[ey2001]

Car wash time!

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

You know that sticker adds at least 5 hp!!!

Hell yeah I knew my car felt quicker the minute I slapped it on

[jayster0966]

Nothing special, just happy that after flashing back to S1 and driving around for a week I was able to pass Smog check today.

Back to my custom tune and E85 next tank full.

[Billzyb]

Mods so far:
-Smoked out side markers
-Wrapped roof and rails in gloss black
-Tinted widows
-Gloss black wrapped trunk spoiler
-Tinted tail lights
-Wrapped chrome trim in gloss black
-Welcome carpet projector lights

Codes so far
-ASD tweaked to M5 engine note
-Head light orange side marker delete
-Angle eyes @ 100%
-Auto fold mirror, window and trunk close w/ key fob
-M Sport welcome graphic on iDrive
-HUD to show turn signals
-Brake force flashing lights
-Rear day time running lights active

Future mods
-Brake caliper paint maybe dark yellow or red
-20" or 21" wheels
-Front lip
-wrap the rear diffuser in gloss black
-ReWrap all chrome trim in smoked black chrome interior and exterior.

[r2dmax]

Finally lowered it on ICS Street Comfort Coilovers. A friend and I knocked out the front with no real issue. But I couldn't get a good angle on the rear lower shock bolt. I took it to EuroFed Charlotte on Independence and Omari installed the rear and helped me set the ride height. I also swapped out the sidemarkers to matte black

20200513_151210 by Ronald Reynolds, on Flickr

Hover Car...
20200519_193514 by Ronald Reynolds, on Flickr

Crazy Rake
20200515_112615 by Ronald Reynolds, on Flickr

Much better
20200522_155942 by Ronald Reynolds, on Flickr
20200522_095646 by Ronald Reynolds, on Flickr

Next:
Letting the suspension settle and will set final ride height. I'll probably install my front lip and rear wing this week (hopefully)

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by r2dmax

Finally lowered it on ICS Street Comfort Coilovers.

Looks good bro! I thought the front end sat perfect and the back needed to come down and level but that's just me

[ey2001]

Installed the Yakima fairing... wind noise went away...

[top ramen]

Was bored and tired of seeing the missing pieces and BMW letters on my door sills so I thought I use some leftover vinyl to cover them up. Looks cheesey but let's see how it holds up.

[BigJay1six1]

I went mhd stage 2 today

[Gjohnson7]

Originally Posted by BigJay1six1

I went mhd stage 2 today

Awesome! Thoughts???

[SikhBMW]

Like the look... Next up... Wheels and exhaust.!

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by SikhBMW

Like the look... Next up... Wheels and exhaust.!

I've never seen this front lip before. I also notice the side skirts and rear lip. Can you post more shots

[SikhBMW]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

I've never seen this front lip before. I also notice the side skirts and rear lip. Can you post more shots

More pics sorry for the side way pic.

[ramman434]

Is that a full lip, or just valences? Just curious since there doesn't appear to be a center to the lip

[SikhBMW]

Originally Posted by ramman434

Is that a full lip, or just valences? Just curious since there doesn't appear to be a center to the lip

it's universal lip, side skirt and rear bumper. Whats funny it is from Amazon. just look up universal lip and side skirt! HAHAH
I wanted a lip and side skirts but didn't like anything that i found.

[lsturbointeg]

alright fellows! this is a long post. 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

[lsturbointeg]

alright fellows just completed the install this afternoon! went to Menard's to pickup the Y splitter adapter and now it's installed and in place. RCA's zip tied and tucked away


was able to do a nice clean install of the cable to laptop interface when i need to tune the system


got all the lines squared away. the RCA and remote bass control wire is on the drivers side of the trunk and the power/ground/remote runs on the passenger side of the trunk. all covered with wire loom to give it a cleaner install


what's great about this is the easy disconnect in case i need to remove the sub for any reason.


here's the size of the enclosure for reference in case people were wondering how big this is?


side profile


here's how much trunk space i still have!


here's with the seats down. gonna play around with placement as far as how far back it should sit.




so now that i have full signal with that RCA adapter the sub now hits hard right out of the box. LP crossover i have set to 80hz. Gain is only set to 40% with the subsonic set to 0. still need to make adjustments using the program from Audiotech but i'll get that done this Weekend. so here's my impression thus far. with the Rockford Fosgate sub off since i can turn it completely off with the bass control knob the two underseat 8's actually sounds pretty good. for those looking for some nice kick i highly recommend swapping out the underseat subs with something better like Gladen, Focal as well as the Bav's. these Gladen's have a very nice sound stage presence! i don't feel the need to swap the center speaker as well as the rear speakers since the rears are just fill ins. the center however doesn't seem to have issues with the additional power from the MatchUp amp. Overall i'm very pleased with how well this turned out. i'm sure i still need to allow the speakers to break in and they should even come more alive than what i'm experiencing now.

[jayster0966]

SWEET SYSTEM! Congrats! ^^^^

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by jayster0966

SWEET SYSTEM! Congrats! ^^^^

Ditto!!!!!! Not to pry, but what do you have into this?

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Ditto!!!!!! Not to pry, but what do you have into this?

$874 Matchup7BMW amp
$391 Gladen Alphas
$17.48 amp kit
$25 OEM harness adapter kit
$20 cables/loom
$30 pry tool kit (plastic/screwdriver type)
$284 Rockford Fosgate 12"sub enclosure
$0 labor (indy shop quoted $400 cause it's a BMW and if they broke anything they're not liable)

Total $1642

Not bad considering I spent more in my other vehicles

[lsturbointeg]

oh yeah!

[ey2001]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

oh yeah!

Nice!! Love chemical guys... how's their wheel cleaner?