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Old 03-01-2004, 10:58 AM
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Originally posted by donbryce
I'm curious about why the trunk of a W123 is so much 'tighter' than the W126.
On my 123, I actually emptied the First aid kit and mounted my cd changer so it is accessed by opening the lid at the rear deck. Now that I think about it, that was pretty cool. I kinda forgot because my son drives that car now.

But basically the changer is in the trunk, vertically mounted but the front pokes up through the bottom of the first aid drawer. Then I sealed around the penetration.

I then had to actually drill 5/8" holes (about 30) into the deck from the underside to let the sound through into the cabin. I was carefull not to penetrate the carpet. This worked. Before this you could hear almost nothing. After holes, much better but not perfect.

My 126 you can hear fine without modification, but you can see that it is far less tight than the 123. You can actually see light through the storage and first aid trays.
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