DIY: e90 Base Stereo Upgrade Project - Detailed installation instructions with photos

greenfield · 12-17-2015, 10:18 AM

Just want to say thanks for the great write up. I'm on my way to upgrade mine as this write up module.

Rockyz · 12-17-2015, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by greenfield

Just want to say thanks for the great write up. I'm on my way to upgrade mine as this write up module.

Glad you find it useful.

greenfield · 12-18-2015, 10:23 AM

I've been searching to purchase the JL XD600/6, but it is a discontinued product, and found JL XD600/6v2 instead.
The advised guy said it could work w/o the cleansweep.

Does any friend here had experiences on that?
Can Technic hardness be used in this case?

Thanks!

ctuna · 12-18-2015, 11:34 AM

There is the new version but its basicly the same.
It adds signal sensing I think .
But every thing else about having to use a cleansweep or
doing something else to flatten the eq is the same and anybody
that tell you different it full of you know what.

bmw 328i · 09-18-2017, 07:56 PM

can you do this upgrade with a non idrive system.( without nav)

ctuna · 09-19-2017, 12:31 AM

Yes
Its speaker outs in both cases .
I think a base system with pro radio
is actually more common.

Torqu3 · 10-02-2017, 03:25 PM

My front passenger speaker is going out on my car, so it looks like I may be jumping on this sooner than expected. Is it possible to just swap the front speakers first, and then finish the rest as the money rolls in?

vince.salg · 05-15-2019, 11:17 PM

Sorry to bring this back from the dead but I’m having trouble finding the sub wire that I’m suppose to tap into. Any pictures would help or knowing what color wire I should tap into would be amazing help.
Thank you!

12-17-2015, 10:18 AM	#67
greenfield New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: NW iTrader: (0)	Great write up Just want to say thanks for the great write up. I'm on my way to upgrade mine as this write up module.
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12-18-2015, 10:23 AM	#69
greenfield New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: NW iTrader: (0)	Without Cleansweep I've been searching to purchase the JL XD600/6, but it is a discontinued product, and found JL XD600/6v2 instead. The advised guy said it could work w/o the cleansweep. Does any friend here had experiences on that? Can Technic hardness be used in this case? Thanks!
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12-18-2015, 11:34 AM	#70
ctuna Lieutenant General 1911 Rep 13,101 Posts Drives: 325xi 06 wagon MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca iTrader: (0)	There is the new version but its basicly the same There is the new version but its basicly the same. It adds signal sensing I think . But every thing else about having to use a cleansweep or doing something else to flatten the eq is the same and anybody that tell you different it full of you know what.
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bmw 328i Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 2010 bmw 328i Join Date: May 2016 Location: ohio iTrader: (0) Garage List 2010 bmw 328i [0.00]	can you do this upgrade with a non idrive system.( without nav)
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09-19-2017, 12:31 AM	#72
ctuna Lieutenant General 1911 Rep 13,101 Posts Drives: 325xi 06 wagon MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca iTrader: (0)	Yes Its speaker outs in both cases . I think a base system with pro radio is actually more common. Last edited by ctuna; 09-19-2017 at 12:38 AM..
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10-02-2017, 03:25 PM	#73
Torqu3 Major 319 Rep 1,157 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Centralish Texas iTrader: (0)	My front passenger speaker is going out on my car, so it looks like I may be jumping on this sooner than expected. Is it possible to just swap the front speakers first, and then finish the rest as the money rolls in?
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05-15-2019, 11:17 PM	#74
vince.salg Private 8 Rep 68 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW 335i 6MT Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Temecula, CA iTrader: (0)	Sorry to bring this back from the dead but I’m having trouble finding the sub wire that I’m suppose to tap into. Any pictures would help or knowing what color wire I should tap into would be amazing help. Thank you!
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