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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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Factory Stereo

Has anyone upgraded their factory stereo? And what brand?

Does Mercedes sell a better stereo for the CLK 430?

I like the features that the factory stereo gives (like the volume on the steering wheel,etc).


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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 08:36 PM
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I upgraded to a alpine xm radio single cd changer head unit, zapco competition amp and focal utopia speakers. Lost the steering wheel controls, but it sounds about 5000 times better.
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Old Apr 8, 2002 | 04:57 AM
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there has been a few threads in the forums about upgrading stereos. i upgraded my stereo completely with alpine iva-c800, dvd-5205, alpine 12-disc cd changer, alpine mobile vcr, rockford amps, mb quart 3 way component and rear coaxials, 15 inch kicker sub.


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Old Apr 8, 2002 | 06:56 AM
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Originally posted by byip25
there has been a few threads in the forums about upgrading stereos. i upgraded my stereo completely with alpine iva-c800, dvd-5205, alpine 12-disc cd changer, alpine mobile vcr, rockford amps, mb quart 3 way component and rear coaxials, 15 inch kicker sub.


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Hey Byip25,

Did you keep the speakers in your doors?


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Old Apr 9, 2002 | 03:48 AM
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no, installed mbquart 3 way set with tweeter midbass and midrange.


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Old Apr 9, 2002 | 05:09 PM
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Originally posted by byip25
no, installed mbquart 3 way set with tweeter midbass and midrange.


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What should I expect to pay for a similar setup as yours?


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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 03:16 AM
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i paid around 5K for my whole system. remember that this was also three yrs ago.

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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 07:28 PM
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I just recently had my front right door mid and tweeter stop working.
MB service center swapped radios and tested the individual speakers which worked correctly; however, the problem still remains. They have a new amp on order to see if the amp is the problem.
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i thought the factory speakers were self amplified...

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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 09:45 PM
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not according to the mb service.
Bose Amp in the trunk.
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