Hi there, I'm obviously a new member on here & wanted to seek a little bit of knowledge on a 2006 6 MT white coupe I have found. Its a one owner (70 yr old lady) , sport package, heated seats but does not have the Premium package. Has the plane Jane rear view mirror with no Bose sound system. The question I have is there an aftermarket audio company out there that has an upgraded OE sound system that would be a plug & play without any cutting? And the same for an Ipod adapter as well? For example there is one for BMW owners named BSW.com. Thanks!

 

http://www.myg35mods.com/tutorials/ipod/

 

Thanks for the speedy reply. Now is there an optional PnP sound system. Bavsound.com uses Raimbow speaker brand for the BMW and Mini products that requires no cutting. Obviously I wished this car had the Bose from the factory but unfortunatly it does not.

 

hate to break it to ya, but anytime im buying a car and it has bose its the first thing to come out. Bose makes some of the worst sounding equipment I have ever used. /rant

there is no easy swappable unit for the G35. The bose unit is not PNP with the base setup, the harness are roughly the same but you need RCA harness,amps, and the bose speakers to go with it. Not worth it.

 

I'm not a huge Bose fan either but its better than the non Bose from the factory. The system sounds anemic with just the door speakers and whatever else it has. So if I end up buying the car I would have to spend extra cash on a decent SS. I used to be in the scene many years back in regards to hi end speakers,etc. But now I'm out of the loop. Any good setups that would be similar to a PnP or as close to it such as what Bavsound.com puts out ?

 

I think the base set up in the G35 sounds better than the bose honestly.

You would be better off spending the extra money on a new set up. The only downer is that the dash kit for this car is close to $300 with ac controller. So you have to include that in your budget.

 

Well being there seems to be no PnP available what do you suggest ? Was not really looking to swap out a new HU and I realize OE HU's are one of the major weak links but can I get away with a good speaker setup without swapping the HU ? And also without adding amps to the trunk?

 

you kinda ruled everything out HAHA.

I would replace the front door speakers and add an amp to them.

Use a Line out put converter to get the signal from the headunit, and then plug the RCAs from the LOC to the amp. It will sound decent.

 

Any recommendations, links to name brands, additional equipment needed ? Like I had mentioned I'm out of the loop to hi end audio these days. I remember Polk being a pretty good player in regards to speakers. As for the amp for the door speakers not too sure. And what is LOC ? Lol.

 

so just front speakers and an amp?

whats your budget overall including wires?

Are you doing this yourself? Labor is usually $70-$80/ hr

LOC = line out put converter, it allows you to tap into your speaker wires and converters the hi level signal(speaker wire) to low level (RCA) so that you can plug the RCAs coming out of the LOC into an amp....sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. LOCs are usually under $50

 

Correct. Just speakers and wires. Budget not too sure. 5-700 bucks perhaps. And I would have the work done by an installer.

 

No. It isn't. I had a sedan with and a sedan without bose. It's worse.

Anyway this whole "plug & play" ...

Buy any 6.5" speakers you want and MDF speaker spacers from zenclosures.com. Everything will work and be completely invisible from the outside.

Your speakers adapter ring screws onto the MDF speaker spacer as shown, and the speaker spacer screws into the factory holes in the door.

 

Along with an amp ?

 

Amp? Yes The factory headunit doesn't push much, so upgrading the speakers without doing an amp is a bit of a waste.

You could probably get away with a small ~200w RMS amp under the passenger seat. The power is easy to get through the firewall by going through the same rubber gasket that the factory wiring goes through. Detour the speaker wiring through the passenger seat and back and you're done.