Nice, I think you'll really like the FCABs
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Nice, I think you'll really like the FCABs
Nice
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Finally pulled the trigger and bought the stage one kit from bav sound. Waiting on some clips and sound deadning and then I'll install these bad boys. Pretty impressed with the quality, they were packaged well too. Also just ordered the wheel, e-brake, and shift boot trifecta from cobywheel.com today. Too excited for that! :thumb
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You're making the right moves, man! Checkout the stock vs new units from my carQuote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
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Which options did you go with for your wheel and boots?
Nice. I'm interested in your impressions once you have them installed and they're broken in.
Im definitely impressed with the build quality of each speaker, I'm excited to get these things installed! i need to fix a couple of rattles inside my car so this will be a great time to fix all them while i have the door panels off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jconlin16
As for the wheel, i went with Black Alcantera with a dove grey center stripe and tri-stitch, Both boots are black with tri-stitch as well :biggrin
I will definitely let you guys know! I'm pretty certain both mid basses on my front doors are shot, I have a few rattles i need to take care of too. Im sure just that alone will be an improvement! :thumbsupQuote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
Yeah I have some door rattles I need to deal with as well. I'm getting new door clips, the ones with rubber and foam to see if that'll help any. Their part numbers are (numbers are for a coupe):Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
51418224768 (x16)
51418224781 (x6)
Thanks for the p/ns! Do you know the different between the two? I Just checked and I have 35 (wasn't sure how much the sedan needed lol) of the clips on order right now, but they are the latter of the two you posted(the one ending in 81). They look the same to me?Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
I think they are built very well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
Good choice on the wheel and boots! I wish I would've gotten grey stitching on the black alcantara for all of my items. I still love the tri-stitch on my wheel though!
I regret not paying more attention to the quality of sound from the HK's. I usually drove around with the volume down, listening to the car lol. I still do that pretty often but I don't have a good comparison of the differences in the two systems.
I believe the ones that end in 781 have rubber gaskets/washer/things while the ones that end in 768 have foam instead. According to RealOEM.com, coupe doors have a mix of both. I was looking into them and I think on m3forum.net there was a thread about which went where. Apparently, the ones with rubber washers go in three spots vertically at the front of the door near the hinge, while the foam ones are for all other spots. I'm not sure why, maybe something to do with preventing water seepage? RealOEM doesn't show that for my car, just a mix of the two. I also now have interior door cards from a 2006 M3 and they're all white clips with no foam, so I'm not sure what the deal is. Either way, I plan to get a bunch of ones with the foam and hope that helps eliminate some rattle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
Hmm that's interesting! I just looked my car up and it shows the same p/ns as well, just different quantities of course because of the sedan.
Enjoy the stage 1. Get a subwoofer too (I got a non BSW) and the combination with the stage is great!
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Thanks! That's definitely the next thing i plan on doing. Hopefully this spring!Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Mike over at coby wheel sent me some photos of my finished wheel and boots today. To excited for these to get here! They look great
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nice, those DO look great! i like that you're getting them done as a set. if i ever go back to an alcantara wheel, that's what i'll do.
I can't wait to get them installed! I have been tossing back and forth for a almost a year now between a leather wheel and alcantara wheel. I think I made a great choice though.Quote:
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I don't think you could have gone wrong with either. That set looks good to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
Looks good. Just keep your hands clean
Well, my coby rewrap and boots came today and I couldn't help but get them Installed the second I got off work!
Super impressed with the quality of these items. Well packaged and fast shipping. I can't believe it took me 2 years to get this done!
I need to take some higher quality pictures with the DSLR but these crappy cellphone photos should suffice for now!
During the install:
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All finished! (Boots not installed yet in pictures)
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What a difference. Money well spent!
Agreed! I'm amazed at how nice alcantara feels when its brand new! This is something I should of done right after buying the car.Quote:
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Looks great
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Soo gooood.
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oh freaking my. I love it.
Looks amazing
Must feel great in your hands. I like the gray/white stripe at the top. Good understated color.
Thanks guys!
Snapped a couple quick photos off my new Coby boots, I think they look great!
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And you would be correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
Looks fresh and makes the grey interior look less bland
Agreed, I've been toying around the idea of doing an interior swap. Black carpets, dashboard and trim with grey seats and two tone black and grey door cars. Most likely won't happen unless I can source the big pieces locally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
Big day for the zhp today. I got a package from ecs tuning, which included Chemical guys wax, Door card clips, Bentley manual, trunk handle gasket and sound deadening. Now I finally installed my bsw stage one!
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The install went great and didn't have any hiccups, im fairly certain the new clips and sound deadening helped my rattles I was having.
I haven't really been able to drive around and listen to these bad boys, just a quick test to make sure they all worked and sounded good. I'll post a review once the break-in period is over!
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Finally I replaced the trunk handle gasket, the old one was all sorts of kinked and bent and allowed water to get into my trunk handle burning out my ziza bulbs... Oh well, good as new now!
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Nice work. Looks like you went with the foam door clips?
Also, what sound deadening did you buy? Did you get it to eliminate road noise or to enhance speaker sound?
Yep, I ended up replacing every single clip with these foam ones, throughout the whole process I only found 2 broken clips and only a handful that had foam gaskets on them. Probably a little overkill but oh wellQuote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
As for the sound deadening, I used Boommat. Came in pack with 8 sheets and I used nearly 2 sheets per door, I'm kind of wishing I used a little more on my front doors but it's no biggie. I did it to reduce vibrations in the cabin and help with sound quality. Drove to work this morning and enjoyed a nice drive with no creaks or rattles! The speakers sound great too!
Cool, sounds good :thumbsup
Sweet! I checked out my speakers the other week through the trunk because the rear right speaker rattles look like one of those mats were installed don't think its the boommat though. I should check my doors too. How are you liking the mats so far?
I believe that's just the factory sound deadening on the rear deck panel, the thought of adding some boom mat back there definitely crossed my mind, but I wasn't about to take off my deck panel just for that. Maybe one day!Quote:
Originally Posted by MtechJon
As for the Boommat, so far so good! I've definitely noticed less rattles/vibrations inside the cabin. Id definitely recommend doing it anytime, especially if you are taking your door cards off in the first place.
Good stuff
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Finally got a chance to install my Z4M fcabs, steering coupler, and RTABS today.
First i changed out the steering coupler, Fairly straightforward to do, Got it completely installed in about 45 minutes. Definitely a noticeable difference! I couldn't tell how bad the old coupler actually was until i had it off the car. Steering feels nice and tight now!
Next i tackled the FCABs. Ive had a slight play in the front and I had a feeling it could of been the FCABs.I had Meyle HD on before and they were shot after only 15k. I highly advise to avoid meyle for FCABs! installed the new Z4M FCABs and everything feels nice and solid now.
Finally I decided to get under the rear end and check out how bad my RTABs actually where. I had some tramlining/bump steer issues and they were driving me crazy, so I went ahead and replaced them with UCC Poly bushings. Not completely desirable, but they will do until I can get the Bimmerworld spherical RTABs. The MIS tool worked excellent, i don't know how i could of done it without that tool. Got one side done in about an hour and the other side done in only 45 minutes. :rockon
After all was said and done, I took the car for a quick spin and the car feels so planted around corners and just in general. Im happy! Heres a few pictures from the day! :thumbs
Old coupler on the right, new on left
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Z4M FCAB on the left Meyle on right
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Old RTABs, This one was completely falling apart!
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