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      05-11-2019, 05:37 PM   #23
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That's awesome man!! Looks great.

How was the installation? Did you need to drill anything at all?

The link you posted offers them for around $528 shipped. The company from China offers them for $360 shipped. Wonder if there is a difference
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That's awesome man!! Looks great.

How was the installation? Did you need to drill anything at all?

The link you posted offers them for around $528 shipped. The company from China offers them for $360 shipped. Wonder if there is a difference
No drilling at all.... Everything fitted as factory....
There are no instructions for installation but you can find online instructions for bavsound speakers and follow that....
The wiring is plug and play although it looks complicated at first.

i think this Chinese page is only for those speakers in the corner not for the doors too...Double check with them.... Better safe than sorry
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I really wanted these to look stupid...and yet they don't and now I want them, assuming they sound as good as the Harmon Kardons... crap... more money ...
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I really wanted these to look stupid...and yet they don't and now I want them, assuming they sound as good as the Harmon Kardons... crap... more money ...
i bought these even before i bought my car
I am not sure how they compare to HK sound wise but i' ve read couple of threads people complanining about HK an they took those German speakers (Eton) and replaced the HK speakers
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That's awesome man!! Looks great.

How was the installation? Did you need to drill anything at all?

The link you posted offers them for around $528 shipped. The company from China offers them for $360 shipped. Wonder if there is a difference
No drilling at all.... Everything fitted as factory....
There are no instructions for installation but you can find online instructions for bavsound speakers and follow that....
The wiring is plug and play although it looks complicated at first.

i think this Chinese page is only for those speakers in the corner not for the doors too...Double check with them.... Better safe than sorry
Seems like this company includes everything. They said US $360.00 shipped.

I should receive it in 5 days, hopefully it all turns out as they say.
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that's significantly cheaper! good...hope they turn out to be same quality
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that's significantly cheaper! good...hope they turn out to be same quality
Yeah me 2! Took a chance on it, hopefully it doesn't come back to bite me.

The OP posted pics of his set that he received from this same company I ordered from. Do they look similar to the ones you got?
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Yeah me 2! Took a chance on it, hopefully it doesn't come back to bite me.

The OP posted pics of his set that he received from this same company I ordered from. Do they look similar to the ones you got?


they look similar not sure if they are 100%...when you do get them attach few pictures and i should be able to see if they are same
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Yeah me 2! Took a chance on it, hopefully it doesn't come back to bite me.

The OP posted pics of his set that he received from this same company I ordered from. Do they look similar to the ones you got?


they look similar not sure if they are 100%...when you do get them attach few pictures and i should be able to see if they are same
I will for sure. Tracking shows I should receive them on Tuesday.
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I will for sure. Tracking shows I should receive them on Tuesday.
Be great if you could photo the install and maybe put a guide together? Especially the wiring side for the ambient lighting hook up etc..

aadum Looks great by the way, and the sound is good also?
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I will for sure. Tracking shows I should receive them on Tuesday.
Be great if you could photo the install and maybe put a guide together? Especially the wiring side for the ambient lighting hook up etc..

aadum Looks great by the way, and the sound is good also?
This is their instruction sheet for installation.
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Be great if you could photo the install and maybe put a guide together? Especially the wiring side for the ambient lighting hook up etc..

aadum Looks great by the way, and the sound is good also?
sounds great , much better than original hi fi system.... now looking to upgrade amp, rear systems,under seat woofers with eton speakers.....
what i am not sure and trying to find out if original Harman Kardon amp can replace (plug and play) hi fi amp...
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p.s you can find full installation video on speakers from bavsound on youtube
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p.s you can find full installation video on speakers from bavsound on youtube
I did watch that, but lost confidence in the guy in the video after the first 20 seconds. Seemed a bit gung ho. Was obviously not his own car

But the video does give you a good idea on how to do the strip down. Rear speakers looked simple as!

Has anyone priced genuine B&W speakers?
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p.s you can find full installation video on speakers from bavsound on youtube
I did watch that, but lost confidence in the guy in the video after the first 20 seconds. Seemed a bit gung ho. Was obviously not his own car

But the video does give you a good idea on how to do the strip down. Rear speakers looked simple as!

Has anyone priced genuine B&W speakers?
Haha!! I just watched that video.

I hope I don't have to do all that just to put these covers on lol.

I'm not sure how comfortable I am about pulling that whole door panel out.
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Haha!! I just watched that video.

I hope I don't have to do all that just to put these covers on lol.

I'm not sure how comfortable I am about pulling that whole door panel out.
it is really easy...i did it on couple of my cars.... just make sure you don'tput screwdriver or something to open up initially..the rest goes easily.... even if you break those few clips they are like 10$ for few pieces..... make sure you buy few just in case
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Haha!! I just watched that video.

I hope I don't have to do all that just to put these covers on lol.

I'm not sure how comfortable I am about pulling that whole door panel out.
it is really easy...i did it on couple of my cars.... just make sure you don'tput screwdriver or something to open up initially..the rest goes easily.... even if you break those few clips they are like 10$ for few pieces..... make sure you buy few just in case
Shipment finally came in Parts look pretty good!

So I just realized the instructions I posted before don't seem that helpful lol.

Any recommendation of any other instructions for installation? I didn't even know that the door panel needed to be taken off.
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Shipment finally came in Parts look pretty good!

So I just realized the instructions I posted before don't seem that helpful lol.

Any recommendation of any other instructions for installation? I didn't even know that the door panel needed to be taken off.
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Shipment finally came in Parts look pretty good!

So I just realized the instructions I posted before don't seem that helpful lol.

Any recommendation of any other instructions for installation? I didn't even know that the door panel needed to be taken off.
So I got the door removed and got the covers plugged in.

The tweeters are fine. I can't figure out how to get the bottom speaker covers off? Do I need to drill holes in them?
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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
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I take it these kits don’t have the extra covers change the cover in the rear doors and parcel shelf? So you end up with a B&W HK hybrid system?
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I take it these kits don’t have the extra covers change the cover in the rear doors and parcel shelf? So you end up with a B&W HK hybrid system?
you can get those on e bay or ali express
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