W126 speaker sizes

[skyway]

Hi.

I want to upgrade the speakers in my 89 300SE and was wondering if anyone has done this?

I am wondering if it is possible to fit bigger speakers in place of the standard items?

Any advice would be most helpful.

Thanks

 

[C230kompressor]

i should imagine some one like autoleads do conversion plate
not 100%
i went into my local halfords and got them to look through there catalogue's
or you could try your local car audio shop!
they might help

 

[ianrandom]

I bought some off German eBay that are a straight fit. And from uk eBay for the dash speakers. Sounds so much better now, and next to no effort.

 

[grober]

Merc speakers of that era are of non standard size[ by modern standards] but its still possible to get good co- axials for the front. The rear would require some metal modification if you want to fit large speakers.

 

[219]

The front speakers are ( from memory ) 6"x4.5" - in my 500 I bought a pair of JBL speakers that fitted straight in and gave a useful boost in power handling .

The pre-facelift cars also had this size in the rear shelf , but post facelift the size went up to 6" or 6.5" circular units . Again in my 500 , I fitted JBL units but this time made up an MDF shelf to provide a better baffle ( this can always be removed to restore the car back to original spec and no holes cut anywhere in the metal ) , at the same time doing away with the plastic trays for the first aid kit and oddments then using the aperture to fit 2x KEF B139 LF units - I have three power amplifiers in the boot running , respectively , the front speakers , rear speakers and LF units via a Sony DSP unit which also acts as an electronic crossover . Both pairs of JBL speakers are two way coaxial units .

The pictures below show the underside of the shelf with the LF units visible through the apertures through which they use the boot as an infinite baffle enclosure ( the coaxial speakers sit above the metal shelf )

and a similar installation in my 190E ( which only had room for one LF unit ) before the new shelf was trimmed over

I got the JBL speakers from CPC | CPC - Over 100, 000 products from one of the worlds leading distributors of electronic and related products. who are in Preston ; Maplin Electronics also used to carry them .

 

[ianrandom]

Alpine SXE 4625S 4x6 coaxial speakers were what i used in the front, and the rear ones (which sound great) are item 200442915713 currently on ebay.de. I offered less than the selling price and it was accepted. They sound like much bigger speakers than they are.

Wow, Pontoneer, yours looks fancy! bet that sounded great

 

[219]

bet that sounded great

Still does

Currently fitting same system to my 2nd W126 too !

 

[skyway]

Hi...thanks for the advice.

I removed the speaker grilles for it to reveal a pair of dual cone Blaupunkt 6x4s so I dutifully pulled them out and replaced them with a pair of Alpine 6204s which id bought from Ebay for 99p (brand new and boxed) a few weeks back on a whim!

The sound is far better especially since ive replaced the Blaupunkt radio with an Alpine 7525 and CHM 620 radio and Changer!

I have an old Car Stereo magazine somewhere that has an article on Radio1 DJ Tommy Vances old W126 that had a big Alpine system fitted......was interesting reading!

 

[ianrandom]

Lol, cant argue with 99p. Got to love ebay sometimes. Well done.

 

[khimani_mohiki]

just found these on german ebay Mercedes S-Klasse W126 Alpine Heck Lautsprecher - Neu bei eBay.de: Lautsprecher (endet 27.03.10 01:06:08 MEZ)

They have speakers for the front too