Sirius/Phatbox Install DYI notes for MY 2004 E46

See attached link for DYI notes for my installation of the OEM Sirius receiver and Phatnoise Phatbox in a MY 2004 E46. PDF file is about 325K in size.

Install Notes

Nice write-up

Great write up! Thanks for the effort.

Good job. That is a clean job you did with the fabricating of ********box bracket. What did you use to use the sheet metal? I fabbed my phatbox bracket with sheet metal too, but it didn't come out as clean looking as yours.

Originally Posted by gfeiner

Good job. That is a clean job you did with the fabricating of ********box bracket. What did you use to use the sheet metal? I fabbed my phatbox bracket with sheet metal too, but it didn't come out as clean looking as yours.

Thanks. I used a homemade brake that is really just two clamped bars, shears to cut and a file to clean-up. That and a lot of waste material is my recipe.

How is the sound quality of your Phatbox compared to the in-dash CD player?

I had a Phatbox for a while, and the sound was very muddy compared to the in-dash CD player, even when using non-lossy FLAC files.

Others haven't complained of the poor sound quality, so I'm wondering if I just got a bad unit.

Thanks

Originally Posted by rickhuizinga

Others haven't complained of the poor sound quality, so I'm wondering if I just got a bad unit.

Could be. I answered you in more detail over in ********Noise forums.

Nice install! that's how I'd have done it in my white 330 sedan without folding seats. :-)