Concerned about audio system after I saw water drip into door speaker grills
07-02-2018, 06:04 PM
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Concerned about audio system after I saw water drip into door speaker grills
Hello everyone! First time poster here.
So I took my 2015 C300 for a tint the other day and saw the people working on the car spraying down the inside of the windows with a soap+water solution pretty generously. there was obviously a lot of drippage with water flowing down the inside of the doors. I did witness some water dripping/streaming into the burmester audio grills on the doors and immediately got concerned. I asked the shop owner and he told me not to worry about it as they work on these cars all the time (they are also a custom audio solutions shop).
Afterwards I listened to some pretty varied loud music and put my ear up against the speakers to see if I could hear anything obviously out of place, but wasn't able to really tell, as I've only had this car a week. I didn't hear any crackling or popping though that's for sure.
Do I have any reason to be worried here? Am I just being paranoid?
So I took my 2015 C300 for a tint the other day and saw the people working on the car spraying down the inside of the windows with a soap+water solution pretty generously. there was obviously a lot of drippage with water flowing down the inside of the doors. I did witness some water dripping/streaming into the burmester audio grills on the doors and immediately got concerned. I asked the shop owner and he told me not to worry about it as they work on these cars all the time (they are also a custom audio solutions shop).
Afterwards I listened to some pretty varied loud music and put my ear up against the speakers to see if I could hear anything obviously out of place, but wasn't able to really tell, as I've only had this car a week. I didn't hear any crackling or popping though that's for sure.
Do I have any reason to be worried here? Am I just being paranoid?
07-03-2018, 10:16 PM
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'15 Mercedes c300 4matic w205
Audio and water
I had that same concern, shop did not want to do job without me signing a release...they said mm '15 c300 w205 had an amp inside the door and water could-might damage it, $3,000 item.
07-04-2018, 12:41 AM
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07-04-2018, 09:47 AM
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'15 Mercedes c300 4matic w205
Yeah, find another...
What about their and my concern...do you have any knowledge on this matter. Ever heard of such, etc. Expound on your answers please.
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07-04-2018, 09:59 AM
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I don’t know much about tinting. Maybe he means find a shop that doesn’t use the water gushing into your door technique. If that’s even possible. Like I said, I know very little about tinting.
07-04-2018, 06:54 PM
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quite a bit of water is used to install tint. I had mine done with no concerns about speakers, etc. if it scares you, don’t tint the windows. Is that expansive enough?
07-05-2018, 12:39 AM
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Audio and water
Expansive enough, no...a waste of ink, yes! You're not telling me anything I don't already know. I am looking for valuable information not bottomless wise cracks and/or bloated chest-banging talk.
