TNat

I was at the car audio installers shop today and I picked up the alpine 2002 spring product catalog. Alpine absolutely loves mercedes. On the cover is a c32 amg, and inside is the interior of a s-class with alpine head units, navigatin units, and tv's in the headrests. They even went as far as to put a picture of a different benz in each tv that they have, there was a ml, s, cl, clk, slk and a c 32. I was there to see my nakamichi mb-100, but bought a alpine cda-7995 after seeing the catalog, i just had to.
They even have the cover on the website- check it out-

www.alpine-usa.com

session

my dealer specializes in alpine installs, too. i just wonder if there's ANY hope at all of installing an alpine unit that fits the DB2 fiber protocol so my steering wheel controls will work...

KJ-TypeR

You could also say they love BMW since their show car is a BMW M3.

viper

No they only "like" BMW but they "love" MB.

BlackC230Coupe

thats what made me get my Alpine sub because i saw they have alot of things on MB's

Harris

I think the car on the website is NOT a C32. Its probably a W209 CLK55. Here is why:
1) The new bi-xenon headlights has not been on production for the C-class yet. The car on the website has bi-xenon lights.
2) It looks like a 2-dr coupe to me, C32 has a "smaller" front door.
3) The front grille is different. It has 3 "blinds" while the C has 4.

London AMG

Alpine do manufacture an interface thingie that allow you to retain the use of your steering wheel controls....your dash display will still show "no audio"when you select audio status thoughI have been quoted around £70 so it is not expensive either

Buellwinkle

But will the interface work with the new DB2 bus? I checked around before and they all work with the older MBs but not the new ones.

London AMG

I can not say from first hand experience,however from enquiries with Alpine in the U.K. there is a unit designed specifically for that purpose.....anyone alse able to shed a little more light on this situation?

TNat

i picked it up today. It sounds absolutely amazing. the 10w7 hits harder then any sub out there. As for the head unit-beautiful. The dash kit really looks pretty good. And the custom box is great. As for not having steering wheel controls- I'm alredy used to it. The remote is fine for me. I'll post pics tommorrow.

BlackC230Coupe

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u talkin about the JL sub?

TNat

sorry, i thought this was my other thread. To update you guys, I had a great shop here do a complete custom install in my car. It consists of the following:

Alpine cda-7995 HU with mp3 and xm
JL 300/4 four-channel amp
JL 500/1 mono bass amp
JL xr-650 6.5 in. components up front
JL xr-650 6.5 in. mid-woofer in rear
JL 10w7 in custom box

Everything looks excellent. I will take some pics tommorrow