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Subject: E32 Speaker replacement and rewiring. (Part II) Author: plbowler : member since January, 2006 : 1770 posts Posted on: 2006-05-04 21:47:59

OK, now the rears.
The grates pull up from the back, not the front.
Stubby screwdrivers are your friend:


and unscrew, again stubby is good:


Now for the goofy part that probably won't apply to you. The hot lead from the battery in my dash was DEAD!, which probably means there was nothing wriong with my old Panasonic HU, but oh well. thanks to the PO I have a little wiring under the hood that gave me an idea.

This is the P.O's hotwire for the Aux fan becuase they did NO research on these cars and when the fan clutch went, they replaced the radiator, pulled the heater valve and finally ran a switch to the aux fan to turn on to keep the car from overheating. Changing hte fan clutch took me 20 mins., oh well.
Here is their wiring:

yuck.
I had a fused line I pulled from the 540i and used it here, running it through the steering hole in the firewall, and up to the HU space:


then with the next under steering wheel part removed:

tada!

Ok, Detour is over, now get more coffee

Look at your Beautiful M70 (if your luckey enough to have one)

Now replace front speakers becuase your back hurts from sitting in the car:
Fronts
old, vs new. actually the old ones looked pretty good.


This part was a dream. I can;t speak to all 5 1/4s but these bad boys just dropped right in place

cool:


If you have a Toyta Supra you will want to use the included Sony grills:



Now to wire.
I again ran both rears down the passenger side you can get to the rear deck speaker holes through the trunk, remove the trunk lining, there is a triangle hole under each rear speaker.


The wires can be put through the firewall above the battery where the Analog phone wire was run:

again the speaker just drop in perfectly.


Run the wires up to the glovebox. Open the glove box an dpull it towards you.

you can get to the HU area from above the glovebox:

Here is a wire under the steering column that I managed to get a giant spark out of when wiring the drivers kick panel. I think it's for the dumbass alarm...


nice.

anyway thats it.
install your Stereo and enjoy!

1990 750il
2005 X3 3.0
1988 325iC
1998 540i6

• E32 Speaker replacement and rewiring. (Part I- removal) (pic) - plbowler 2006-05-04 21:24:10 (6533 views)
  • Re: E32 Speaker replacement and rewiring. (Part I- removal) (url) - hvacdude 2006-05-05 15:36:54 (877 views)
    • Thanks, they sound great. - plbowler 2006-05-05 22:16:06 (478 views)
  • E32 Speaker replacement and rewiring. (Part II) (pic) - plbowler 2006-05-04 21:47:59 (2737 views)
    • I almost had a heart attack when I saw.. - Nick (Australia) 2006-05-05 13:11:51 (540 views)
      • NICE JOB, Peter. I'd prefer stock but I know your sound and - leersmd 2006-05-05 14:34:33 (403 views)
        • Yeah, I thought about that... - plbowler 2006-05-05 15:28:17 (376 views)
          • Oh, Oh, you got me on the phone deal - I pulled mine to make use - leersmd 2006-05-05 18:32:00 (355 views)
            • Pics of that please (nt) - plbowler 2006-05-06 09:16:57 (334 views)
      • thats the P.O Alarm system. Nice huh? makes me freakin ill. (pic) - plbowler 2006-05-05 13:39:22 (853 views)
        • Re: thats the P.O Alarm system. Nice huh? makes me freakin ill. - 7il 2006-05-05 23:01:28 (308 views)
          • done (nt) - plbowler 2006-05-06 01:02:09 (248 views)
    • DONE! (pic) - plbowler 2006-05-04 21:50:12 (1161 views)
      • Re: DONE! - 7il 2006-05-05 00:46:10 (373 views)
        • I don't even know what that means... - plbowler 2006-05-05 11:35:48 (358 views)
          • Re: I don't even know what that means... - 7il 2006-05-05 18:48:49 (321 views)
            • Great suggestions 7iL..... - chrisf 2006-05-08 02:53:09 (331 views)
            • Wow is that over my head. Whats DLS or Focal? (nt) - plbowler 2006-05-05 19:52:35 (297 views)
              • They are high end speakers. When you run the XM antenna cable - 740ipilot 2006-05-05 20:12:48 (308 views)
                • Re: They are high end speakers. When you run the XM antenna cable - 7il 2006-05-05 23:00:12 (313 views)
                  • If you put the front tweeters at eye level you will have two problems - 740ipilot 2006-05-06 01:02:44 (342 views)
                    • Kick panel speakers are used more for show than sound quality in competition.... (nt) - chrisf 2006-05-08 02:43:25 (328 views)
                    • Re: If you put the front tweeters at eye level you will have two problems - 7il 2006-05-06 01:31:27 (312 views)
              • DLS & Focal.. (pic) (url) - mick 2006-05-05 20:09:52 (1129 views)
                • Re: DLS & Focal.. - 7il 2006-05-05 22:55:39 (262 views)
                  • Good god you guys! Do your lower pan gaskets leak? - plbowler 2006-05-06 01:00:55 (307 views)
                    • My upper pan gasket leaks a little, does that count? - mick 2006-05-06 06:20:26 (254 views)
                      • What kind of music do you listen to? - plbowler 2006-05-06 09:18:01 (251 views)
                        • Anything from classical to metal, i stay away from rap and pop.. - mick 2006-05-06 10:08:30 (266 views)