My Mystic Adventure...

[sna77]

I forgot that the xi had this feature but you have to have all wheel drive to use this feature. For my ZHP this is it as far as it gets as far as I know . . .

[cakM3]

I have begun the process of replacing my speakers inside my ZHP this afternoon. Even though I have not been feeling 100% for the past week with my entire body feeling sore and now my left knee killing me (old skiing injury) it has been fun taking the car apart to install these BAVSOUND speakers. For this install I decided to use my hot glue gun instead of the glue BAVSOUND provides. I took my time and got the driver's side finished. Tomorrow morning I will focus on getting my passenger's side done then I will work on swapping out my rear subwoofer enclosures.

The rear parcel shelf midrange drivers won't be swapped out just yet because I want to have an entire weekend of good weather so that I can take apart the rear parcel shelf to do the necessary cuts and then refresh the color with fresh black fabric paint before reinstalling the parcel shelf with rear sunshade on it... so lots more work to do. In the mean time I will refresh the door seals with ones I recently procured so progress will be made nevertheless. I still have a few more things I want to do to get my car set up



after installing this midrange driver speaker in my front door panel, I tested my stereo and these speakers thumped. Looking forward to completing my install




The rear midrange speaker was not as easy to set up and install as the front midrange speakers were and required a lot more glue to get it set up where I was comfortable installing it.

as you can see in the picture above, I put a bead of hot glue all around the speaker where it meets the mounting hardware in order to secure it so it can be screwed in place on the rear door panel.

On the rear midrange speaker, pictured above, there are 4 tabs where the plastic on the mounting hardware goes thru then is slightly melted to keep the speaker in place. The new speaker does not have these tabs so that's where the hot glue comes in handy

[RUS_ZHP]

Great stuff! Post a sound clip once you're done with upgrading your stereo system.

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[RUS_ZHP]

I might missed it somewhere, are you planning to do anything with car exhaust system to make sound if your car even batter? -))

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[cakM3]

Great stuff! Post a sound clip once you're done with upgrading your stereo system.

Sergy, not sure if I can capture the fidelity of the sound coming from the new speakers using iPhone. In order to capture the true fidelity you have to have some serious recording equipment . . .

I might missed it somewhere, are you planning to do anything with car exhaust system to make sound if your car even batter? -))

I will be sourcing a UUC Corsa TSE3 exhaust for blauzed, even if I have to source a brand new one . . .

[cakM3]

I finished installing my BAVSOUND speakers into my ZHP today. I now understand why people who have installed these like them. Sound output is very good from them, especially midrange performance. Compared to the 18 year old H&K paper cone speakers that was in my ZHP having these newer speakers is a huge improvement. Many have told me that there is a break in period for them before they sound even better. If this is the case, I'm looking forward to how they will sound . . .

[BMWCurves]

I finished installing my BAVSOUND speakers into my ZHP today. I now understand why people who have installed these like them. Sound output is very good from them, especially midrange performance. Compared to the 18 year old H&K paper cone speakers that was in my ZHP having these newer speakers is a huge improvement. Many have told me that there is a break in period for them before they sound even better. If this is the case, I'm looking forward to how they will sound . . .

It'll only sound better with time, so I'm told by ZHPizza. He said initially sound was flat, but improved significantly within a few months.

It's definitely on my list of purchases

[Galapolis]

All speakers have break in periods. For my monitors it was about 100h.

[cakM3]

It'll only sound better with time, so I'm told by ZHPizza. He said initially sound was flat, but improved significantly within a few months.

It's definitely on my list of purchases

All speakers have break in periods. For my monitors it was about 100h.

Nice to know, thanks guys! I can now enjoy the improved sound from these new speakers while driving my ZHP

[cakM3]

This June I will be taking in my Style 135's to have them all repaired (curb rash removed and wheels rebalanced) then have the old finish bead blasted and cleaned so I can have fresh powder coating applied. The finish I decided to have will be a fresh HyperBlack finish for these wheels. They should come out close to these when finished...



It will be nice to have them looking fresh when mounted for the winter months... the picture above is the closest I could find for the look my ZHP will ultimately have.