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but I have "bench tested" it outside the car. Hooked it up to an amplifier
and it definitely acts as a high pass filter
I don't expect any problems but
The capacitor is rather large (about the size of a 1/3 roll of those lifesaver candies)
so I hope there is enough room in the dash around the tweeter site to fit the capacitor.
that is probably the only thing i'm concerned about with this install
Last edited by eyeslasher1; 02-29-2016 at 05:55 PM.
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There should be plenty of room below the tweeter mount for that cap. I would recommend wrapping it in a strip of foam tape just so that it doesn't try to rattle against any plastic under the surface.
I replaced those crap Bose tweeters with Ciare CT250. Sounds 10 times better, and I don't really think that Burmester sounds that great to begin with. They fit right into the existing hole with existing metal bracket and bare end wires are plugged into the Bose connector. Electric tape is applied to hold them into place just in case. No soldering needed. Also, I just yanked the grills out leaving that stubborn clip to drop. Picked them up with shallow magnet and never bothered to put them back on. Grills hold with two clips just fine.
Appreciate this is a Bose thread that already has a sub, but has anyone installed a sub in the designated location either R or L to upgrade a standard stereo installation to include a sub ?
I would assume the captive nuts to hold the sub in place are installed on all cars ?
Appreciate the amp requirements etc, but does there seem to be any other physical features in the sub box area that may not be in a standard car ?
Last edited by Downunder55; 03-07-2016 at 08:52 PM.
Appreciate this is a Bose thread that already has a sub, but has anyone installed a sub in the designated location either R or L to upgrade a standard stereo installation to include a sub ?
I would assume the captive nuts to hold the sub in place are installed on all cars ?
Appreciate the amp requirements etc, but does there seem to be any other physical features in the sub box area that may not be in a standard car sub ?
The provisions for the factory subwoofer do not exist in the ASK base system. I just did a full analysis on one yesterday.
Your best opportunity for adding a subwoofer to that platform is aftermarket.
The provisions for the factory subwoofer do not exist in the ASK base system. I just did a full analysis on one yesterday.
Your best opportunity for adding a subwoofer to that platform is aftermarket.
Wow thanks 12vNick ........... that is very interesting, I would have thought that in manufacturing it would have been easier just to include the sound box area, I even thought it looked like just part of the body structure that they then used for the sub sound box. ...... back to the drawing board it would seem.
Appreciate this is a Bose thread that already has a sub, but has anyone installed a sub in the designated location either R or L to upgrade a standard stereo installation to include a sub ?
I would assume the captive nuts to hold the sub in place are installed on all cars ?
Appreciate the amp requirements etc, but does there seem to be any other physical features in the sub box area that may not be in a standard car ?
Originally Posted by Downunder55
Wow thanks 12vNick ........... that is very interesting, I would have thought that in manufacturing it would have been easier just to include the sound box area, I even thought it looked like just part of the body structure that they then used for the sub sound box. ...... back to the drawing board it would seem.
Really didn't like the thought of a footwell sub.
No problem, happy to help.
If you have a coupe, a good custom shop can build an OE-looking enclosure in the rear package tray.
What are your goals for the performance? I might be able to help with some suggestions.
Any luck on putting together those upgrade packages?
They're in the works. With anything we do there's a epic amount of R&D involved. Just finished all of the in-depth research on the base stereo model yesterday. Schedule to finish the Bose system analysis in a couple weeks. If everything falls in place the way we hope we'll be taking pre-orders in the next two months.
Installed today by my audio guys. First time for them. Like 1.5hrs. They can do it in like 1hr next time.
For the clips, they just snipped the top of the clip a bit. Worked great, without all that filing. Put the capacitors on as well. They were a tight fit under the tweeters. The new grill covers are very hard to snap into place too.
Still can't believe what a piece of junk the Bose tweeters are. Quarter sized junk that cost no more than $5.00 to make.
Tony, thanks for all the pics and step by step and Lunarx for starting this.
I am glad I did not attempt to do this myself!
What are the most up to date preferred settings now??
02-29-2016, 05:16 PM
What are the most up to date preferred settings now??
