Where does everyone put their tweeters?

[pictonroad]

I was looking at modding the interior plate inside the door mirrors but I don't think there's enough space behind it.

What have you done?

JK

[zinderz]

Thats where I'm sticking mine.. Wirings all there to plug and play.

[march109]

the last owner of my car (nice bloke) put them on mdf and screwed it into the doorcards (I wish he bloody hadn't almost negated the first comment!), seemed to work for him! However I think it looks cack, has ruined the door cards, and did I say looks cack.

mind you he did 'shape' the mdf and cover it in that sound deadening carpet stuff, he tried I suppose.

and its an option.

[pictonroad]

I'll be putting in new wiring anyway...

Hmm, I reckon I'll try for the mirror pods, mind you biggest problem now is to find a manufacturer who hasn't added silver plastic to their speaker grilles..

[E30Mark]

Why not use the proper E30 tweeter mounts?

[beardymat]

bmw did make tweeters already incorporated into the mirror backings as an option.(thats why the wiring is there on some models)they do come up on ebay now and again.wouldnt be hard to remove the standard tweets and put in some good uns thus making any silly silver grilles redundant.

[beardymat]

damn,beaten to it, and with pics too

[eko]

I mounted my infinity tweeters in the original tweeter pods,easy to do and pretty much invisible

[E30Mark]

damn,beaten to it, and with pics too

[TW166Y]

if you cant buy or get hold of the stock pods mate you can mod the plates easily too

[d6dph]

I used the std tweeter pods, They seem to be quite large whem th original tweeter is removed. Bit of araldite to bond the new ones in and bingo, job done.

[sam325is]

how do should i go about wiring in proper e30 tweeter pod mounts when i dont have prep for them in my doors?

Thanks.

sorry to hijack thread

[eko]

how do should i go about wiring in proper e30 tweeter pod mounts when i dont have prep for them in my doors?

Thanks.

sorry to hijack thread

I just fed some new speaker wire into the door from the x over under the dash!
Bit fiddly feeding it through the wiring snake,good tip is use wire coat hanger

[sam325is]

ok thanks.. i will have to give that a try.

Thanks mate

[215m3]

I was advised when fitting my M3 with a 4 speaker set up up front that for the best sound quality the tweeter needed to be as close to the mid as possible. I hid mine right up under the dashboard in the angled mounts supplied in the kit.

[ed325i]

Look here >> http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=159311

[pictonroad]

Hmm, I'd love some of those E30 tweeter mounts, I'll have to keep my eyes open.

ICE progress - 6.3/10

J

[sam325is]

woa ed that looks really good.

i think i will stick with wiring in my standard e30 tweeter mounts though. as im a bit fussy about keeping things looking factory

[snooka]

you can put them on the dashboard in the vroners or just fit the at the side mirroirs

[Royalratch]

I just fed some new speaker wire into the door from the x over under the dash!
Bit fiddly feeding it through the wiring snake,good tip is use wire coat hanger

I'm going to do this and my new JBL tweeters have wireing soldered on to go into a crossover. How would I get the wires from the mirror pod down the door channel, through the rubber gaiter and into the footwell? Would a coathanger really work? Is there an 'proper' way like stripping the door card or something?

[eko]

I just fed some new speaker wire into the door from the x over under the dash!
Bit fiddly feeding it through the wiring snake,good tip is use wire coat hanger

I'm going to do this and my new JBL tweeters have wireing soldered on to go into a crossover. How would I get the wires from the mirror pod down the door channel, through the rubber gaiter and into the footwell? Would a coathanger really work? Is there an 'proper' way like stripping the door card or something?

I just used a wire coat hanger,taped the wire to the end then fed it through.
Easy enought to do it.

[Royalratch]

Then that is what shall be done!

Cheers boss.

My laptop is starting to burn my lap...

[Conrad]

Interesting thread... I wonder if you can buy the tweeter pods as a replacement part from BMW???

[Royalratch]

You can buy almost ANYTHING from BMW - just get the part number.

Check out part 7 (part 18 on the pic) on this link:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=65&fg=20

[Conrad]

nice, dont appear to be available through GSF under the interior category.

Any idea how much a dealership would charge for the bits?

Number 7 isn't listed in the list under the diagram also, so no idea what the part number is!

[charlE30]

jonb has some in the for sale section...

Charlie