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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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Does anyone know if there is a factory amplifier to bypass similar to the Bose kind on the Fbodies? This is for a 1994 BMW 3 Series. Thanks.
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 01:04 AM
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Does anyone know if there is a factory amplifier to bypass similar to the Bose kind on the Fbodies? This is for a 1994 BMW 3 Series. Thanks.
You could just rewire everything from scratch, that's what I'm going to do.
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Yeah I know. But I want to do as little work as possible. If there is not factory amplifier to bypass, then I want have to do a complete rewire.
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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There is a factory amplifier, but you can wire everything up like you normally would and it will work. What are your plans for the system?
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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Very simple. I'm just replacing the head unit and speakers. I had actually planned to find the best components for the car, but the person was impatient and bought whatever. I'll find out tomorrow what brand and type everything is. The person wanted good sound with a good amount of base without going to a subwoofer, but I think he got Best Buy "expert" help and I don't believe he got what he needed. Oh well.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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Just wire in the headunit and speakers like you normally would, the factory amp can handle a line in from the headunit. If you go to some of these "pro" audio shops, they'll tell you that you need a PAC OEM II or something similar, don't listen to that. Although if your customer wants a quality system, I would rewire the whole system with a quality amp, headunit, and speakers.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Yeah. This person only bought the head unit and speakers. No amp. As mentioned before, I don't even know the brand or quality yet of any of the items. I'll just make do with what's there. If it's not what he wanted, too bad. He should have been patient, not my fault.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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Hey everyone,

Just continuing on with this thread. I'll be posting this up in the audio section as well. Does anyone know what speakers to get in order to get decent bass without a sub and good treble. It's for the same BMW in the bigging of the thread. Thanks.
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Get some component speakers.
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Component speakers on all four corners? There is already a set of stock tweeters. Should I replace those too?
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 93Z28rare
Very simple. I'm just replacing the head unit and speakers. I had actually planned to find the best components for the car, but the person was impatient and bought whatever. I'll find out tomorrow what brand and type everything is. The person wanted good sound with a good amount of base without going to a subwoofer, but I think he got Best Buy "expert" help and I don't believe he got what he needed. Oh well.
Bass not base. DUH!








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Thats for tvis, smartass (inside joke)

Back to the thread. Dont be lazy, rewire.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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Thats for tvis, smartass (inside joke)

Back to the thread. Dont be lazy, rewire.
Made that mistake awhile back and you barely caught it now? Not my fault you can't text. I'm gonna call you Na-tvis from now on.

And hell no I don't want to rewire.
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Like everyone else is said "Just rewire everything"
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Here is the link to Bimmer Forums that I have used for my E46. It has helped me with my bimmer just like LS1tech has for the SS.

BMW's are some what more complicated than F-bodies, so please do your homework first.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/index.php
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