Recent content by Kev R

Hi all I know I haven't been a massive contributor to discussions on his forum however I have always been around watching, reading and learning! Unfortunately I am having to say goodbye, my beloved Z4 was moved on today for another more practical vehicle, very sad...I have had a brilliant...

Funny enough I was discussing this last week with the missus...I explained about how she would struggle in a manual with no hill assist, we have the auto so no issue, she then asked if the electronic brake would do anything if I passed out at the wheel...bit of wishful thinking on her part me...

Sorry to hear that, hope you get it all sorted without to much pain...

Pure hardcore...always down :wink:

It's a great little gizmo, if you go from comfort to sport while moving along with pressure on the accelerator pedal you physically feel the car surge...I have the 8sp sport auto so it knocks down a gear as well, but it becomes so much more responsive overall. I don't think it does anything...

I have been out this evening to have a little play around with the sound set-up, took a USB stick with a variety of different genres all mp3 and ripped at 320kbps to test the wider gambit of what might be listened to. I started with some classic 80s tracks and moved up from there...first off I...

Right what we need now is a costing exercise, someone to write a detailed DIY instruction and a willing participant to be the trend setting pioneer (No pun intended) and go do it... Simple really... :thumbsup: List of volunteers :o :tumbleweed:

Hi Andrew, that sounds like a plan...any cutting or chopping to do for the rear woofers?

I appear to have kicked something off here that was never my intention to do, I realise that music, what we listen to and how we listen to it is very subjective and we would all do well to remember that... I initiated this post due to my discovery of virtually no sound emanating from my rear...

I understand the frequency impedance relationship and in reality the speakers are only ever going to be 4, 6 or 8 ohm nominal so BMW have decided to deliver a frequency to these units at a level that will result in reduced power and virtually next to nothing being delivered from them...I could...

I still don't see how the rears can have 1 x 25w right and 1 x 25w left and sound so crap, I can only liken it to listening to a pair of headphones 1 foot away from your ears, there is virtually nothing there. Andrew...have the tweeters made that much difference? how difficult was it to do?

So we all agree the standard system and set-up is pants... :thumbsdown: What is it they have or have not done? Are they feeding 4 channels into six speakers? with the rears having a higher resistance or something...how can the footwell and doors have a bit of oomph and the rears sound like a...

I have the factory standard set-up which I think consists of footwell, doors and rear speakers...6 in total. Normally I like to fade my speakers just slightly to the rear, usually get a bit better bass handling that way, in a saloon car you do. I did this in my 20i Zed and basically nothing...

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Hi Kevin Sorry to hear about your troubles...I am sure they will get it sorted for you. Silly point to make and I am sure you have discounted it already, the thing that gets me when I look at the photos is the lack of drip trails even on sloped surfaces the droplets appear to be contained to...