speakers upgraded

[rom1]

Upgraded the front door speakers today, to Pioneer 4" 2way

Fairly straight forward, removed door card.
Remove factory speaker and 3 rubber bungs which hold it in place. (2nd pic)
Undo the front panel that holds the seat switch and speaker grill (7 Torque bits) T20 - pics 5 and 6 shows front removed.
Offer the speaker upto the back of door card and screw in from front to back with small M8 bolts, do the nut up at the back for top 2 which line up with factory fitting holes. 3rd hole m8 bolt and nut then use large washer to clamp the speaker down t the nut with another nut.

Splice in factory wiring, solder and tape to secure connection.

Put everything back together again.

Does sound 100% better than factory speakers, more depth more volume and can hear the high notes thanks to tweeters,

Pioneer speakers mounting depth 43MM, factory speakers 40MM, plenty of space. - £20 Halfords.

Some threads show you need to add a wooden space for securing speaker, no need use a long enough M8 bolt and nut with washer more secure and tidy.

No need to sound proof, in fact it would be very difficult as you need to mount speaker front behind and screw in from front. does not distort and no unwanted vibrations or leakage of sound.

Did not cut the factory plugs off as I can put everything back to standard if I wanted to.

 

[rom1]

Just a quick update, done the drivers side and it sounds amazing, so much depth and nice highs, not boomy base but much more depth, Drivers side exactly same fitting as passenger was quicker after doing it once.
Going forward might put sub and amp in boot but I need to find a way to tap into rear speaker wires to get a feed to hi side of external amp or to hi low converter.

Standard speakers are pants and in the cabriolet there's no option of adding tweeters to sail panels as its part of the door rubber, now these have tweeters it is so much nicer to listen to.

 

[John]

If you have got "front bass" in it, you can tap the signal from those speaker wires.

I think the Burmeister systems have two fronts and the standard a single front.

 

[Denisaok]

I have a s350 and taped into the sub in the floor of the passenger foot well,for my sub an amp in the boot. Don't know if yours has sub in the front

 

[rom1]

I have a s350 and taped into the sub in the floor of the passenger foot well,for my sub an amp in the boot. Don't know if yours has sub in the front

Thank you, I'll have to check, If I have have it will be easier then removing rear quarter panels to tap into wires, even though I'll need to run a long speaker cable from front to back, as I'll need to run power from battery to boot it will be on the same path from front to back.

 

[Denisaok]

R my battery is in the boot so only had to run speaker cable and add converter to it

 

[rom1]

Mines under the bonnet, not too sure if I will need a hi low converter as some amps have hi level input. There is power from fuse box in boot but was recommended not to tap into that

Can not believe how poor the standard setup is and quality of components used by Mercedes, so much for "the best or nothing"

 

[Denisaok]

The problem is that your ears are to good for the car lol

 

[rom1]

I have a s350 and taped into the sub in the floor of the passenger foot well,for my sub an amp in the boot. Don't know if yours has sub in the front

from the front sub you would get one set of cables what did you do for other set the hi low converter needs in from left + - and right + - so does amp with high level input

 

[Denisaok]

I only use a single sub and put the amp in bridge mode