[sds0918]

How in the hell are you supposed to remove these? None of the Bavsound videos actually show this part. I tried calling them, but of course it's a holiday. I mean how difficult could this shit be right?

After barely doing my center speaker with an uncomfortable amount of force I moved to the rear speakers and absolutely destroyed the blue plugs and can't remove the old speakers now short of rewiring it for something.

[Anderw]

Originally Posted by sds0918

How in the hell are you supposed to remove these? None of the Bavsound videos actually show this part. I tried calling them, but of course it's a holiday. I mean how difficult could this shit be right?

After barely doing my center speaker with an uncomfortable amount of force I moved to the rear speakers and absolutely destroyed the blue plugs and can't remove the old speakers now short of rewiring it for something.

same thing happened to me , I actually used a pair of pliers to hold the blue tab on one of the rear since I was pulling it so hard it was digging into my fingers, It didn't mess the tab up that much, I mean it still clipped in snug and everything but may have rounded the edge of it

I know this might not be any help but thats what I did

[sds0918]

I actually used pliers as well and it only worked on the front center unit... LOL ;-(

[mecodoug]

I used a jewelers screwdriver to push the tab in.

[BEM-S4]

I just pulled by the wire, not the blue connector, and they popped right out. Have done that on 4 cars now no issue whatsoever - that's what 40 speakers swapped that way?

[sds0918]

On your M235 you pulled by the wires? You know how we're always told not to do that... haha. I mean... it worked for you so I may try it. But my issue with pulling from the wires is IF something does go wrong... what's the solution? I haven't seen any new plugs I can just cut and rewire if something goes terribly wrong. I emailed customer support so maybe they'll have a different suggestion.

[sds0918]

Originally Posted by mecodoug

I used a jewelers screwdriver to push the tab in.

I wonder if I can still attempt it this way even though the entire blue casing that shows is completely destroyed.

EDIT: Tried it... no luck.

[BEM-S4]

Originally Posted by sds0918

On your M235 you pulled by the wires? You know how we're always told not to do that... haha. I mean... it worked for you so I may try it. But my issue with pulling from the wires is IF something does go wrong... what's the solution? I haven't seen any new plugs I can just cut and rewire if something goes terribly wrong. I emailed customer support so maybe they'll have a different suggestion.

Yeah I had trouble disconnecting the first Center I did - first time I messed with any speakers. Then for the rest after purchasing the Bavsound kit a few weeks later I watched Jason do that in a video and it worked like a charm. Subs you need to push tab but speakers in 2-series and 3-series I've just pulled wire like Jason did.

Their stuff is all compatible with bmw obvs so if you jacked up your connector I'm sure they could send you a new one and with a couple of crimp on butt splices you'd be back in the ballgame.

Assuming you did this last week you also have the misfortune of picking the worst possible time to get someone on the phone or email to help. Benefit of small company is high touch excellent customer service - drawback is no 24x7 follow the sun call center with people available between Christmas and New Years.

[BEM-S4]

Or another option there's that Ebay guy who sells an adapter to connect aftermarket speakers to bmw wiring, so he has female blue connector (for lack of a better term) with bare wires.

I am sure he could make you up something to fix what you did for short $.

[sds0918]

So I talked with them on the phone earlier today. They said I should be able to just pull it out also... lol. They also said that I could just a new connector and rewire it but I'm having trouble finding it on getbmwparts.com, it doesn't seem to be on the list of parts.

Do you have a link for that guy on eBay that sells them?

[sds0918]

I think this is what I need to just rewire it... Does anyone know where I can locate it?

[BEM-S4]

Originally Posted by sds0918

I think this is what I need to just rewire it... Does anyone know where I can locate it?

I think that's the female end from eBay. I have not looked for the seller. I believe but not 100% sure you'd need him to make you that but male, which you'd then butt splice w/ crimp to your wires from car.

Or check w/ Technic he could def rig you up something.

[mdputnam]

Check this ebay seller, cut off the male end and use the two female ends.

[sds0918]

Originally Posted by mdputnam

Check this ebay seller, cut off the male end and use the two female ends.

Awesome! Thank you so much, man. My last question is... when I cut the original wire to wire this in which wire do I splice where? I know there are only two options, but I'ld like to have it right the first time with no issues. I've wired things before, but only with clear directions. My ignorance of electricity/wiring definitely shows haha.

[mdputnam]

Check out this post.

[Maynard]

VERY cool to get this schematic, thanks. It answers a Q I've had about the issue of reversed polarity in rears, or how to avoid/prevent that. Somebody please check me on this:

From the 'Strangelove' thread came a question about reversed polarity on one of the rear speakers, or if the wiring was somehow miswired. If you look closely at this schematic, you will see that the F20/21/22 rear speakers have the red stripe reversed on the feed to the left rear, and for some reason just the F22 has this reversed on the right (F21/22 use red stripe for neg lead on both). Fronts use the red stripe on the + lead. DK why, but it clears up the question of whether they intentionally reversed polarity.

[sds0918]

I’m not going to lie. I feel like I’m not bright enough to fully grasp what those diagrams are saying for my particular situation LOL.