tubaprde

edit: w211 AMG owners!! Hope this will give you a good look at this quadcore unit, video's about 9 minutes. I still have yet to install the front dvr cam and OBDII scanner for torque pro. VIDEO link is at end of this thread: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ml#post6586684 For the complete install guide and details about the product/where to purchase etc start at the beginning of the thread.

ekalb

Looks good!


Do you lose the HK Sub going this route? I know you mentioned it was cleaner and louder with the Alpine amp. Is it better? That's probably tough to quantify, but losing all those stock speakers makes me nervous for some reason.

tubaprde

Thanks man, I was nervous to do this as I think I'm the first state-side user to upgrade to this exact HU.

No no, the sub is powered and sounds twice as good. Yeah sound is subjective for sure however I noticed a big difference. The new amp is 4x100 and 1x500 rms...that's way more power running through the stock speakers. I only took out three speakers (went from 12 to 9 but could have left them all in) - center and rear satellite small decks are not powered. I don't see a need for "surround sound" if I'm listening to music in stereo.

StarvingArtist

Wow!

viper04

Nice!can I send my car to you so you can do this for me, LOL really really impressed.

tubaprde

LOL if I did all the work myself (which now I wish I would have at least tried) I'd help you out. I paid my local car stereo guy to do the install for me. The unit's only 425 bucks, my amp was 450 but one can spend a lot less and get a less powerful one if you plan on only powering the 9 to 12 OEM speakers (not upgrading the speakers).

I figured it was going to cost me a few hundred just to get a bluetooth mic setup (parrot) so why not spend several more and get a fully functioning touchscreen that's as good as a brand new car, if not better. And it looks very close to stock.

I'm selling my OEM HU, DVD NAV, and OEM AMP if anyone's interested.

viper04

were are you located?

tubaprde

Bay Area

tubaprde

To expand on this a little, I can't turn my amp up all the way because the installer thought it would blow the oem speakers. So the sub for example is at just over half gain. It hits hard enough now that it makes something in the trunk rattle, perhaps the license plate and screws? So that's my next step in all this: stopping rattles from bigger bass. Kinda feel like I'm in High School again...hahaha

romeomikehotel

Do you have a link to where i could buy one of these?

tubaprde

Yeah the link's in my first post...huge thread on this. click on that and go to the 1st page of that thread.

das eighty

Thanks again for posting this tuba!

coolchuck

This is awesome. Great video!

tubaprde

no prob. I just uploaded another video of the OBDII/ torque pro functioning.

hachiroku

this is awesome...where in the bay are you...if you're in the southbay i'd love to check it out sometime.