E53 4.8is Stereo upgrade starting in a few weeks

[Maruzo]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

I will be using these same crossovers from my wife's E46 and a similar 4ch amp from JL. The crossovers will take the function from the DSP amp and deliver only the right frequencies to the correct speakers.

My install will be with an android unit that is pretty much like the rest of them.

There are no mounting kits in the JL speakers I purchased. It doesn't look like those rings will really serve well in an E53. It's very easy to use tin snips and trim the JL speakers to fit the OE mounts on the E53. The OE mounts include the connections as well so you can retain factory wiring all the way up to the JL connections- if that sort of thing is important to you.

I referenced the thread from Jay who used JL C2's in my 650CSi thread. Both are a solid read for you to learn a bunch without rehashing it here.

Are you going with Seicane or Dynavin 7?

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

Are you going with Seicane or Dynavin 7?

Neither! LOL

That's a Xtrons branded unit. Same screen as Seicane that somebody did, but I found that Xtrons advertised one with 8 core, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM and Android 8.0. I think the Seicane now has this unit up on their site. That's how fast these things change. 3 weeks ago, it wasn't there. (or I missed it) My experience with the Eonon in my wife's E46 was consistent with my experience with Android phones and tablets:

Android will use any resource you can throw at it. So the more you can buy, the better it will be.

I installed a quad core with 2GB RAM and only 16GB(?) ROM in the E46. A few months later, I installed the 8 core. The difference was incredible. Downloading offline Google maps was nearly impossible in the quad core. It's very speedy now.

I've tested this unit in an E39 for a few minutes and it is outright speedy. I'm looking forward to installing the IBus adapter and fiddling around in the couple months before our next ~6k mile Summer road trip.

[Justings1]

If you're having problems finding the correct speaker mounts, I found that if you go to crutchfield and choose the speakers that fit your specific vehicle and put them into the shopping cart, crutchfield adds the brackets to the cart for free. Then subtract the speakers you already have and just order the brackets from them. I found my jl audio c2 components for the price of c1s on Amazon. $100 less a pair than crutchfield and got the brackets from crutchfield.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Justings1

If you're having problems finding the correct speaker mounts, I found that if you go to crutchfield and choose the speakers that fit your specific vehicle and put them into the shopping cart, crutchfield adds the brackets to the cart for free. Then subtract the speakers you already have and just order the brackets from them. I found my jl audio c2 components for the price of c1s on Amazon. $100 less a pair than crutchfield and got the brackets from crutchfield.

Very cool tip!