Removal
of
the door panel
In
order to install the MATCH speakers
in
the ori-
ginal mounting positions it
is
mandatory to remove
the door panels.
If you are uncertain how to remove the panels,
please either ask your local BMW dealer or
an
ex-
perienced car audio dealer for assistance.
In
any
case follow the instructions
of
the car manufacturer.
Here are some important hints:
1.
The door panel
is
fastened with several hidden
screws to the metal sheet
of
the door. Make sure
that you have loosened all screws before you try to
remove the door panel.
2.
Additionally the door panel
is
fixed by numerous
plastic clips, which may be damaged during the
disassembly when the ambient temperature
is
be-
low 1
ooc.
Always pull the door panel horizontally
to
loosen the
clips-
never apply any vertical force.
Note that broken plastic clips have to be replaced
before reinstalling the door panel
in
order to avoid
undesired rattle and noise.
Installation
of
the MS 4C-BMW.1
The
MS
4C-BMW.1 consists
of
a 2-way component
system, which will be mounted
in
the original spea-
ker locations. After you have dismantled the door
panels, you can remove the original midrange spea-
kers. Then reinstall the new MATCH midwoofers,
using the included screws.
For the installation
of
the tweeters you have to re-
move the mirror triangles that incorporated the ori-
ginal tweeters. Extract the original tweeters from
the triangles and replace them by the new MATCH
tweeters. If you own a car that hasn't any tweeters
installed ex works, you have to buy the appropriate
mirror triangles as spare parts from your BMW dea-
ler first before you install the
MS
4C-BMW.1.
After the installation of the midwoofers and the
tweeters you have to connect them to the crossover
network using the included cable harness. Please
note that all wires from speaker to crossover net-
work are already pre-assembled with cable shoes
that can simply be fixed using a Phillips-head screw
driver. Carefully check for the right polarity of each
connection.
Then you have to fix the crossover network to the
door panel, e.g. by using some strong, double-
sided adhesive tape or hot glue. Make sure that
you choose
an
appropriate recess
in
the door panel
as position for the crossover network itself, so that
it does not collide with any other part
of
the door
structure when you reassemble the door panel.
Finally you have to connect the original speaker
cable to the input
of
the crossover network. This re-
quires cutting offthe original connectorwith pincers.
Never cut the cables directly behind the connector
itself if you like to reconnect them at a later date.
The original speaker cables have to be equipped
with the crimp terminals. These crimp terminals
stick
in
one
of
the pre-assembled cables. If you
don't have a dedicated crimping tool you can use
combination pliers for fixing the terminals to the ori-
ginal cables as well.
Installation
of
the MS 4X-BMW.1
The MS 4X-BMW.1
is
a 2-way coaxial system,
which will be installed
in
the original midrange
speaker positions. After you have dismantled the
door panels, you can remove the original midrange
speakers. Then reinstall the new MATCH coaxial
speakers, using the included screws.
After the installation of the speakers you have to
connect them to the inline crossover networks. Fi-
nally you have to connect the original speaker cable
to the input of the inline crossover network. This re-
quires cutting offthe original connectorwith pincers.
Never cut the cables directly behind the connector
itself if you like to reconnect them at a later date.
The original speaker cables have to
be
equipped
with the crimp terminals. These crimp terminals
stick
in
the cables
of
the inline crossover network.
If you don't have a dedicated crimping tool you can
use combination pliers for fixing the terminals to the
original cables as well.
Installation
of
the MS 8B-BMW.1
The installation of the under-seat subwoofers re-
quires dismantling the front seats of the
car,
each
fixed by four screws. Next you have to remove the
original speaker grilles, allowing accessing the woo-
fers themselves. Now replace the original woofers
by the new MATCH subs. For proper operation
of the subwoofers it might be necessary to partly
remove the foam around the speaker mounting
hole. After that you have to re-assemble the origi-
nal speaker grilles. Finally you have
to
reinstall the
front seats. Please double-check that you have tigh
ten each of the four mounting screws of each seat
properly!
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