Just a quick follow up to my DIY on the rear panel speakers DIY: 560SL Rear Side Panel Speaker Enclosures , I replaced my faulty Eclipse dash speakers with JL Audio 4" coaxials TR400CXI. I got them locally, great fit, only had to trim a little off the baskets. The tweeters easily clear the grilles too. Superb sound for the size, no distortion at even high volume.

My NEW in the box EBay Infinity Basslink sub arrived yesterday, and I spent the day running wires and putting it in. Since I have had a Basslink in my 380SE for years, I found this to be the perfect size and sound combination for the SL...well, at least the size I could tell before ordering. But I gotta say, I can feel the vibrations in the back of the seat testing in the garage...can't wait to roadtest.

I found that the Basslink can be securily mounted using the feet supplied for vertical mounting, and 2 of the ones for horizontal mounting will 'hook' under the trunk rain gutter so it can't fall over. I needed to remove some of the 1/2" foam under it to get clearance for the trunklid support, but that's easy... and no holes to drill.

Finally, I mounted my changer on the battery cover with 2 small bolts. I have an all Blaupunkt set-up now with the steering wheel 'Thummer' control. Old tech, I guess, but I have trunk space for those trips too.

When $$ allows (for the subscription fees, I have 2 of these on hand), I'll be putting in my Sirius gear. Probably putting the reciever in the glovebox, as it doesn't look 'period' anywhere else...and I don't want thieves reaching in and stealing it either.

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1986 560SL
2002 Toyota Camry
1993 Lexus

Nice. You really didn't have room in your trunk for one of those huge sub boxes anyhow, did you? Isn't your battery right there in the trunk on a 107? That would make the wiring pretty easy, I would think. Was that the case?

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

No, the SL's storage space is very limited, but there is additional space in the rear 'seat' area too. I posted a thread awhile back on building a 'stealth' sub box there using a super-thin 12" sub that only needs 1 cu ft of space. I turfed the idea due to time constraints and thinking the Basslink would meet my needs anyway.
The SL battery is in a plastic compartment, right under the cover that the cd changer is mounted on. I ran power to the Basslink with a 10ga. wire directly from the pos. terminal, with an in-line 20amp fuse. I still had to run wires to the HU for the front speaker leads and the remote gain control. I tapped into the rear speaker wires under the 'Kinderseat' area.

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1986 560SL
2002 Toyota Camry
1993 Lexus

Nice job. My GF has two SLs and the SL500 has a sub under that kinderseat, as you called it. I think that's where it is. There are two holes that look like ports on the front of it right behind the driver's seat.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles