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<blockquote data-quote="TaylorFade" data-source="post: 8097211" data-attributes="member: 618111">[quote name=&#039;sjv13&#039;]1) What are your guys&amp;#39; thoughts on putting a nice stereo in a sports car? In this case, an e46 BMW M3. It&amp;#39;s a &quot;driver&amp;#39;s car&quot; and it&amp;#39;s decently noise b/c of engine and exhaust, but it would still be nice to be able to jam out hardcore in it. As long as it&amp;#39;s done tastefully... I say go for it. It&amp;#39;s not an &amp;#39;M&amp;#39; but I&amp;#39;m doing a system in my 135i as we speak. It&amp;#39;s a BMW. Treat it as such.2) What&amp;#39;s the cost of having a car audio shop (a good one) that does custom work put in door panels or speaker pods that will allow me to run whatever speakers I choose and sound good doing so? Maybe put in 6.5&quot; or 8&quot; subs in the doors?Jehnhart makes door cards. I don&amp;#39;t know if they make them for the e46, but it&amp;#39;s worth looking into if double door mounted woofers are something you&amp;#39;re interested in. Otherwise... expect to pay $400-500+ for custom door panels.3) Is it okay to run those subs in the doors with a 12&quot; on around 1000-1500rms in the trunk? I know you&amp;#39;re not supposed to mix sub sizes, but I feel this is different. I wouldn&amp;#39;t. There is some merit to bass &quot;confusion&quot; (the actual term escapes me) but without enough proper processing, it&amp;#39;d probably sound like booty. 4) On Crutchfield, when I put in this car (e46 M3) it says installation of any aftermarket HU will require fabrication of mounts, etc.... what does this really mean, and can I just buy something that&amp;#39;s already made or do I really have to fabricate or have someone else fabricate something?Again... I don&amp;#39;t know about the e46, but my car... the OEM HU has to stay to facilitate some of the software upgrades and a lot of the car&amp;#39;s &quot;computer&quot; stuff. Best bet is to leave the OEM and get a processor and amps. or, look into it. Maybe you can replace it.Now that I think about it... &quot;nutnbutcustoms&quot; on here has an e46. Maybe he&amp;#39;ll chime in.I dont own this car yet, but I plan to some day and I was just curious how this is all going to pan out.</blockquote>&nbsp;[USER=576497]@nutnbutcustm[/USER];[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="TaylorFade, post: 8097211, member: 618111"] [quote name='sjv13']1) What are your guys' thoughts on putting a nice stereo in a sports car? In this case, an e46 BMW M3. It's a "driver's car" and it's decently noise b/c of engine and exhaust, but it would still be nice to be able to jam out hardcore in it. [COLOR="red"]As long as it's done tastefully... I say go for it. It's not an 'M' but I'm doing a system in my 135i as we speak. It's a BMW. Treat it as such.[/COLOR] 2) What's the cost of having a car audio shop (a good one) that does custom work put in door panels or speaker pods that will allow me to run whatever speakers I choose and sound good doing so? Maybe put in 6.5" or 8" subs in the doors? [COLOR="red"]Jehnhart makes door cards. I don't know if they make them for the e46, but it's worth looking into if double door mounted woofers are something you're interested in. Otherwise... expect to pay $400-500+ for custom door panels.[/COLOR] 3) Is it okay to run those subs in the doors with a 12" on around 1000-1500rms in the trunk? I know you're not supposed to mix sub sizes, but I feel this is different. [COLOR="red"]I wouldn't. There is some merit to bass "confusion" (the actual term escapes me) but without enough proper processing, it'd probably sound like booty. [/COLOR] 4) On Crutchfield, when I put in this car (e46 M3) it says installation of any aftermarket HU will require fabrication of mounts, etc.... what does this really mean, and can I just buy something that's already made or do I really have to fabricate or have someone else fabricate something? [COLOR="red"]Again... I don't know about the e46, but my car... the OEM HU has to stay to facilitate some of the software upgrades and a lot of the car's "computer" stuff. Best bet is to leave the OEM and get a processor and amps. or, look into it. Maybe you can replace it. Now that I think about it... "nutnbutcustoms" on here has an e46. Maybe he'll chime in.[/COLOR] I dont own this car yet, but I plan to some day and I was just curious how this is all going to pan out.[/QUOTE] [USER=576497]@nutnbutcustm[/USER]; [/QUOTE]

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