Hello everybody,
I have just replaced my front components in my 2004 E46 convertable with a set of vehical specific Rainbow IQ265.25
These really do sound good and was soo easy to swap for the stock BMW components
Im gonna write up a quick guide of how i done it
He is a quick comparrison of new and old woofer and tweeter
So firstly i started by removing the door cards, this was relativly easy there are 5 torq screws holding the door cards in place the loacations are circled and arrowed below,
The airbag badge leavers out with a screwdriver and the cover behind the door handel pops out with a small screwdriver
Once all 5 screws are out you need to removel the black plastic cover where the wing mirrors are, get your fingers under the front closest to the window and pull towards you, once it has popped foward it needs to go up to come free.
The door pannel is clipped in place with many plastic clips, start on the top fron corner and pull the door card away from the door the clips will crack as they come off. Move around the door once they are all poped free the door card will come off in your hand.
On the driverside you need to dissconnect the wingmirror switch. use a pair of long nossed plairs and the plug connector apart
On both sides the door handel needs to be dissconected, it just pulls foward and out and the speaker wire needs to be dissconnected its connected directly into the back of the woofer pinch the clip together and its apart.
Now you have the door cards lose, you can remove the BMW speakers
The wooofer is held in with 3 philps screws and the tweet is held in place by three torqs screws
I used dynamat sound profing on the door card around where the speakers are mounted
Because i used direct replacments they fitted where the stock speakers came from with no adapter plates and no modification to the door card, so they screwed back into place with the original screws
i wired the tweeter and the woffer together through the crossover and taped all the wiring down,
Next i could replace the door cards, i replaced any broken clips that i had broken during removal (you can buy them on ebay)
And re-wired the speakers to the exsiting wiring for now, im gonna amp them soon
Dont forget to plug your mirror cable in
The door card should press back into place with all the clips clipping back into possition. Do the torq screws back up and replac the airbag badge and your all done
I have just replaced my front components in my 2004 E46 convertable with a set of vehical specific Rainbow IQ265.25
These really do sound good and was soo easy to swap for the stock BMW components
Im gonna write up a quick guide of how i done it
He is a quick comparrison of new and old woofer and tweeter
So firstly i started by removing the door cards, this was relativly easy there are 5 torq screws holding the door cards in place the loacations are circled and arrowed below,
The airbag badge leavers out with a screwdriver and the cover behind the door handel pops out with a small screwdriver
Once all 5 screws are out you need to removel the black plastic cover where the wing mirrors are, get your fingers under the front closest to the window and pull towards you, once it has popped foward it needs to go up to come free.
The door pannel is clipped in place with many plastic clips, start on the top fron corner and pull the door card away from the door the clips will crack as they come off. Move around the door once they are all poped free the door card will come off in your hand.
On the driverside you need to dissconnect the wingmirror switch. use a pair of long nossed plairs and the plug connector apart
On both sides the door handel needs to be dissconected, it just pulls foward and out and the speaker wire needs to be dissconnected its connected directly into the back of the woofer pinch the clip together and its apart.
Now you have the door cards lose, you can remove the BMW speakers
The wooofer is held in with 3 philps screws and the tweet is held in place by three torqs screws
I used dynamat sound profing on the door card around where the speakers are mounted
Because i used direct replacments they fitted where the stock speakers came from with no adapter plates and no modification to the door card, so they screwed back into place with the original screws
i wired the tweeter and the woffer together through the crossover and taped all the wiring down,
Next i could replace the door cards, i replaced any broken clips that i had broken during removal (you can buy them on ebay)
And re-wired the speakers to the exsiting wiring for now, im gonna amp them soon
Dont forget to plug your mirror cable in
The door card should press back into place with all the clips clipping back into possition. Do the torq screws back up and replac the airbag badge and your all done