[justa]

Bought some tweeters that i picked up from ebay via this forum and got some of the covers from BMW yesterday,

The tweeters cost me £30 and the covers/door surrounds cost £42 from BMW...

Took about 1 hr 15 to fit the first one (passenger side) and about 15-20 mins to fit the other side !!

Glad I had a friend to help - the trickiest bit is fitting the new trim but overall its definitely a DIY job.

Oh and the difference in sound is massive - I was cynical when I saw the size of the tweeters but it really is a huge improvement..

Why BMW don't fit them in the first place is beyond me

[NickP]

Any photos?

[Chris335d]

Take it all the wires are there for the tweeters anyway?

[deeno]

Sounds good, will be trying the same myself soon, were those the Logic 7 tweeters or the BMW Business tweeters? I think the L7 ones have a silver finish.

[justa]

I don't they were logic 7 so i presume they were the business ones ?

didn't take pics but followed the instructions here

http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=88881

[ddogg35]

Originally Posted by Chris335d

Take it all the wires are there for the tweeters anyway?

+1, be interesting to see how easy this is

[justa]

Originally Posted by ddogg35

+1, be interesting to see how easy this is

its very easy - the connection is on the speakers in the door - you just plug the tweeters in

You need to buy new door trims obviously - ones that have grills built in.

I won't over exaggerate its still a piss poor system for a 30k car but its a lot better

Well I can actually bare to listen to it now whereas before I rarely used it other than for the radio !

[NickP]

Do you have a link to the ebay tweeters you bought so I can see the model/spec?

Many thanks
Nick

[Dr Dave]

I take it you haven't fitted the Alpine upgrade kit?? Well worth doing.

[deeno]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

I take it you haven't fitted the Alpine upgrade kit?? Well worth doing.

In 2009 the Alpine kit was a bargain. Now its nearly £500 more than a set of tweeters and mouldings fitted.

Justa, I was thinking, did you have to remove the door card completely? As You didnt change the door speaker would it be possible to just pop all the door card clips
out apart from the bottom ones, open a large gap between the door and its outer card at the top then just plug in the tweeter to the door speaker and close the door
card up again?

Just thinking it might make the job a little quicker and easier.

[justa]

Originally Posted by NickP

Do you have a link to the ebay tweeters you bought so I can see the model/spec?

Many thanks
Nick

this is the link - i haven't used the other speakers as they looked the same as the ones already fitted

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_500wt_1156

Or you can get them for about £98 from BMW...

[justa]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

I take it you haven't fitted the Alpine upgrade kit?? Well worth doing.

I'm sure it is but I've spent £72 rather than about £500 !!

Would love the Alpine kit but really cant afford it at the mo....

[justa]

Originally Posted by deeno

In 2009 the Alpine kit was a bargain. Now its nearly £500 more than a set of tweeters and mouldings fitted.

Justa, I was thinking, did you have to remove the door card completely? As You didnt change the door speaker would it be possible to just pop all the door card clips
out apart from the bottom ones, open a large gap between the door and its outer card at the top then just plug in the tweeter to the door speaker and close the door
card up again?

Just thinking it might make the job a little quicker and easier.

Yes I don't see why not - but when you do the job it really doesn't take much effort to take the door cards off