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      12-16-2018, 07:13 PM   #1
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F30 budget speaker upgrade

First thing this is my very fist post on anything.

Im not responsible if u F*** up.

also if ure not ready to cut ure OE speakers up stop here..

So i was tired of my speakers making this rattle and im in a budget cant spend 600+for speakers. i will be buying better speakers latter on for now i got boss 4 inch speakers all around.

so lets start u need to take off the panels but i wont add it on here since there are a lot of post about that.

i know there are adapters that u can buy but again budget 80 plus ship not goin to happen sorry.

U need:

safety glasses make sure u got some u dont want this S*** in ure eyes.

Gloves

Dremel with a cut off disks

A grinding stone or u can use a router bit

take off ure OE speaker

use the dremel with cut off wheel to cut the blue lines


take off the cone off the speaker and center that u cut out


ure left with this


now change ure bit out for a grinding or router bit grind around the center till ure new speaker fits.


now that it fits ure going to attache it with black screws and speed clips that come with most new speakers u need to dremel out some tab pcs and cut off the extra screw that is sticking out shown here




Now that its on there make a cut out where the speaker wire is going to go i just made it close the the speaker connection.

blue line sorry i lost the original picture but u get the idea.


all done




now its up to you how u hook it up u can splice or get the wire adapter.
Then install ure door panel back done.

this is with the mesh grill off so u can see the fit.
grill does fit no problems



hope this helps the big spenders like me.

also they do not hit the rear glass or front just in case u want to ask.
i have had this set up for over a month now 0 issues or problems and no rattle.

these are the specs on the speakers
model # BE423
WOOFER SIZE 4"
MIDRANGE SIZE 1.25"
TWEETER SIZE 0.5"
MOUNTING DEPTH 1.75"
MOUNTING DIAMETER 3.67"

Let me know what u guys think.
I know there are better ways to hold the speakers but yeah.
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      12-17-2018, 02:34 AM   #2
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“You” did all of that to fix a rattle? Where was “your” rattle, in the speaker itself?
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If the driver was blown it would rattle, but that's not an indicator of the driver being of poor quality. To the contrary, the OEM drivers are actually quite good.
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      12-19-2018, 03:38 PM   #4
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It was 2 right side speakers came apart from the cone and speaker frame. think it was the glue holding the 2 together
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That would certainly cause rattling. 99 times out of 100 that kind of damage is caused by playing too loud over an extended period.
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Yeah bumper to bumper traffic 5 days a week you have to play ure music loud
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