I luckily was able to get round this by using a slightly larger screw I luckily had lying about, after filing the spacer ring some more.ħ. MISTAKE! Stripped one of the little torx retaining threads in the enclosure.

I then got it nearly there and attempted to screw the speaker back into the enclosure, thinking that the spacer would give and allow the speaker / spacer assembly to sit tight. My spacers were unfortunately not large enough to allow the speaker to fit through and I needed to file away the inside of the spacer ring for while to get the speaker to fit. Pass wire through hole and fix subwoofer back into enclosure. Solder wires onto speaker terminals and drill 6mm hole in protruding section of spacer. Remove factory subwoofer which is retained by 5 small torx bolts.Ħ. Slide subwoofer slightly upwards but towards centre console and remove from car.ĥ.

Undo 2 10mm bolts towards centre console which locate the enclosure onto the car floor.Ĥ. Get to stage where you have the sill / kick panel trim off, sub grille off, etc from notes in phase 1.Ģ. I also used a soldering iron as I soldered the speaker wire onto the subwoofers terminals.ġ. Wire cutters / crimpers, yellow electrical tape, etc. 79 strand speaker wire (2m) (Maplin - XR72P) Insulated crimp terminal / bullet sockets (4nr) (Maplin - JH84F)Ĥ. Spacer set for SWS-8 Install (4nr spacers in set) E90post - 'jtsherri'ģ. so it was just because I went chasing I found out what the score was.Ģ. they didn't think to actually let me know though.

Except of course having to deal with Parcel Force in the UK who held the package until I payed up customs charges. I was dealing with a guy called Kevin and he was very helpful, communicated brilliantly and the whole thing was a pleasure. This is nice because it means you are able to keep the factory grilles but not worry about the subs hitting them when they are being driven hard.Ĭan wholeheartedly recommend them. 2 spacers for the speaker to the enclosure and 2 pieces between the speaker and the BMW grille. I today installed the Earthquake SWS-8X Subwoofers.īit of a faff, even with spacers I ordered from user jtsherri on this forum.

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