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The BMW stock stereo system is only poor when compared to a decent aftermarket setup (IMO). All things considered, it's a lot better than most stock systems I've heard. The system can be upgraded and improved in a number of ways without swapping out the whole thing (according to posts by quite a number of people, including one of the original designers of the system).


Thanks.

Can you point me towards these posts please? I've had a pretty good look around and haven't found much similar to what you describe. I'd probably be most interested in a head unit replacement only initially ala elvis's install I linked to earlier.

I've just heard in general that 3-series and I think specifically E36s can be very difficult to get a noise free install. However as you say, it's not at all impossible.

What you are doing seems to defy conventional logic when it comes to car audio. If it works though then fantastic and I'm sure it saved a lot of headaches running cables front to back.
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Christian
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