I thought some of you might like to see this. I got the radio for $85 off ebay...cost $850 from the dealer. As was done by others, I wired the stereo into the speakers at the console mounted fader...no need for it anymore. I think it looks great in the 126. Thanks for the responses I got a few weeks back. I dont know if anyone has done this exact radio but I suspect so.

-Justin Lewis

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That looks great! Worth the effort, wasn't it?

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

Very worth it....old radio was dead. It was not very difficult. The common grounds made it take some thinking to figure out which speaker wire was which.

-Justin Lewis

Was sound improved at all such as bass?

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99 C43
98 S420
99 C230K
01 C240

How does the lighting of that head unit match up with the dash lighting at night? Have a picture?

Mike

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

The sound did not get much better...bass is still really weak. The radio's amps are made for speaks with 7 ohm impedance (right?) and I measured the stock speakers to be 3.5 ohms. I know this is really working the amp...when I really turn it up the stereo backlight dims with the bass beat. I want to eventually replace the old paper speakers with some aftermarket ones. I would like to use a resistor to increase the speaker impedance but I understand this adversely affects sound quality.

Looks great! Nothing beats a nice stock look without all those tacky lights and graphics.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

I would have thought the amps were made for 4 ohm impedance? Most all are.

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The Golden Rule

1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later)

Yeah I like that radio too! Nice job!

I'm thinking of throwing in the Audio 10 into my E420. It looks almost like that but it has a slot-in CD player built into it. The problem is that I'd have to upgrade my CD-Changer to a Fiber Optic unit.

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2008 BMW 335i Coupe