[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by Encendido3

That set up looks killer. I wish we lived in the same area so I could hear this (and lend a hand obviously!)

Thanks dude! I appreciate you wanting to lend a hand this should sound amazing

[lsturbointeg]

here's something i wanted to share in case anyone was interested or if they were looking into upgrading their system. this auto remote feature is pretty sweet as before with the addition of any amps you would have to find a acc source that would remote turn your amp on when the car is turned on. the Matchup7BMW amp sends a signal through the LINE OUT which if hooked up with a RCA to 3.5mm jack activates the RF amp to turn on when plugged into the REMOTE INPUT as pictured. than when the car is turned off the RF than doesn't detect the signal anymore which than turns the RF amp off. this auto detect is a very nice feature as it eliminates me from having to tap into the wiring harness looking for the acc remote wire

[MOBF10]

Got the intercooler, nice.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by MOBF10

Got the intercooler, nice.

I did but gotta find time to put it in now

[lsturbointeg]

worked on installing the new custom CQUENCE rotors and Goodridge Stainless steel lines. i feel there's plenty of bite but i couldn't tell you if the stainless lines helped. i'm sure they're an improvement over the stock and it's probably helping overall with conjunction of the new rotors and pads. These were straight plug and play as they installed right back into factory bracket locations. they do look very nice from pure aesthetics which is a plus for me!

[lsturbointeg]

and here's the CQUENCE custom rotors i had made

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here's after a little bit of breaking in. so for those wondering the gold where the pad contact surface area meets does come wear off and show metal as usual. so all that remains gold is the hub, drilled holes, slots and edging around which makes this a nice compliment to my AGwheels Matte Antique Bronze finish as well as my OEM liquid black wheels!

OEM 356's!




and my AGwheels

[lsturbointeg]

if anyone decided to perform a DIY brake and bleed i highly recommend MOTIVE PRODUCTS Power Bleeder! very easy to use and is BMW specific. ordered this from ECS Tuning



https://www.ecstuning.com/b-motive-p...eder/motivepb/

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also got my GTHAUS windshield banner on! i freakin love this! thanks to GTHAUS for sponsoring me for this!

[Encendido3]

Awesome work bro! That gold really pops against the car paint.

[NYC535iowner]

so how did you like the new brake setup .. I am looking to replace my front rotors and pads and I like the new setup you have but I wont be ordering the gold package like you lol
Looks good on the car..

PS what pads will you recommend?

[NYC535iowner]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

$256 including tax and free shipping

Wait what the intercooler was less than $300. I need to get my hands on one of them too..

[NYC535iowner]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

alright, got the Vibrant defouler installed along with all the OEM o2 sensors. per discussion in the Vibrant defouler thread i used the middle size restrictor and i have it facing upward as recommended. hope this helps other people interested in doing this as i couldn't find any info on which defouler to use which restrictor to use and the fact it needs to face up!




so after everything was installed i'm happy to report there's no CEL!!!!!!

At the moment I have the same Catless DP and have the CEL due to the O2 censor. so with this piece I can install it and not worry about the CEL coming back..
Where can I get this piece and Thank You ahead of time.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by NYC535iowner

so how did you like the new brake setup .. I am looking to replace my front rotors and pads and I like the new setup you have but I wont be ordering the gold package like you lol
Looks good on the car..

PS what pads will you recommend?

Brakes feel really good! Good bite to them but I also upgraded to Goodridge Stainless lines so that probably helped too! They came with Posiequiet pads which have done awesome so far. It came as a package so I didn't specifically ask for a certain type of pads.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by NYC535iowner

Wait what the intercooler was less than $300. I need to get my hands on one of them too..

Yup! The GPlus can be had for $244 on Ebay. We have a thread here on it and so far everyone's been happy with it

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by NYC535iowner

At the moment I have the same Catless DP and have the CEL due to the O2 censor. so with this piece I can install it and not worry about the CEL coming back..
Where can I get this piece and Thank You ahead of time.

Amazon! I've seen this on ebay as well all going for about the same price. This helps eliminate the dreaded CEL light. I did have it come on one time when I was really ripping through the gears. Since than no CEL

[NYC535iowner]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

Amazon! I've seen this on ebay as well all going for about the same price. This helps eliminate the dreaded CEL light. I did have it come on one time when I was really ripping through the gears. Since than no CEL

whats the name so I can find it on Amazon???

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by NYC535iowner

whats the name so I can find it on Amazon???

