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01-20-2013, 05:19 PM | #1 |
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Active Sound Retrofit
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The artificial sound that bmw is producing in some models through the speakers, m5, 640d gran coupe,M550d, etc.. is just a piece of software right? if so, it may be possible to retrofit other models or not? Gonna be bashed by the petrol guys, but what do you dieselheads have to say? see at 3,15min see at 30 sec I think i would go for it.... Last edited by MikeGr; 01-25-2013 at 09:54 AM.. |
01-25-2013, 09:50 AM | #5 |
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i believe this is the module:
"Part 65129289971 (Control unit with Active Sound Design)" http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...=65&fg=25&hl=7 seems it's not that expensive, i've already found price for it at around 200$ in US. It seems it's some kind of module or amplifier placed on the left side of the trunk, i've searched on the coding forums and there's a coding option for it. Would it be simple to install or it has to be tweaked by someone? Anyone knows where could i find more information on it? or is anyone willing to look further into this? Last edited by MikeGr; 01-25-2013 at 04:55 PM.. |
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Unfortunately some people have to make compromises, if i lived in US most certainly i had gone for the M5 (oh wait... the sound comes from the speakers also...) instead i went for a diesel that's more expensive than the US M5 (we don't have the luck of having gas almost for free!) Last edited by MikeGr; 01-25-2013 at 05:09 PM.. |
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01-25-2013, 05:06 PM | #9 |
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Fair point.
I guess I'm a little upset with BMW for even going there in the first place. I'm not sure if it makes it better or worse that they're putting this on very expensive cars because it seems cheap-ish to me. Like a carnival trick. Last edited by mryakanisachoad; 01-25-2013 at 05:13 PM.. |
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i believe that technology is there to help us move forward and we can't consider each improvement made as a stain to the brand image. for example i don't see too many people complaining that the nowadays sportscars are also comfortable to drive, if it were to remain truth to the classic sportscar image every time you passed a hole in the ground a wheel would fall off or you could strain your neck... |
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01-25-2013, 05:28 PM | #12 |
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And yes to echo mikes point, my interest in this is purely for my own pleasure as a driver and like that this will not be heard by others, actually while I love hearing a good engine and exhaust note, I equally hate appearing to be showing off to pedestrians or neighbours.
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I have spoke to a few BMW US engineers and instructors about this. When they were in Germany doing some training, one of the BMW German engineers "rigged" it into a Z4 they told me. What was done to make it work I have no idea. The engineers also said, with the active sound disabled (module unplugged) the car sounded terrible inside (the M5) The active sound feature is not an ebay device to make your car sound like something its not. Trust me its not what you think if you haven't heard it in person. |
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I believe that the diesel haters haven't yet tried one of these cars, if they did i think they would say otherwise. It's not like we're talking of slow cars with fake engine sounds, the sound produced just matches the performance level, only happens to be a diesel. |
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01-28-2013, 03:35 PM | #17 |
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Looks like this could work if along with some coding....
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=672496
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01-28-2013, 06:43 PM | #18 | |
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Have to say if i had an F10 M5 i would probably be trying to disable this feature also, but on my car i'm definitely going to pursue this retrofit to see if it can be done. |
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01-28-2013, 07:06 PM | #19 |
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Here's something that might get you by until you get the active sound module installed in your car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9XAC-BvUyo |
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