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2001 BMW 7 series audio install

Well this is very exciting for me. Thursday I received a message asking if I would like to do an install on a 2001 BMW 740. After talking to him for two days I took a ride up to him on Saturday to meet him and the car. After him reading about me and my work he had no problem handing the keys over to take it home. He left Monday for a 2 week vacation.

Enough with that story, time to talk about the install.

Goodies include

SQA-4100 - CDT Audio 4 Channel Amplifier

Q 1200.1 - Image Dynamics 1-Channel 1200 Watt Amplifier

IDQ12V2.D2 - Image Dynamics 12" IDQ $149.99 x 2

130CVX - Focal 5.25 " Polyglass Coaxial Speakers

Stinger Pro 3 Series 6 Channel

Head rest tv's

Kicker 12 Guage S series 150ft

Kicker PKD1

FOCAL 165VR3 3 WAY COMPONENT SET

Dynamat 10455 Xtreme Bulk Pack 9 Sheets

This install will very much help my skills and expand them to fiberglass and custom boxes.

I will update this thread daily with new work and pictures.

nice :tup:

:excited:

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Originally Posted by vipor (Post 425630)

nice :tup:

:excited:

Pics are up now!

Mr EBay :rofl2::rofl2:

What's "DINAN"?

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Originally Posted by vipor (Post 425639)

Mr EBay :rofl2::rofl2:

What's "DINAN"?

It is basically 13,000 dollars worth of performance upgrades from the dealer and makes it the big boy of the 7 series before you get into the m3's

Ah cool. Never even knew there was an M7. Maybe this is just that but different because it's a boat.

Sort of like an M it is fast I will say that.

Yeah they're surprising. I've had my hands on a couple. Lots of work have fun

Almsot forgot, when I visited him, we went out for lunch and he let me drive this. A Mercedes AMG s55
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why is there a bear in the trunk??? is it part of the install theme?

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Originally Posted by Chupacabra (Post 425683)

why is there a bear in the trunk??? is it part of the install theme?

LOL no he has two kids

Not sure of I will be able to get anything done today, rain enough said.

ooo 3ways :drool:

I prefer the way focals used to look... Not that you see them in the car usually.

Yes they are 3 ways, I hope this weekend I can start installing them. the tweeter and 4 inch mid already have a space in the door. The woofer however will be fiberglassed into the kick panel.

Today I got a little bit done, got another piece of the sub box fitted to the trunk, as it is not a straight forward square trunk it takes some time.

At least you won't have to work around trunk springs in this car :tup:

Kind of weird that the door speakers aren't bigger. Crazy aftermarket stereos.

Are you doing like 1/2 the trunk with the box or all of it?

It is pretty much going to be the back board is going to be where the 2 12's are going to be. The new floor is 3 inches above from the old one allowing both amps to be flush mounted into it. Thus allowing a little more than half of the trunk space to remain. The other thing is the rear deck speakers will be removed totally and new ones installed in the rear doors where there is already pre existing ones.

With other stuff going on I still was able to get the JL clean sweep in.

Started out taking the panels off.
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Cat always lending a hand.
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I HATE WIRE TAPS

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Soldering all the wires
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Wrapped the JL's wires up to clean up the look.

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How much current is available from the factory amp wiring? How much does the JL pull?

Not much at all, all the JL clean sweep does it analyze and clean the signal and drop it to low level for the new amps.

Ah cool I looked for it but couldn't find it. Nice looking product.

Today i worked on the kick panels. The reason for this is there is no stock location for a 6.5 inch speaker in the door. Also this will help imaging a bit by having them facing the drive and passenger.

Drilled holes to help the fiberglass hold to the stock panel.

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Laying down the foil and tape to protect the carpet.
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Laying the cloth and resin
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While that was curing I took off the door panel to take a look at the mid and tweeters.

The owner said that the speakers were upgraded but he did not know what they were. All that was upgraded was the tweeter.
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Have to make a bracket to hold the smaller mid but will be well worth it.
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The new tweeter
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Still waiting on the subs and amps. Speaker wire should be here tomorrow so I can at least get 2 of the 3 speakers installed in the front and the two in the rear doors.

wow sick project matt - looks like you really love what you do ..

that box looks too big for those IDQ's, they dont like much more than 1 cubic ft. How come he went with the V2 IDQs? Be careful with that amp and those subs in a box that size.

yah the box looks hugeee!

Probably will trim it tomorrow if it is to big.

Well this is just wrong the next 5 days off and look at the forecast. RAIN

10 Day Weather Forecast for Bridgeton, NJ (08302) - weather.com

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Shortened the box to correct size.

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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat (Post 441547)

Well this is just wrong the next 5 days off and look at the forecast. RAIN

10 Day Weather Forecast for Bridgeton, NJ (08302) - weather.com

you could move your project to our shop for a price :happydance:

Oh I might have to Mike, this weather is getting on my nerves.

Today even with the rain i decided to finish the right kick panel. As I sit here recovering from the fumes I think they are going to look good after sanding bondo and paint.

Trimmed the base
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Made the ring and started mounting it.
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Everything fits good going ahead fro wrapping and fiberglass.
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Clearance fleece blanket for 8 bucks. Sorry disney
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First coat of fiberglass.
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Added the second layer "just went down and added a layer of matt and resin to those layers. Will let it all set over night.
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wheres the fiberglass? you cant just resin over the fleece and call it a day

Going down to add a third layer with whisker now thanks Mike