wher to place my amp?

Thu May 15, 2008 11:05 pm

i want to put an amp in my cbrio the one with pillars, and im a bit stumped as to where to put it.

Thu May 15, 2008 11:27 pm

im confused; what do you mean "the one with pillars?"

Thu May 15, 2008 11:31 pm

baur?

Thu May 15, 2008 11:38 pm

put it in the boot. get some strong double sided registration plate tape and stick it to the carpet! Carzy i hear you all say! yes i thought so too untill i gave it a go and it has never budged!!!

good option if you dont want to go drilling holes into the floor!

Sat May 17, 2008 10:05 pm

siddiqi1 wrote:im confused; what do you mean "the one with pillars?"

if you look a little closer at my pic, its not just a 2door its a rugtop. i lower my back half or my roof and i take off the front half wich is a boared that goes into my boot wich has rails for it. have you never seen one before?

Sat May 17, 2008 10:18 pm

so its not a convertable but its not a 2 door etiehr; kinda in the middle then?

Sat May 17, 2008 10:26 pm

no no,its a two door like the convertable's you guys have there exept that there is a bar that goes over the top of the car, kinda like the vdub golf mk1 cabrio. in sa we never got pillarless convertables in the e30 shape ony the e36 and up.

Sun May 18, 2008 11:13 am

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i get it now!!! thanks for that!

so back to the orignal problem of where to put the amp:, still should be plenty of room in the boot no even if the roof is folded down in there. Maybe not directly underneath; but how about in the spare wheel well?

Sun May 18, 2008 1:02 pm

if its powering front speakers, how about under a seat or behind center consol, just be sure to allow lenty of airflow to it.

Mon May 26, 2008 9:43 am

Mine is fixed to the rear seat bulkhead in the boot.

Mon May 26, 2008 6:09 pm

siddiqi1 wrote:so its not a convertable but its not a 2 door etiehr; kinda in the middle then?

It's a Baur!

Mon May 26, 2008 8:15 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:
siddiqi1 wrote:so its not a convertable but its not a 2 door etiehr; kinda in the middle then?
It's a Baur!

It's a Puppet!!lol

Thu May 29, 2008 4:18 pm

It's a Baur!

well i guess you learn something everyday! thanks for that.

Thu May 29, 2008 6:38 pm

put the amp in the boot screwed at the back on the firewall thingy/back of seats

Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:08 pm

phil-r wrote:
It's a Baur!
well i guess you learn something everyday! thanks for that.

Basically your car started life as a 2 door saloon but a factory fitted option from BMW is to convert it to a cabrio by cutting the roof off. The only problem is there is not much stability with no roof thats why you have the 'C' pillars and the roof bars. So hence the name is 'Baur Cabriolet'.

you can screw the amp to the side of the bass bos with short screws as well.

Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:39 pm

Sanchez wrote:
phil-r wrote:
It's a Baur!
well i guess you learn something everyday! thanks for that.
Basically your car started life as a 2 door saloon but a factory fitted option from BMW is to convert it to a cabrio by cutting the roof off. The only problem is there is not much stability with no roof thats why you have the 'C' pillars and the roof bars. So hence the name is 'Baur Cabriolet'.

you can screw the amp to the side of the bass bos with short screws as well.

Before BMW did their own convertible, they were converted - with BMW's blessing - by TCBaur. They also did E21's as well.
Once BMW started the factory jobbies, there were not as many Baur's needed, that's why most of the Baur's you see on E30's are early cars.

Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:53 pm

screw the amp ontot he rear seat metal in the boot alot better this way