Recent content by Paul Curtis

Can't argue with a fire! What was he trying to hook up?

Yes, but often on the BMWs there are no spare 'slots' for adding anything to the fuse 'box' on the battery. But there is the actual fuse box inside the car at the back of the passenger glove box. This is where the 30 amp fuse for the factory Amp would normally be, but I don't have that just the...

Fair point. Although way easier to pull from the actual fuse box? There are 50 amp fuses in that fuse box and so it has the main line to the battery? In the box itself there are many slots which have the positive rail and no fuses in. Either I manage to get in behind the fuse box panel to get...

Hi, Looking to pull power for a 30amp amp from the fuse box of a BMW X1. The easiest way to do this is to use a fuse tap with a 30 amp fuse, that means not having to mess with behind the fusebox and makes it easy to swap and change. The only fuse taps that I've been able to find though -...

Really appreciate the response. So it sounds like really the amp will be the best next step. I don't know whether the head unit of this BMW would be rated to drive the woofers at 2 ohm. And in fact the signal is split at the woofer side with some dodgy cross over to the mids in the door and...

Hi All, So not an expert and I've just replaced all the speakers on a base audio X1 with Audison, with new tweeter pillars as well. The difference is night and day so very happy. I'm still using the base head unit. I do have an audison amp as well which I have not installed yet because that...