Mars Red C55
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They only made 451 in 06, most are black or silver. A red 06 is hard to find.
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Hey, car looks great! I've had my 05 mars red for a couple of years now, and still look forward to getting behind the wheel as much as possible-especially on the track
. You mention custom navi/stereo...could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm interested in changing my system out as well. Thanks!
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#30
Hey, car looks great! I've had my 05 mars red for a couple of years now, and still look forward to getting behind the wheel as much as possible-especially on the track
. You mention custom navi/stereo...could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm interested in changing my system out as well. Thanks!
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If I remember right, we started by taking the air vents out above the factory nav, everything else came out easily after that. I believe I saw a post somewhere where someone made instructions with pictures for changing the radio.
I custom built the box and angled the amps off of it, then made flush plates for around the sub and amps and carpeted them. I had to make a new bottom piece (what covers the spare) so I could still get my spare out in an emergency (although I really don't want to try).
It's a Kenwood DNX-9960 nav unit. I had to install an antenna that looks like the little sirius radio antennas on my dash which I wasn't crazy about, and a small speaker up by my mirror for the bluetooth. I also bought the nice kenwood backup cam with all the different modes/views.
I have pictures of my car when it was in pieces too. It makes me cringe looking at them. The only thing worse was all the loud popping and cracking sounds my clips made as my brother pulled apart my dash. All in all I couldn't be happier with the install. I leaned on a piece of plastic and put a tiny 1/4" wide gash in my leather to the right of my shift knob, but everything else was smooth as silk.
The guy at the dealership said it was the nicest looking install he had ever seen on a Benz. Seemed easy enough to me, but it took me a year to finish my flush plates.
We powered the amps from the fuse box in the trunk. Much easier that way. If you get stuck pm me and I'll try to help! Let me know how it goes, I'll take a pic of my dash tomorrow so you can see how it looks.
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#34
I spent 2 years searching for my car. I looked at 7 different red ones but all were missing something. I had to have all the options I wanted. I ended up flying to Texas for it and driving the 2100 miles home.
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Hey, car looks great! I've had my 05 mars red for a couple of years now, and still look forward to getting behind the wheel as much as possible-especially on the track
. You mention custom navi/stereo...could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm interested in changing my system out as well. Thanks!
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The Mars Red is a great color on the W203. I would have been happy with one as well. There's also a 2006 for sale on eBay in Pewter Metallic (which is my favorite color). So many rare colors for sale lately. When I was looking 2 years ago, they were ALL black and silver (and I will not own a silver car).