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Speakers Upgrade
Sunday and Monday nights were spent upgrading the speakers of the ride as some of the speakers are already broken.
The ride originally came with an 10 speakers Active HiFi System:
-- 2 front tweeters in mirror triangles
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the front door
-- 2 woofers in the front door
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the rear door
-- 2 rear woofers
New setup:
-- 2 front tweeters in mirror triangles (Replaced with Dominations ES61 Exzibit 6.5" 2-way Component Set)
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the front door (Unplugged)
-- 2 woofers in the front door (Replaced with Dominations ES61 Exzibit 6.5" 2-way Component Set)
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the rear door (Maintained)
-- 2 rear woofers (Replaced with Macrom M3C 6.5" 2-way Coaxial Speaker)
Why Dominations if you asked me? Well, audited a few German Maestro and Morel sets at almost the same price but none came close. Never tried Helix and Focal ones though.
Budget is around RM1.5k for the front components and the ES61 just fits the bill and my ears.
Dominations might be unknown to some but they have won plenty awards in the EMMA scene.
Am more of a SQ than SPL listener (jazz, pop, live music) hence Dominations just fits my taste. Plus, my old Jap ride was on Dominations D'lite comp set.
Tempted to go for the monoblock amp & subwoofer route for the rear but do not want to sacrifice boot space hence idea was scrapped. Plus, the front comps already provided more than sufficient bass.
However, door cut out is required as magnets of the bass drivers were too huge/long. No modding required on the door panels though. Looks stock from outside.
Crossovers are nicely hidden behind the glovebox (left) and near bonnet lever (right).
Tweeters are larger than stock ones hence have to be place on the dash.
Installation was done by the reputable EA Autoworks in Bukit Jalil which previously did the ICE upgrade for my old Jap ride which I am very satisfied with.
Total amount spent is RM1880 inclusive of everything. Money well-spent as sound quality difference over the stock setup is just so significant. Highs are much more crisp and lows are definitely much much much bassy than stock.
Next up will be the HU which may be the Dynavin E46A or the Pioneer 80PRS. Tempted to go for the Pioneer due to much better SQ but would lose the steering controls unless an adaptor is sourced. Do not require the LCD on the Dynavin but the GPS is definitely a good to have than my current Papago on my iPhone 4S.
Apologise for the crappy photos as taken with an iPhone. Will post a set of better quality photos over the weekend.
Old front woofers
NBTD hence took the engine bay pic
Sunday and Monday nights were spent upgrading the speakers of the ride as some of the speakers are already broken.
The ride originally came with an 10 speakers Active HiFi System:
-- 2 front tweeters in mirror triangles
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the front door
-- 2 woofers in the front door
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the rear door
-- 2 rear woofers
New setup:
-- 2 front tweeters in mirror triangles (Replaced with Dominations ES61 Exzibit 6.5" 2-way Component Set)
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the front door (Unplugged)
-- 2 woofers in the front door (Replaced with Dominations ES61 Exzibit 6.5" 2-way Component Set)
-- 2 mid-range speakers in the rear door (Maintained)
-- 2 rear woofers (Replaced with Macrom M3C 6.5" 2-way Coaxial Speaker)
Why Dominations if you asked me? Well, audited a few German Maestro and Morel sets at almost the same price but none came close. Never tried Helix and Focal ones though.
Budget is around RM1.5k for the front components and the ES61 just fits the bill and my ears.
Dominations might be unknown to some but they have won plenty awards in the EMMA scene.
Am more of a SQ than SPL listener (jazz, pop, live music) hence Dominations just fits my taste. Plus, my old Jap ride was on Dominations D'lite comp set.
Tempted to go for the monoblock amp & subwoofer route for the rear but do not want to sacrifice boot space hence idea was scrapped. Plus, the front comps already provided more than sufficient bass.
However, door cut out is required as magnets of the bass drivers were too huge/long. No modding required on the door panels though. Looks stock from outside.
Crossovers are nicely hidden behind the glovebox (left) and near bonnet lever (right).
Tweeters are larger than stock ones hence have to be place on the dash.
Installation was done by the reputable EA Autoworks in Bukit Jalil which previously did the ICE upgrade for my old Jap ride which I am very satisfied with.
Total amount spent is RM1880 inclusive of everything. Money well-spent as sound quality difference over the stock setup is just so significant. Highs are much more crisp and lows are definitely much much much bassy than stock.
Next up will be the HU which may be the Dynavin E46A or the Pioneer 80PRS. Tempted to go for the Pioneer due to much better SQ but would lose the steering controls unless an adaptor is sourced. Do not require the LCD on the Dynavin but the GPS is definitely a good to have than my current Papago on my iPhone 4S.
Apologise for the crappy photos as taken with an iPhone. Will post a set of better quality photos over the weekend.
Old front woofers
NBTD hence took the engine bay pic
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gendong;753707 said:
Lowered by approximately 40-50mm. If 18" can't even see any gap at all. B6 does not lower the ride while B8 does. Best setup I have tested so far.
Next upgrade:
- Bilstein B8 with Eibach springs (B12) = RM4300 all in (mountings, bump stops etc.) including workmanship
- H&R ARB = RM1900
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Just received rear license plate LEDs ordered from eBay for RM30 including shipment to replace the stock dull yellow bulbs.
Each side came with 2 LEDs + heat sink. Got them installed & no fault codes so far.
Will post up some photos once back in town. (Got them this morning & went straight down to Johor, installed them at hotel's parking lot half an hour ago)
Each side came with 2 LEDs + heat sink. Got them installed & no fault codes so far.
Will post up some photos once back in town. (Got them this morning & went straight down to Johor, installed them at hotel's parking lot half an hour ago)
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Pictures.. Pictures... ahahahaa
wingzee;754936 said:Just received rear license plate LEDs ordered from eBay for RM30 including shipment to replace the stock dull yellow bulbs.
Each side came with 2 LEDs + heat sink. Got them installed & no fault codes so far.
Will post up some photos once back in town. (Got them this morning & went straight down to Johor, installed them at hotel's parking lot half an hour ago)
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Just a small update to the thread. Not much of mods been done lately but more on repairs and maintenance.
Lately got 1 of the ignition coil and all spark plugs replaced. BA is only selling for RM82 for each coil (Bosch). Since it's a norm for them to fail 1 by 1, gonna buy another 5 as spare.
Next up will be the fuel filter and VANOS seals.
Here are some recent photos of the ride taken. Stay tuned people!
LED for License Plates
Pre-flight check before departing to Singapore
Spa treatment
Side by side with an E92
CCFL angel eyes with projector headlights
Replacing plugs and 1 x ignition coil
Lately got 1 of the ignition coil and all spark plugs replaced. BA is only selling for RM82 for each coil (Bosch). Since it's a norm for them to fail 1 by 1, gonna buy another 5 as spare.
Next up will be the fuel filter and VANOS seals.
Here are some recent photos of the ride taken. Stay tuned people!
LED for License Plates
Pre-flight check before departing to Singapore
Spa treatment
Side by side with an E92
CCFL angel eyes with projector headlights
Replacing plugs and 1 x ignition coil
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nice ride wz...
still remember when i was studying in univ malaya 10 years ago there was this lecturer driving that exact version n in that color, i wuz going like dadadadaaammmm! cun giler..!!
most beautiful car at that by a margin... me salute..
still remember when i was studying in univ malaya 10 years ago there was this lecturer driving that exact version n in that color, i wuz going like dadadadaaammmm! cun giler..!!
most beautiful car at that by a margin... me salute..
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Wingzee, wondering where did you get those headlamps?
