Bay Area E30S52: No More Slush Box + More Horsepower

[Nick_S]

Awesome work. Just read the whole thread.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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]

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]

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

[bernzpeed]

thanks guys

[CHIF8008]

those hoses look ill. nice setup

just wanna say. You're awesome :)

[jdirty]

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

[e30edward]

Looking good!

[bernzpeed]

thanks!

[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]

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.

[bernzpeed]

lookin good!

thanks!

Lemme know if you felt a noticeable improvement with that rear bar. Curious if those help!

yes it does make a difference. it straightens out the rears quicker in a turn... at least for my car. i'm sure other people will have their own 2 cents about it. But I'm just speaking for my own experience.

your coolant hoses are starting to bulge. time to replace them.

yup, you're right. I'm just waiting for my silicone hoses to arrive. Will be doing a group buy for it soon. It will be packaged for all hoses together.