Here we have a BMW 325ci that we did a complete stereo system upgrade on for a customer from DesPlaines Illinois. We had previously installed a Dynavin “plug-n-play” navigation radio for him that he bought online, but after realizing all the shortcomings that unit had he decided to take that unit out and we installed Kenwoods flagship navigation system , the DNX9990HD. Now that we established a solid foundation for a source unit, we upgraded his front door speakers with Hertz Hi-Energy 6.5″ component speakers, changed out the rear deck speakers with some Kenwood Excelon speakers, installed a custom fiberglass subwoofer enclosure that fit discretely in the right rear corner of trunk and we loaded that with a Kenwood Excelon 10″ subwoofer, and then we added a Kenwood Excelon XR-5s 5 channel digital amplifier to power everything. This was a fine example of a well thought out system that installed with very little modifications to the vehicle itself. The new door speakers fit neatly behind all the factory speaker grills, the rear speakers retained the original BMW speaker grills, the amp was mounted in the trunk where the original BMW amplifier was mounted, and the new subwoofer enclosure was wrapped in carpet to match the original BMW trunk liner material.
In the end we had a great sounding stereo that the customer was extremely happy with!
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- BMW 325ci
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- Original BMW radio
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- bmw radio removed, climate controls removed, getting ready to relocate climate controls down below infront of shifter to make room for new larger kenwood navigation radio
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- heater controls relocated where old storage pocket used to be
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- test fitting new kenwood excelon nav unit in dash
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- Hertz Hi-Energy 6.5″ component set getting ready to be installed in front doors
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- 6.5″ Hertz door speaker
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- Original BMW amplifier mounted in trunk
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- New Kenwood Excelon digital amp is almost the same physical size as the original BMW amp, but offers a lot more power
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- Amp and crossovers for front door speakers mocked up in place
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- original BMW “subwoofer”. This was a sad excuse for a “Sub”
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- inside view of the BMW “subwoofer”, nothing more than two very frail looking 5×7″ speakers
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- the new kenwood 10″ sub that we will be using to replace the original “subwoofer”
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- kenwood sub loaded in new fiberglass enclosure that fits nice and neat in the corner of the trunk so you don’t have to sacrifice and trunk space to get great sounding bass
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- powering up the new unit for the first time!
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- main menu
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- screen shot of the garmin based navigation software of the kenwood
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- DVD menu
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- 13 band equalizer allows you to fine tune your audio experience
