Me thinks (archive)

that your looking at the expansion tank for the gas tank. I would not recommend hooking up your stereo to it. Although the sound would be thunderous, it would only last for an instant.

demet

Hi, just catching up here on the boards as my lady is still sitting in Florida and I am now shipping her up in early June (I will have spent more money shipping the car this past year than I paid for it, LoL..... ah the follies of love.....) anyways, I have read numerous posts now about the location of the amp for the stereo and something is definitely odd in my car then, or perhaps I am confusing something else for my amp? When I bought the car, the stock unit was replaced with a lousy Aiwa tape player (But rather nice sounding Pioneer speakers were added with it, so I cant complain). Anyway, I immediately bought myself a Pioneer CD-player stereo and took out the Aiwa myself and simply tested the wires until I got the right speakers doing what they were supposed to (Not such a bright idea huh?) Now the speakers all work as they should, but I swear to you, while this has more power than the Aiwa, the Aiwa delivered considerably better sound. My neighbor works for Pioneer and explained to me that the Pioneer is a good stereo but is in truth really designed to work with an amp to get the right sound out of it. Thus my question, if I have the factory amp in my car, can I hook it up to the Pioneer and improve my sound or should I not bother because nothing positive to be gained? While the sound is good, I have heard better in my car and want that same level again, without buying a new amp or stereo. So, can it be done? If so, how? Obviously this beast was rewired for this regular stereo if that complicates matters I dont know.
As for the bizarre part, the location of the amp itself. I keep reading that it is located in the trunk under the seats on the drivers side. I swear to you my amp is on the passenger side. It's a tan plastic box attached to the rear deck and it is sort of shaped like a comma to fit around a curve in there (is that the amp?) the case does say BMW on it, so I know it's from the factory, it does not appear to be wired at anything and I am curious what the devil it is, and if it is the amp can I do anything with it?
P.S. - Dont know if this helps, but I do have the built in fader on my dash next to the stereo, although it is not currently wired to anything.

THanx in advance for any info. on this.

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