Facelift vs Prefacelift Bose
 

Would it make a difference if I swapped the speakers over????

I.e. took bose speakers from the pf and put them into the fl....

Nah, speakers will essentially be the same

Its the RNS-D head unit thats a bit pants for audio.

RNS-E is better, I noticed an immediate improvement when I changed the head unit in the RS6...

Try looking at handbags!

Mystifies me how one handbag costs the same as a well-used S8 which has 20 times the leather in it (and the rest) :Confused:

Really? My S8 is Sept 2002 and just has blanks instead of rear door tweeters.

http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/Images/A..._tcm6-6242.pdf

FYI mate with 2008 M3 says sound quality (and bass) much better in my car than his.

Zip

My 1998 Bose is as that diagram, with 8 speakers.
There are tweeter panels in the rear door handles, but no speakers behind them, just the lower ones.

Never really thought about the speaker locations and hadn't realised there was nothing in the dashboard.

Pf bose
 

Before I installed the black interior I had just two tweeters in the front passenger panels...when I got the other interior I had two spare tweeters so I wired them into the rear passenger panel...

The interior in the fl seems more buffed up and chunky...could that absorbing and reducing the effect of bass???

FL interior isnt any different, if anything, it is a bit 'cheaper' - The carpets are definitely thinner and less quality....

Change the RNS-D for something else and all will be swell... +++

Or get a D3 with B&O... :D

Other than the RNS-E, just wondered if anybody has successfully swapped the RNS-D for something reasonably priced that also looks decent?

D3 with B&O
 

I know this probably wont happen for a very long time....but I ll go D3 when they drop below the 5k mark....unless it was well look after and I knew the owner....so Ian let me know when you finally get bored lol....

But for now I m content with D2 v8 power....just need to improve on some finer bits....

The problem with aftermarket problems is that you risk losing the authentic look and with an rns e you already have adapters availabe to connect in to the existing wiring.....Further if you want the systems to include gps they get expensive quite quickly....however you could offset that against the cost of an additional bluetooth module....

The problem you have is the RNSE you have in the PF has now been cut down to D2 PF size so will only fit that. But stick with the OEM. You could get an aftermarket one for the same or less once you've added Bluetooth etc, but OEM all the way for me. I don't like aftermarket head units that don't match the dash and say 'Goodbye' when you switch them off!