Change those Rear Tweeters (write up and pictures)

[Nitro Nollie]

I wanted to upgrade my rear tweeters with some Jl Audio XR's. This is what I did:

1) Remove speaker panel and separate the tweeter housing from the rear speaker panel.

2) Inside the speaker housing you'll see the tweeter mount. Pull out the tweeter mount.

3) Place the stock tweeter mount on a clamp and dremel out the stock speaker around its edge.

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4) After your done clean the tweeter mount. It will look like this.


5) Now insert the tweeter. I used 2 part clear epoxy (I bought it at local hardware store) to glue in the tweeter. I placed the glue on the back side so you wouldn't see it.


6) Let it dry for about a day. Slide the tweeter mount back into the tweeter housing... It fits perfect.


7)You're done!!! Put everything back. The epoxy that I used smelled really bad, so I let the tweeters mount sit in my garage for about 2 days, before I finally placed it in my car.

[Platanos]

Good job! I'll have to do this sometime. Do the JL's sound better?

[Nitro Nollie]

They sound so much better... you can not even compare the two.

[Nitro Nollie]

Thanks alot!! yes those are 1", the jl fit perfectl and they sound great!!!

[Nitro Nollie]

Perfect. It's good to see that the bmw sound systems CAN be made better without spending that much money

Not really, the JL audio XR speakers and a custom fiberglass sub box in the rear with a 10w6v2 and all jl; audio amps was a pocket full of cash! But oh so worth it!

Oh, one more question. Have you done any upgrades to the front speakers of the car? that seems to give me the hardest problems

Check out the front install, I coverd this one on another post.

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7725