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      05-24-2019, 01:32 AM   #45
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No drilling required... check the inside of your B&W cover it should be easier to understand where are the clips and how to take cover out
We're you able to pull the speaker grill out from the front of the door.

I took a pic of my door panel off,
The red arrow is where my speaker cover is.
I see 2 silver screws which I circled in red.
And I circled in blue another 4 pieces, not sure what they are? Do they unscrew? Do I need to open that up to take the speaker cover out?
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We're you able to pull the speaker grill out from the front of the door.

I took a pic of my door panel off,
The red arrow is where my speaker cover is.
I see 2 silver screws which I circled in red.
And I circled in blue another 4 pieces, not sure what they are? Do they unscrew? Do I need to open that up to take the speaker cover out?
unscrew and push out slowly out

you can easily see which one is which just by putting grille above the doors and comparing those holes placement with screws in your doors

p.s. those black ones are some sort of clips
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We're you able to pull the speaker grill out from the front of the door.

I took a pic of my door panel off,
The red arrow is where my speaker cover is.
I see 2 silver screws which I circled in red.
And I circled in blue another 4 pieces, not sure what they are? Do they unscrew? Do I need to open that up to take the speaker cover out?
unscrew and push out slowly out

you can easily see which one is which just by putting grille above the doors and comparing those holes placement with screws in your doors
Thanks man! I almost gave up on it.

Can't even sleep because I have a door panel missing from my car right now lol.

I'll try that first thing in the morning.

Did you use the speakers that came with the B&W set or you kept the stock H&K?

I was thinking about keeping the original ones, but I realized that the new one have the silver lining around it, which I think help with the lighting
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Those drivers look like they’re pretty good quality, any pics of the rear of the driver? Magnet etc?
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any luck? did you go any further?
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any luck? did you go any further?
Dude I literally just finished the whole setup
5 mins ago!! I've been at it for 5 hours lol.
My whole shirt is drenched in sweat, it was a crazy humid day here today.

I kept breaking clips, but I purchased like 15 of them from bmw so it was alright.

At the end, they look amazing. It was totally worth it!!

Thank for all your help
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Dude I literally just finished the whole setup
5 mins ago!! I've been at it for 5 hours lol.
My whole shirt is drenched in sweat, it was a crazy humid day here today.

I kept breaking clips, but I purchased like 15 of them from bmw so it was alright.

At the end, they look amazing. It was totally worth it!!

Thank for all your help
so how do you like sound?

good that I've told you to prepare some extra clips
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Dude I literally just finished the whole setup
5 mins ago!! I've been at it for 5 hours lol.
My whole shirt is drenched in sweat, it was a crazy humid day here today.

I kept breaking clips, but I purchased like 15 of them from bmw so it was alright.

At the end, they look amazing. It was totally worth it!!

Thank for all your help
so how do you like sound?

good that I've told you to prepare some extra clips
Yeah for sure!! I needed every single one of those too.

You know I haven't really tested out the sound yet, I was just so amazed with the lighting that I didn't care about anything else. I will need to check them out tomorrow.

What were your thoughts on the sound?
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Those drivers look like they're pretty good quality, any pics of the rear of the driver? Magnet etc?
Sorry bro, didn't know this msg was for me.
I put the speaker in already, wasn't able to take pics of it.

I did take some videos while I was doing the install. If you decide to purchase them and need some help with installation, PM me and I'll try to send them to you
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
Also very interested in this. Would be great to hear from someone who has replaced HK with these
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Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
Also very interested in this. Would be great to hear from someone who has replaced HK with these
Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
Also very interested in this. Would be great to hear from someone who has replaced HK with these
Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
did these require coding to illuminate or did they light up as soon as they were plugged in?
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did these require coding to illuminate or did they light up as soon as you plugged them in?
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
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Did you guys both have the Hi-Fi system when replacing these? Or did you have HK and moved to these?

Curious on the difference these vs HK stock.

The look is amazing..!!
Also very interested in this. Would be great to hear from someone who has replaced HK with these
Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
did these require coding to illuminate or did they light up as soon as they were plugged in?
No coding needed. Works after plugging in
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I managed to take my 2017 G30 with the basic no amp no tweeter set up to a full B&W retrofit.

Getting speaker wires to the rear doors was the trickiest part.

I'll organise all the photos and post them once I[IMG][/IMG]
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Rear door card with B&W taken from a 530 gt and retrofitted.
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Hardest part was running the speaker cable and it was luck more than design that I had the flat speaker cable and managed to feed thru the gap.
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Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
Do you mind taking a photo of them at night? I been meaning to do this and finally came across this.
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Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
Do you mind taking a photo of them at night? I been meaning to do this and finally came across this.
It looks exactly the same as the video aadum posted here on this thread.
If you would still like me to take a pic and post it let me know
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Hey, I did replace these with my HK with these speakers. The sound quality is not as good as HK but the lighting looks really good.
Do you mind taking a photo of them at night? I been meaning to do this and finally came across this.
It looks exactly the same as the video aadum posted here on this thread.
If you would still like me to take a pic and post it let me know
Quickly took a few daytime pics of the speakers
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Quickly took a few daytime pics of the speakers

I appreciate that. Came out really good! I definitely need to do this asap.
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