celeronpm

Hi everyone,

I've had an aftermarket sound system in my 09 C300 since I bought it. This year I decided to add more drivers to it to spice it up a bit.

I built 5 speakers enclosures: 2 a-pillar pods, 2 rear deck pods, one rear seat box. I then had them wrapped in Mercedes OEM vinyl to match the interior material.

Below are specs, pics of the final product as well as some pics of the build process. The sound quality is high, the sound level is very loud (clear up to about 98db), and the sound stage is incredible. With so many drivers, the entire car is filled with all-encompassing sound. The amps were all leveled so the sound stage is a tad forward.

I apologize in advance for the dirtiness in the build-time pics. I did most of the work over the course of 3 months at work, during my lunch time, in the parking lot. This means I did not have a proper workplace available so my poor W204 was abused during this time period. Now that it's almost all complete, I feel a bit better about the process. I'm sure someone with adequate time, work space, etc.. can probably replicate the pods in a weekend each.

Component Specs:

Main Sub Amp: American bass VFL 150.1 (1500 watt RMS)
Main Sub Drivers: 2 - Jl Audio 12w7 v3

Main Amp: JL Audio 450/4 (450 watts RMS)
Main Drivers: 4 - JL Audio ZR series 6.5 components

Rear Pod Amp: Jl Audio JX360/2 (360 watts RMS)
Rear Pod Drivers: 2 - Sundown Audio Neo Pro 8" drivers
2 - SoundQubed super tweeters

A-pillar Pod Amp: Sound Storm EV 200.2 (200 watts)
A-pillar Pod Drivers: 2 - JL Audio C2-350x 2 way coaxials

Rear Seat Sub Amp: American Bass VFL26801D
Rear Seat Sub Drivers: 2 - American Bass 8" competition sub

Capacitor: 6 fards
Extra Batteries: 2 ZKinetik HC600 BLU Series 600-Watt


Final pics of the pods
(box still needs to be wrapped):




Rear speaker pods




Rear passenger pod close-up




Front passenger a-pillar pod




Rear seat subwoofer box (in-progress)







Main subwoofer box




Driver a-pillar pod


Rear seat sub box side view





Subwoofer amp gain control knobs






Amps, batteries, fuse holders, capacitor, in spare compartment




Amps, line-level amp, etc... (missing one amp - older pic)

Build pics




Rear pod fiberglass shell




Rear pod MDF speaker rings




Rear pod Initial warp




Rear pod initial wrap



Rear pod pre-sanding




Rear pod- post wrap




Rear pod- post wrap





A pillar MDF speaker ring




A pillar wrap




A pillar pre-wrap




A-pillar wrapped




Rear sub box fiberglass countour base




Rear sub box MDF test fit




Rear sub box MDF pre-wrap




Rear sub box initial fiberglass




Rear sub box pre-wrap