Kamold's R36

[kamold]

Yeah I noticed in the ad pic for the amp that it had the two connectors still plugged in, with the cables just cut.
Asked the seller to make sure they were included.
So I used both the connectors, and the wire ends which were in there as I don't have the terminals to put into them. I have some on order but too late

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[Jakeys]

Yeah I noticed in the ad pic for the amp that it had the two connectors still plugged in, with the cables just cut.
Asked the seller to make sure they were included.
So I used both the connectors, and the wire ends which were in there as I don't have the terminals to put into them. I have some on order but too late

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Oh, right! At least you were able to order the pair for the spare amp anyway. Unlike the stock connector, bit of a shame on that one!

Are you planning on now getting the OEM Dynaudio speakers too or would you go for the off the shelf Esotec System 342 instead? Seems they would be plenty suitable. That was my plan. Plus I'm going to try my hand at the grilles, I realise it's not easy but I reckon it's a must have to do the door grilles.

[kamold]

That's why I have a spare one. I found just an amp, and wanted to confirm that I could get it working before committing to the full kit. I also have a full set of speakers and amp which I'm now using to do the complete install.

[kamold]

Following nermal's excellent guide, I swapped over the front speakers this afternoon.
Took about 1 hour 40 mins to do both.
As nermal said, its not as big a jump as from stock to Dynaudio amp, but its still definitely noticeable and worthwhile in my opinion.
Can now push the speakers past 65% volume. No BLERP!!s or distortion.
Just sweet, sweet Dynaudio sound.
Will try and get the rears done over Easter to finish off the upgrade.

[Jakeys]

Well done! Your work on this has been top notch.

Looking forward to doing the same. I am still undecided on if I will buy the speakers currently on eBay or wait, despite it being a good deal. I think with buying the amp and recently buying a second set of Omanyt's I've probably already spent too much money on the car this month.

[kamold]

Didn't even break any clips!

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[Jakeys]

Didn't even break any clips!

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From what I hear that's god level for DIY! Everyone always says the christmas clips explode. Did you use a trim removal tool set from somewhere?

[kamold]

Yeah the forked ones work a treat you push them either side of the clip and they pop out

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[kamold]

Started on the rear installation today.
As expected, had to bridge the connections on the bass speakers to match the stock speakers which have a crossover to power the tweeters.

Unfortunately one of the bass cones that I received doesn't work
So I still have one stock side in the rear. Took me a while to figure it out because I assumed that I was having trouble with getting the pins to match my setup...

[kamold]

The speaker housings on the second hand Dynaudio speakers I got were kind of butchered when they were removed from the previous car.
On the left is the stock speaker and housing. You can see the horrible butchered holes on the right-hand speaker.

The drill bit was obviously allowed to get hot and melted the plastic whilst removing the rivets.

Luckily the housings are removable, which has the added advantage of being able to use the 4-pin connector and crossover from the stock speakers.

I'll have to live with one rear stock speaker for now as a single rear woofer will be hard to come by. The one which is faulty has a big crack across the rear housing which explains why it doesn't work. Must have taken a really good hit because these things would be hard to kill..