Doug H

My 04 C2 has the $ 1625.00 or whatever Bose option. Sound is anemic. Problem is the incompadability of 1 ohm Bose with other products and all of those useless spekaers grills all over the car. I am cool with it on my TT because the radio is always turned down. I, however, would look a nice system in my C2 work horse.

Questions: Anyone have any input in doing a clean install and getting rid of all that useless garbage speakers grills everywhere. I hate to be so blount, but it is just such a waste for what your could do with even only $ 2,000 and without having speakers holes all over the car.

Maybe just adding a sub box in the back would be a permissible band aide. Is this an easy hook up.

I have the gear to go McIntosh 406 control unit, MCC 440 amp, MC 301M sub amp, 3 way Dynaudios and an IDMAX. This would leave empty or dead speakers in back seats and on dash. May could run some 5.25 QSDs in the rear.

What is anyone else doing. Stereo upgrades are so much easier on the older 911s.

docjackson1

you are so right-before porsche went with the most system, upgrades were easy-they really screwed things up. when i took mine to a few local sterio shops, they all told me impossible without spending big bucks. i guess you might have to install a totally seperate system.

mim3

I am considering MB Quart QSD 216's (tweeter in dash/mids in door), JL Audio 12W7 Sub box in back w/CD Changer, and Xtant 604 to drive it all. Looks like these guys build a pretty good sub box: www.caraudioinnovations.com

I would also like to hear what others have done.

Keyvan

I've spent month calling and talking to people and there is no easy solution short of stripping everyting out and starting again. Maybe some speaker upgrades but that's about it espically if you want to keep the PCM2 Navigation.

Doug H

I am not so worried about stripping everything out as I am about the speaker arangements. I would rather have a nice three way in the doors. If I did this, I will have like 20 speaker grills all over that car most of which will be empty. Love to get a new dash cover without the speaker grills.

chitownbob

Hey Mim3,

Are those MB's drop ins or do you need to fabricate something to install them?

Bob

mim3

My understanding is that you will need to modify the "baffle" which resides in the lower door panel.

MLA911

I went with MB Quart 5 1/4" seperates for the front, with the midrange in the door replacing the existing Nokia POS, and the tweeter in the dash location, replacing the stock tweeter. The 4" midrange in the dash remained but is inoperable. In the rear I replaced the 4" existing midrange with Boston Acoustic 4" coaxials, which basically act as fill. The tweeter is disconnected. There was no modification necessary, the MB's and Boston's fit the stock locations with minimal adjustment. Bass comes from a custom box which has (2) 8" Image Dymanic subwoofers, and sits behind the rear seats in the lower shelf, perfectly. This is all powered by a MRV-F450 Alpine 5-channel AMP which is mounted in the trunk. Also have XM satelite, which is a must. I'm not excalty sure about the Bose speaker layout but I think it is similar to the Hi-Fi option. The three ways will fit the stock locations in the dash and the door as long as they are 4" and 5 1/4", respectively. Good Luck!