Featured G30 2019 BMW 540i Car Audio Upgrade

[caraudiomonkey]

Hi All,
I am looking to replace my stock, factory, crappy audio system. I have the base model without any premium speakers or additional speaker bays.

What would be the best I could do, without having to rewire the vehicle? I did that once and don't want to go through that headache again.
I'm handy, but have limited time. I'm not opposed to installing sound deadening, either.
Budget is $1K, with an install I could do myself.
I had Rainbow Germanium 1" silk tweeters once and loved them much more than Diamond Audio HEX 1" Aluminum tweeters.

Crutchfield shows:

• 2 front tweeters
• 2 front woofers (4")?
• 1 center woofer???
• 2 rear tweeters, behind rear seats???
• 1 woofer under front passenger seat.

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[RobGMN Premium Member]

Hi All,
I am looking to replace my stock, factory, crappy audio system. I have the base model without any premium speakers or additional speaker bays.

Crutchfield says this is my car audio setup.

What would be the best I could do, without having to rewire the vehicle? I did that once and don't want to go through that headache again.
I'm handy, but have limited time. I'm not opposed to installing sound deadening, either.
I had Rainbow Germanium 1" silk tweeters once and loved them much more than Diamond Audio HEX 1" Aluminum speakers.

You'll need to provide more info than a link to a Crutchfield website. What budget? What do you want the system to do?

The best you can do without doing any wiring is a head unit and speaker replacment.
Beyond that, you'll need to wire for amplifiers.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Does that car have rear door speakers?

 

[caraudiomonkey]

Does that car have rear door speakers?

It does not. It definitely has 2 speakers in the A-pillars - that's all I'm sure of.
According to Crutchfield, it looks like it has front door speakers and it's showing 4-5" woofers (not 5.25") as options.
I updated the first post with a picture of the setup and budget.

 

[caraudiomonkey]

You'll need to provide more info than a link to a Crutchfield website. What budget? What do you want the system to do?

The best you can do without doing any wiring is a head unit and speaker replacment.
Beyond that, you'll need to wire for amplifiers.

Sorry, I meant to include the budget. I updated the first post.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Yeah, it should still have woofers under the front seats as well... would have to pull out the seats to verify. There are a few companies like FOCAL who have direct replacement speakers for all locations. It's not going to be cheap no matter the direction you choose but I think the FOCAL will run off the factory radio/amps.