Mr. Benzito

Okay,

So I've gone through most of the forum as well as the audio & electronics section, but I figure since we own the cars (w210), that it would be the best place to start.

Now I'm looking to upgrade the system in the vehicle, and honestly do NOT want to put a box in my trunk for the subs. From what I have been told, this particular vehicle needs what's known as a "free air" type sub in order for me to still use the factory location.

Does anyone know of any manufacturers that sell these? If not, what does everyone else have in the factory location where the subs are suppose to go? I do not have the bose system, so take that into consideration. The speaker size is supposidly 6.5" which really limits things, and I have 8" subs that I thought could fit, but was told they couldn't and because they are not free air subs they won't sound as good.

What else is everyone running in their vehicle? From headunit, components, ICE, etc.?

PICS OF SYSTEM ARE ENCOURAGED!!!

horse

With a bit of effort i have a set of 3 way MB quarts in the rear, the bass driver fits in the original hole without modifying the rear deck and the mid fits in the door Ok and a set of 2 way quarts in the front with a decent amp to push it sounds reasonable, with the boot as the box the bass is not very tight but ample for me and i only lost 40 mm of space where the speaker magnet protrudes through the hole.
Regards,
Horse.

The Godfather

I have a box in my trunk. 2 10" 10w6v2 JL audio subs. It bumps harder than anything I've ever had, including 2 15" JL subs!

Here's a pic of my old system in my E320:

The Godfather

Currently running:
 Alpine IVA-D900 7” motorized retractable LCD monitor with DVD/MP3/CD/Radio player
 XM Satellite Radio
 Alpine Navigation Unit
 Alpine TV Tuner
 Playstation 2 with RF wireless controllers
 Planet Audio 1x1250watts mono amp
 2x 10W6V2 JL Audio Subwoofers
 Alumapro 5 Farad Capacitor

j944

They did a nice job. very Kleen

KADE

GODFATHER THAT IS ONE HELL F A SYSTEM! LOVE THE BLUE LIGHTING!

no_clue

Stock Bose system w/ $129 Blaupunkt mp3 player.

Trunk:
(just sold the stock CD changer, since doesn't work w/ Blaupunkt)

A set of golf club, a box of unsorted files, extra pair of shoes, a pair of running sneakers, a sleeping bag, and a 2-people camping tent.

Oh yeah.........they do make annoying noise when I go over a bump.

kevins e55

I had to juggernaut 12 inch woofers ported box with a earthqake 10000D which slammed 148 on the new DB meter so I dont know worked good for me.

Mr. Benzito

I dunno... guess I was just looking to purchase some aftermarket subs to go in the trunk that wouldn't take up much trunk space since this car is an everyday commuter car...

I was also told that it may be possible to fit the rear fill speakers from the older S-class models (W140) that had an AMAZING bose stereo into the factory locations of the W210. I have both, and it seems that it could be done, but wanted to know if anyone has heard of this being possible?

In terms of the install....I was looking for something almost invisible. Maybe this will help... I was looking to do an install similar to this. I would just need to find free air subs that would be compatible.


The install was done to a new S-class (w220).


2002 Mercedes S 500 Great performance comes from JL Audio free-air woofers in European sedans. We were able to fit three 10” subs in this custom rear deck



2002 Mercedes S 500 10/24 bolts and T-nuts were used to hold the woofers in place while the whole deck was bolted in the car with 3/8 “bolts. OEM matching gray carpet was used to cover it.