You people suck. 12 years later, I finally replace speakers.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

I ordered a set of the vifa midbass speakers from a speaker vendor on Ebay out of California that has them in stock and similar in price to parts express. They are in transit an d arrive on Monday for me.

That's great Jay! I really liked those for specs and sensitivity - send me a link when you can and of course if your install goes well I will get them from your vendor!

[Ricky Bobby]

Memphis Midranges installed - subtle but you can definitely hear clearer sound from those speakers. For $35 an excellent upgrade.

Now on to the rest of the front door component to really open her up!

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Memphis Midranges installed - subtle but you can definitely hear clearer sound from those speakers. For $35 an excellent upgrade.

Now on to the rest of the front door component to really open her up!

Awesome perspective. I think you might be the 1st just to do those. That tells us the impact they have.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Memphis Midranges installed - subtle but you can definitely hear clearer sound from those speakers. For $35 an excellent upgrade.

Now on to the rest of the front door component to really open her up!

Just got the Vifas yesterday afternoon and they look solid from physical perspective. I won't be able to do the install them right away but will get them in there and report back. On another note replaced the front passenger door carrier on Wednesday but had a couple of the door mounts come undone from the inside of the door panel. So I did some research and a couple of BMW enthusiasts performed their door panel mounts using 3M Window Weld. I put this on the mounts with some small clamps and this stuff is awesome/solid. In my opinion its better than than the epoxies because of the part A/B mix. 3M window weld comes in a tube for use in caulking gun.

[semcoinc]

I drove in my E46 today with its stock HK speaker system and Eonon GM5150 head unit and WOW, what a difference the upgraded X speakers make. My E46 system sounded so flat like they had pillows over them.

I gotta get the E46 speakers upgraded.

Did someone say that the mids in the E53 doors are the same as the mids in the E46 doors?

Mike

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Did someone say that the mids in the E53 doors are the same as the mids in the E46 doors?

I think that was RB.

Here's what I am thinking on my E46 sedan:

JL component up front (4 speakers) ($150) I'll use the Xovers in my E53
Memphis mids up front ($40)
JL component tweets in rear doors, 160mm mid base in rear deck. ($150)

Subs? I'm not yet sure. But I want to do something in it now that I have heard the JL powered BSW sub. Or wait. Did I tell you guys that I replaced the BSW sub in the E53? I did.

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

I think that was RB.

Here's what I am thinking on my E46 sedan:

JL component up front (4 speakers) ($150) I'll use the Xovers in my E53
Memphis mids up front ($40)
JL component tweets in rear doors, 160mm mid base in rear deck. ($150)

Subs? I'm not yet sure. But I want to do something in it now that I have heard the JL powered BSW sub. Or wait. Did I tell you guys that I replaced the BSW sub in the E53? I did.

Are those 6" woofers in the E46 doors like in our E53?

I have HK tweeters in the front at the base of the window molding. So I was thinking 4 mids in my sedan doors and 4 JL or Dayton Audio component woofers in the doors and 2 JL component tweeters.

Oh, then I have the rear deck woofers.

I have a self contained sub in the trunk, so I'm good to go there.

The E53 upgrade in speakers I did really made me hear how bad my 2003 E46 sedan HK speakers are!

Something I'll put on the drawing board for March maybe.

Mike

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

Just got the Vifas yesterday afternoon and they look solid from physical perspective. I won't be able to do the install them right away but will get them in there and report back.

who is the ebay seller? I'm not looking for a group buy but imagine how nice it would be for the seller if we all buy from him/her.

I'm finding these only
Pair Vifa NE65W-04 2" Full Range Woofer Speaker 4 ohms 40W 82.2 dB 1" Coil | eBay
$70 USD

too bad not as cheap as the Memphis mid ranges.

small video about the e46 community using them too in their component setups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyzPG1ZJ3ig

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

too bad not as cheap as the Memphis mid ranges.

Ok boys.. in the interest of... I dunno.. keeping things interesting...

I ordered these 2.75" mids today from Amazon. They will be used for the E46 (pics from earlier post):

My thought is that I will trim the bumfizzle out of this thing and see what that's like as a replacement for the E53 rear doors. In my heart of hearts, I think upon all that is thoughtable... That these are the exact same things as the Memphis Audio mids. And they're $25 less.

Anyway.. it's worth a shot.

[Clockwork]

Thanks for comment RB! Glad to see they are worth the $35. I'd be pissed to buy expensive speakers to hear they are marginal . So even if the speakers don't impress too much it was just $35 and a bit of time.

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