Upgrading 991 Bose to Burmester

[TheBMWDriver]

So I cam across this

http://rennlist.com/forums/991/851983-upgrade-star...

At first I thought it would be a nice to upgrade the tweeters but then started thinking why not do the whole lot? So I have a fell set of Burmester speaker on the way to me now.

Has anyone done it?

Edited by TheBMWDriver on Thursday 5th February 22:54

[findtomdotcom]

Did you swap the amps too? What was your total cost to swap the speakers?

[TheBMWDriver]

I have not done it yet but I will probably swap amp if I do all the speakers.

[rosino]

Go to park audio in London. Spend half as much and get twice the result.

[TheBMWDriver]

rosino said:

Go to park audio in London. Spend half as much and get twice the result.

I want to keep it all OEM and I have managed to get a full set of Burmester speakers for next to nothing. A 2 amps will cost me £700 and I would think maybe £300 to fit everything.

[TheBMWDriver]

rosino said:

Go to park audio in London. Spend half as much and get twice the result.

Do you have contact info for them?

[jakesmith]

He might mean this place

http://www.autoaudio.uk.com/location/

Mate just spent £7k there on his SL55. Pimp.

[findtomdotcom]

TheBMWDriver said:

I want to keep it all OEM and I have managed to get a full set of Burmester speakers for next to nothing. A 2 amps will cost me £700 and I would think maybe £300 to fit everything.

So how did you get the Burmester speakers for next to nothing? I would be interesting the costs and time to make it happen.

[TheBMWDriver]

findtomdotcom said:

So how did you get the Burmester speakers for next to nothing? I would be interesting the costs and time to make it happen.

Got lucky on ebay, a full set removed from a newly delivered car.

I ended up buying 2 sets and the first one was quite expensive lol but I will put it back on ebay.

[TheBMWDriver]

I started this today and so far so good. I will post pictures when I finish.

I order 1 and half sets of speakers so I will have half a set of speakers for sale when I am done for the same price as bought them including a Sub if anyone else wants to upgrade.

[findtomdotcom]

PM sent...

[TheBMWDriver]

So today I did the tweeters, quite a easy job and the difference in sound is night and day. This is a really cheap upgrade and quite easy to do.

I also removed the sub which took me around 45min without removing any trim at all. It was a bit of work but not too bad with a flexible screwdriver. Tomorrow I am going to try and put the new sub in but that is not going to be easy at all.

[Lerichio]

Mail sent re spare tweeters.
Thanks

[findtomdotcom]

So I met with TheBMWdriver yesterday and compared systems side by side (I have the Bose system in my 991). The Burmester tweeters and sub are (unsurprisingly) much clearer, most certainly worth the additional (small) cost.

[TheBMWDriver]

Lerichio came over today and also came to the same conclusion. I have decided not to upgrade the rest of the speakers and amp but may think about changing the car to one with Burmester if one pops up at some point.

[stevod]

So can the Brumester tweeters be easily bought on their own?

[TheBMWDriver]

stevod said:

So can the Brumester tweeters be easily bought on their own?

yes but you will need a new grill.

Prices are £110 each + VAT, grills £36 + Vat each.

Sub I dont know the price but I would think around £400 +/-

[bensimmons]

Thanks for this - a VERY interesting read - i got ripped off by an independent dealer selling me my car - advertised it with BOSE and delviered it with Standard and I didnt notice until after - luckily paid the depositon Credit card so i've put itin Mastercard's hands to sort out - if that doesnt work then I'll report to trading standards.

To the point I'm left with a standard car no up grade - I had looked at putting new tweeters in and an afermarket sub - would prefer to keep it OEM though. Is it possible to retro fit the Burmester sub. Reading the thread its obviously possible to change the tweeters - can any one advise on the sub? Regards Simmo

[Wudee]

Would you say just doing the tweeters is already a step up, or do you recommend doing the sub as well?

[TheBMWDriver]

Simmo, the problem is that you are going to have to run the wiring from the PCM to the amplifier and then to the sub. However you have space under your dash to install the sub. I can imagine how bad your system is without a sub as I unplugged mine for a day and it was quite poor.

If you look here you can see the different between the standard system and the Bose.

http://www.porschepartshub.com/auto-parts/2013/por...

I assuming you have a 991?

you can have my bose sub for £75 if you want it.