Blakes BMW 325Ci (and old subie)

[blakel]

Hope you like my new(ish) car.

Had it for about a year now. Previously I had a Subaru WRX 2001 (The LAST of the classic shape) that I loved so so much. Needed a rebuild and for other reasons I had to sell her. I hope to own another one soon. But in the meantime! This is my car.

well here goes..

Make of Vehicle?
BMW

Model of Vehicle?
2002 325CI

Modifications?
NOS..
Turbo..
uhh..
spiners
VTEC
LOLJK no its not.:dancingna

The thing is stock.. I WANTED new wheels... but planning trip to Europe and back to the States and apparently that stuff cost $$$ so all thats put on hold (or until I give this to the Mrs and I get another Subaru..

Only thing I have done is ICE.
12" JL Audio Sub in JL Audio ported box (with customer install)
1x Big ass JL Audio Amp.
1x Big ass Capacitor.
6" JL Audio Splits with Tweeters in front doors.
9" (i think from memory) JL Audio Speakers in rear shelf
Pioneer DVD player in front dash.
iPod/Phone Connectivity as well as an external HDD with Movies.
JL Audio wiring all thru the thing.
:loki:

Pics!! :D

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The reason why car is so clean is because of this shite;

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We had a dust storm here.. Red dust came 100's of KM's (or Miles for you americans playing at home) and ruined every clean object known to man.

I woke up and honestly thought it was the end of the world... so I took photos incase there was insurance in Heaven.. But when I found out it was just red dust I went back inside and unfortunately had to get ready for work.

Here is the Subaru for the Jap lovers too

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[Snatchback]

haha awesome :)

[Falcon]

Might need to talk to you about your setup some more. I've been looking into audio for my E46 but the speaker sizes are so awkward...

[blakel]

Might need to talk to you about your setup some more. I've been looking into audio for my E46 but the speaker sizes are so awkward...

Yes they were very annoying. In the end needed to punch the cones out of the old speakers in the front and use that and drill the new speakers into it. Worked ok but there is a small rattle in the drivers side door and it's a HUGE pain as no matter what I do we can't find/stop it. The most anoying part of the job was fitting the DVD player in the front center console and wiring all the USB and iPod shit into the back of it...That was a huge effort and cut hands..

[Vasfinest]

Dude that subie is so sick. And the Bimmer looks nice too!!

[blakel]

Dude that subie is so sick. And the Bimmer looks nice too!!


Thanks mate :D I love the look of the beema, Wish I had some wheels on it but one day.

And the Subie, Miss that thing.. LOL looked diff around here thats for sure.

[Bob808]

Another Sydney member.... :welcome: I'm sure we'll bump into each other one day.

Oh and you're right about the US being expensive, I'm here right now and it's not as cheap as we (non Americans) might think!

[Falcon]

Yes they were very annoying. In the end needed to punch the cones out of the old speakers in the front and use that and drill the new speakers into it. Worked ok but there is a small rattle in the drivers side door and it's a HUGE pain as no matter what I do we can't find/stop it. The most anoying part of the job was fitting the DVD player in the front center console and wiring all the USB and iPod shit into the back of it...That was a huge effort and cut hands..
I spent hours trying to install my Alpine headunit because it's so cramped until I found the easy way. You have to relocate the wiring harness from one side to the other, and you also need to pull the whole center dash. You have to pull the climate control box out and then unscrew the whole assembly between that and the headunit. It gives you so much more room to route the wiring and is EXTREMELY easy compared to trying to cram everything in.

I've seen a lot of people do the trick where they use the old speaker trim or cut their own brackets. I might just go BSW if I replace the speakers and then just wire my own sub. Are you on E46fanatics?