NEWSFLASH! e30 325i from southafrica WINS iasca sound off!!!

Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:02 pm

Hi all, the vehicle was a year in the making on and off...
in november last year, i competed my pride and joy in a iasca sound quality competition in the PRO division, here in cape town south africa.. here's the pix of the car.. tell me what u think.........

The car. with hartge h27 wheels

Driver side kick panel

Passenger side kick panel

Subwoofer in boot

Subwoofer visible from parcel shelf, before fitment of stealth backboard

Custom amplifier rack

Vehicle distribution board, 1 fuse for radio, 1 fuse for amp, circuit breaker for audio

audio fuses and breaker

amp rack

closeup of amp rack, also in view, light covers re-trimmed

vehicle engine bay - clean!

e36 m3 sports electric seats, and the electrics are connected!

view from front of car of seats!

another shot of audio, also in view, the rear toolkit panel re-trimmed

rear seats neat! aswell

enjoy! comment welcome

regards
Anton
cape town, south africa.

Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:09 pm

almost forgot

this is the subwoofer visible from inside the car, before the fitment of custom parcel shelf/backboard

Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:14 am

sorry for the double pictures

Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:45 am

I need to move where you are. I have 2 x JL w13's, 5 x JL amps and 26 JL zr speakers in my cab

Looks like you done a great job

Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:50 am

bootyman: some pictures please!!!!

26 zr speakers...crap...

the sound equipment u have mentioned is like worth more than some e30's are...

Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:56 am

anton wrote:bootyman: some pictures please!!!! 26 zr speakers...crap...

the sound equipment u have mentioned is like worth more than some e30's are...

It was on cover of PBMW last month. I dont actually have many pictures of my car. I will see if i can dig a couple out. 10minutes

Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:58 am

yes please... dont have performance bmw mag..here...

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:02 am

I've scanned the feature, but i dont know how to turn PDF files into Jpeg so i can host them

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:03 am

EMAIL THEM TO ME AT anton@compunique.co.za
pleeeeez

thanks

Anton

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:07 am

Sent. Let me know when you get it and what you think

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:11 am

shit!!! thats hecktic... the car must've taken at least 2 or 3 years to get to where it is today?

people dont realise the hard work that goes into our project cars...lol...

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:19 am

anton wrote:shit!!! thats hecktic... the car must've taken at least 2 or 3 years to get to where it is today?

people dont realise the hard work that goes into our project cars...lol...

It took a year for the engine, i've had 3 resprays and thinking of another and the interior and ICE took months. It's a nightmare wiring 10 screens and that much ICE and then making sure it all works as well. It's a shame cause i'm so busy with work it sits in the garage for weeks at a time. I just dont have the time to drive it. I'D SELL IT IF I COULD, BUT HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SELL A CAR LIKE THAT FOR AND TO WHOM!

Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:28 am

cool i bet it sounds awsome

Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:55 pm

Hi Anton - fantastic work there!

Nice to see you've utilised the existing kickwell speaker positions - not a doorpod in sight.

Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:34 pm

hey man,
thanks . its all designed for acoustics and sound quality..
the car scored 358points in the PRO division of iasca sound quality competition.thats almost 80%
Stage height,width,depth
sub bass, midbass, midrange, high frequencies
center, left of center, right of center, far left, far right
tonal accuracy, ambience, spaceousness..

all properties that are scored on.

The equipment used btw.

5.25" midwoofers are KEF, they are taken out of KEF CODA 7 bookshelf speakers(won bookshelf speaker of the year 1998 if i can recall)
tweeters are swedish by DLS, the T25 reference series.

for the subwoofer its a JLAUDIO 10W1V2
then the JLAUDIO 300/4 slash series amp as seen in the picture
source unit is NAKAMICHI CD400

Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:20 pm

both the cars spoken of in this thread are pretty amazing to say the least. i've seen bootyman's car at max power 2005 and was blown away, its mental! i'm going to be doing an install on my iS in the summer and i'm trying to get some inspiration! i'l be enlisting the help of my carpenter friend to make an install in the boot to house a pair of 12W3v2 subs with a 600w mono jbl amp plus a nice mtx 300 w amp to run 6.5" alpine components up front. i want to make some builds for the kickpanels and any advice will be useful as i've not used fibreglass inside a car before!!

Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:57 am

Hey anton,

How did you crossover the speakers? Actively or passively? I am considering using some scanspeak woofers and tweeters in my next install.. In fact I have some KEF KAR tweets, Dynaudio dome mids and DLS woofers at the moment which I intended on fitting with a very trick KEF active crossover I got hold of. Now liking the idea of the scanspeaks after making some home speakers with their units.

Nice install dude..

Jai