally wish i could come through tomorrow, but I need to go back to g'damn sonoma tomorrow and pick up my new peugeot ftl :(

[bernzpeed]

thanks!

[e30edward]

Looking good!

[jdirty]

Awesome build you have going on.
like the wheels alot. do they come in other finishes..?

[CHIF8008]

those hoses look ill. nice setup

just wanna say. You're awesome :)

[bernzpeed]

thanks guys

[bmwsone01]

Uhm you sprayed your carpet while it was installed in the car?

[bernzpeed]

Uhm you sprayed your carpet while it was installed in the car?

yes. i taped everything i didn't want to get painted and had a fan suck out the paint floating around and painted away. it was that easy.

[bmwsone01]

^^^nice.

Def wasn't a sarcastic remark. I didn't know it was possible to do so. I have been wanting to dye mine charcoal grey. How was the process? Did you brush out after every coat?

[bernzpeed]

^^^nice.

Def wasn't a sarcastic remark. I didn't know it was possible to do so. I have been wanting to dye mine charcoal grey. How was the process? Did you brush out after every coat?

you should so it won't come out so crunchy. brushing it separates the strands and you can get in there really nice where the dye goes through deep.

[bernzpeed]

I finally effing sold my POS E36 and my ever reliable Volvo. Now I am officially an E46 owner aside from my other 2 E30s.

[canakami]

Man, I didn't realize how much work was in this car.

Also, jealous of your component speakers, I went all cheapie and just got their co-ax's.

[Nick_S]

Awesome work. Just read the whole thread.

[bernzpeed]

Getting ready to wire the M50TU harness