Double check tho
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vibrant-Per...089?nav=SEARCH

More info
https://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1698863

[dzz]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

here's after a little bit of breaking in. so for those wondering the gold where the pad contact surface area meets does come wear off and show metal as usual. so all that remains gold is the hub, drilled holes, slots and edging around which makes this a nice compliment to my AGwheels Matte Antique Bronze finish as well as my OEM liquid black wheels!

nice looking rotors, your car is coming up real nice!. are new rotors more noisy than the stock? that is the complaint I am often hearing for slotted and drilled rotors

[ey2001]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

if anyone decided to perform a DIY brake and bleed i highly recommend MOTIVE PRODUCTS Power Bleeder! very easy to use and is BMW specific. ordered this from ECS Tuning



https://www.ecstuning.com/b-motive-p...eder/motivepb/

Did you use ista? Or without

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by dzz

nice looking rotors, your car is coming up real nice!. are new rotors more noisy than the stock? that is the complaint I am often hearing for slotted and drilled rotors

I don't hear anything at all brother. But than again my exhaust is super loud

Originally Posted by ey2001

Did you use ista? Or without

I did not

[lsturbointeg]

alright! where should i start? finally got everything in which is why i was waiting to start the install. i do still have to order RCA Male to Dual RCA Female Splitter/Adapter. there was quite a few issues i ran into during the install and i'll be sure to let you guys know what those were. anyways, here's all the trunk pieces removed to expose everything underneath!


okay so before i started i wanted to hear once again how the factory hifi system sounded before i swapped things out. once i got to listen for a few minutes i got started.

got the OEM hifi amp removed. Pretty simple once you look to see how to take things apart and what not


here's the MatchUp BMW7 with the supplied harness plugged in


used the supplied mounting plate and i attached it to the bottom of the amp and than that's mounted onto the OEM amp bracket. pretty straight forward.



than installed right back into it's OEM location. zip tied the wiring harness down so everything looks clean and tidy


Now that i got the Matchup amp installed i turned the audio on to hear the difference before swapping out the speakers. first thing i noticed was it was much louder and the clarity was much cleaner before any tuning was done. bass/treble setting were still set at 50%. i still had the driver side door speaker rattling but immediately i can hear the difference in sound quality. highs were cleaner and brighter and the mids were more pronounced. the underseat subs however sounded like shit! more muddier than anything.

Onto the door! had to watch a couple of Youtube videos on how to remove the door. pretty easy once i got the jist of things


here's a comparison of the Gladen mid speaker next to the OEM. What a joke that BMW would put this in our car!


just look at the size of the magnet on the Gladen compared to the OEM


Gladen speaker mounted


here's the aftermarket harness adapter i used so i didn't have to cut the OEM plug. used heat shrink once i made the butt connections


here's the crossover zip tied. made sure it wasn't going to be in the way of anything


next was the tweeter. here's a side by side comparison. Gladen is the one on top


pretty straight forward as far as swapping these in. fit like a glove!


snaps right back in with no problems. now just a note, i did not have to use the OEM speakers wire for the tweeters as the Gladen's wire for the tweeter comes right off the crossover. so i basically disconnected the OEM tweeter from the harness and left it open.


now onto the underseat subwoofers! pretty easy to do. had to remove the 4 50mm torx bolts holding the rails down. than remove the 4 torx screws to remove the subwoofer cover and 4 more torx screws holding the subwoofer in place.


lol what a joke! BMW should be ashamed! there's economy cars with better factory systems than this!!!


no install issues with the added height of the Gladen subs



installed the supplied foam around the sub


here's the OEM subwoofer harness adapter i bought. plugs right into the OEM harness


and the subwoofer installed back in it's home


just for a teaser here's the Rockford Fosgate sitting behind the ski port. i will post more pictures on the subwoofer once i get the RCA Male to Dual RCA Female Splitter/Adapter.


so some of the information during my research regarding the remote signal that i thought i understood was actually incorrect. i thought the LINE OUT from the MatchUp BMW7 would also remotely turn the built in amp of the Rockford Fosgate. so those 2 cables i ordered basically is now garbage lol! so this picture here shows the cable plugged into the LINE OUT of the MatchUp BMW7 and the other end plugs into the remote input of the Rockford Fosgate which is incorrect. i'm such a dummy. the remote input is actually the input connection for the Remote Punch Level Control which is basically a knob i can install up front somewhere that controls the output of the bass.



so now what i need to do is install this adapter for the RCA's input from the MatchUp BMW7 to the Rockford Fosgate audio input (plug in connector that has RCA'S)


for the remote signal i just had to run a wire from the MatchUp BMW7 remote input all the way to the remote input of the Rockford Fosgate.

i'll be sure to post some updated pictures when i do. Now once i got everything in place i turned the audio system on and oh boy! the single 12" sub with only 300 watts hits pretty damn hard but should hit harder once i install that RCA adaptor since i'm only getting half the signal. the audio is super clean and i'm amazed of how it sounds right out of the box with no tuning. the clarity of the tweeters and the sound stage of the mids is just crazy! i'm really looking forward to tuning this. i'm so glad i did this! i still need to download the program from MatchUp so i can fine tune and set the speakers to what ever i need them to be. the underseat subs i'll set to mids and leave all the low level signals for the subwoofer. i'll report back once i do