Mikata's spring mods
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Back from Essen motorshow...
Lots of tunes cars, crap products and nice extras :-) Favorite: Brabus Bullit... or maybe one of the SL65's...
Anyway, back to business. Is your target to make a similar install?
If yes, then you need following parts:
Speakeradaptors for installation of front speaker
- Front. The ones you ordered.
- Front/rear. slaugther the OE speakers in your car
If you anyway want to go and get a set made in fiber board (never use any type of wood in the doors (unless sealed with paint or polyester) you should get a set done for the original also.
For connecting the x-overs to the car, you need: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...#ht_754wt_1037
The rest takes place after the xover.
For the rear woofer you need to do a bit more DYI and insert an inductor to cut the mid/high frekv. from the rear woofer.
This is to be put in series with the '+' on the speaker signal for the rear woofer.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=255-812
This is the principle.
One thing you should invest time in, is to dampen the doors! Use a Dynamat door kit to silence the metal. It is well worth the time!
if you need more info let me know, but I'm without my own PC for a few days now, so pls be patient if I'm not online.
Chris
Lots of tunes cars, crap products and nice extras :-) Favorite: Brabus Bullit... or maybe one of the SL65's...
Anyway, back to business. Is your target to make a similar install?
If yes, then you need following parts:
Speakeradaptors for installation of front speaker
- Front. The ones you ordered.
- Front/rear. slaugther the OE speakers in your car
If you anyway want to go and get a set made in fiber board (never use any type of wood in the doors (unless sealed with paint or polyester) you should get a set done for the original also.
For connecting the x-overs to the car, you need: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...#ht_754wt_1037
The rest takes place after the xover.
For the rear woofer you need to do a bit more DYI and insert an inductor to cut the mid/high frekv. from the rear woofer.
This is to be put in series with the '+' on the speaker signal for the rear woofer.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=255-812
This is the principle.
One thing you should invest time in, is to dampen the doors! Use a Dynamat door kit to silence the metal. It is well worth the time!
if you need more info let me know, but I'm without my own PC for a few days now, so pls be patient if I'm not online.
Chris
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Back from Essen motorshow...
Lots of tunes cars, crap products and nice extras :-) Favorite: Brabus Bullit... or maybe one of the SL65's...
Anyway, back to business. Is your target to make a similar install?
If yes, then you need following parts:
Speakeradaptors for installation of front speaker
- Front. The ones you ordered.
- Front/rear. slaugther the OE speakers in your car
If you anyway want to go and get a set made in fiber board (never use any type of wood in the doors (unless sealed with paint or polyester) you should get a set done for the original also.
For connecting the x-overs to the car, you need: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...#ht_754wt_1037
The rest takes place after the xover.
For the rear woofer you need to do a bit more DYI and insert an inductor to cut the mid/high frekv. from the rear woofer.
This is to be put in series with the '+' on the speaker signal for the rear woofer.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=255-812
This is the principle.
One thing you should invest time in, is to dampen the doors! Use a Dynamat door kit to silence the metal. It is well worth the time!
if you need more info let me know, but I'm without my own PC for a few days now, so pls be patient if I'm not online.
Chris
Lots of tunes cars, crap products and nice extras :-) Favorite: Brabus Bullit... or maybe one of the SL65's...
Anyway, back to business. Is your target to make a similar install?
If yes, then you need following parts:
Speakeradaptors for installation of front speaker
- Front. The ones you ordered.
- Front/rear. slaugther the OE speakers in your car
If you anyway want to go and get a set made in fiber board (never use any type of wood in the doors (unless sealed with paint or polyester) you should get a set done for the original also.
For connecting the x-overs to the car, you need: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...#ht_754wt_1037
The rest takes place after the xover.
For the rear woofer you need to do a bit more DYI and insert an inductor to cut the mid/high frekv. from the rear woofer.
This is to be put in series with the '+' on the speaker signal for the rear woofer.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=255-812
This is the principle.
One thing you should invest time in, is to dampen the doors! Use a Dynamat door kit to silence the metal. It is well worth the time!
if you need more info let me know, but I'm without my own PC for a few days now, so pls be patient if I'm not online.
Chris
My plan is to keep the install a bit simpler. In the past few weeks, I've bought Polk Audio MM series component speakers for the front and the DB series coxial ones for the back pair. Today I received the Pioneer 4 ch amp (60W rms to each speaker) and I already received the Dynamat door speaker kit I ordered last week. Everything goes in the car tomorrow, along with fiberboard speaker rings that will be fabricated by the installer shop. Fingers crossed.
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Benz Aircon comes in two forms. Thermatic which is basically 2 zone manual & Thermotronic which is fully automatic climate control with a sun sensor so that the aircon blows colder on the side of the car that receives the most sunlight. Your controller above is for the full Thermotronic HVAC.
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Benz Aircon comes in two forms. Thermatic which is basically 2 zone manual & Thermotronic which is fully automatic climate control with a sun sensor so that the aircon blows colder on the side of the car that receives the most sunlight. Your controller above is for the full Thermotronic HVAC.
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Then just make it look pretty 
My C240 had the Thermatic & my CLK has the full Thermotronic. There is nothing wrong with the Thermatic. It works just fine!
My C240 had the Thermatic & my CLK has the full Thermotronic. There is nothing wrong with the Thermatic. It works just fine!
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Would that diagram setup work with the stock AMG dual exhaust? Is there enough room to run a 3" pipe across to the right side?
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You just need to run a 2.5" over there, no need for a 3" as that is the inlet size, outlet should be dual 2.5". I also don't suggest flattening out pipe, it just cuts the flow down, Save yourself the labor and use a pipe that fits.
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Time to dust of this thread a bit.
So I've had the digital luxury climate in storage for a while(almost 8 months), I haven't really had time to install it, but I had the chance to do it today.
Chris/clk63dk and I spent a few hours fiddeling with the car and planning my upcoming audio mods.
The install of the climate control only took 10 min btw.
When we both get a chance(hopefully in the beginning of next month) we will install dension gateway lite and Helix amp for my Helix speakers.
On my 40min drive home I noticed my air ducts only blowing hot air no matter what I had set on the climate control.
I knew I had to reset it, but since I was on the freeway, there was no chance of pulling over and reseting it so I turned the AC off.
So 40 sweaty minutes later I got home and reset it.
How to reset pre-face digital climate control:
A reset of the unit should be performed so the position of these flaps are reset and learnt. To reset the unit hold down the demist and recirculation buttons for > 5 seconds, if successful both LEDs flash and the unit will cycle the flap motors to normalise their posotion.
Reset should normally take 30sec or so but mine took way longer and I had no patience to wait so I shut the car of and turned it back on and go figures everything works as it should.
A before and after pic.
So I've had the digital luxury climate in storage for a while(almost 8 months), I haven't really had time to install it, but I had the chance to do it today.
Chris/clk63dk and I spent a few hours fiddeling with the car and planning my upcoming audio mods.
The install of the climate control only took 10 min btw.
When we both get a chance(hopefully in the beginning of next month) we will install dension gateway lite and Helix amp for my Helix speakers.
On my 40min drive home I noticed my air ducts only blowing hot air no matter what I had set on the climate control.
I knew I had to reset it, but since I was on the freeway, there was no chance of pulling over and reseting it so I turned the AC off.
So 40 sweaty minutes later I got home and reset it.
How to reset pre-face digital climate control:
A reset of the unit should be performed so the position of these flaps are reset and learnt. To reset the unit hold down the demist and recirculation buttons for > 5 seconds, if successful both LEDs flash and the unit will cycle the flap motors to normalise their posotion.
Reset should normally take 30sec or so but mine took way longer and I had no patience to wait so I shut the car of and turned it back on and go figures everything works as it should.
A before and after pic.
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Feels like I haven't been on mbworld for ages.
Have kept myself busy with work and traveling this past year that I haven't had time to post on mbworld.
Trying to get back in the game again
I haven't really done much to the car more than installing Eibach springs(lowered by 30mm) and bi-xenon headlights last weekend. Few pics attached.
I have two more mods to do, after that I'm done modding it. I just want to enjoy it as it is.
Things left to do are:
*True dual exhaust
*6/4 pot brakes(whenever I find a good deal on the brakes).
I'm getting the C55/CLK55 spare wheel well for this setup.
Mufflers I'm getting:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Fox-Sportausp...item19dd1235c4
Hopefully I'll have the exhaust setup done by the end of this year.
/Mike
Have kept myself busy with work and traveling this past year that I haven't had time to post on mbworld.
Trying to get back in the game again
I haven't really done much to the car more than installing Eibach springs(lowered by 30mm) and bi-xenon headlights last weekend. Few pics attached.
I have two more mods to do, after that I'm done modding it. I just want to enjoy it as it is.
Things left to do are:
*True dual exhaust
*6/4 pot brakes(whenever I find a good deal on the brakes).
I'm getting the C55/CLK55 spare wheel well for this setup.
Mufflers I'm getting:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Fox-Sportausp...item19dd1235c4
Hopefully I'll have the exhaust setup done by the end of this year.
/Mike
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I'm going to be in London a few times again this summer pal, you up for another meet-up?
I'm going to be in London a few times again this summer pal, you up for another meet-up?
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lol
Absolutely. My vacation weeks are 28-31. I'm in San Fran and San Diego week 28-29. Im back in Sweden after that. If those weeks doesnt fit your schedule, I still have more vacation days saved up PM me the dates you have in mind.
Absolutely. My vacation weeks are 28-31. I'm in San Fran and San Diego week 28-29. Im back in Sweden after that. If those weeks doesnt fit your schedule, I still have more vacation days saved up
PM me the dates you have in mind.
