If your 124 body is a US model, forget cuting the door panels for speakers. Your power window mechanisms will get in the way. Any goood car stereo shop can create pods to hold virtually any aftermarket speaker/tweeter combo. The exact color MBtex is available from any MB dealer in smooth or grained. When you spend time in a car stereo store, you will hear sales people talk about "rear fill speakers". This is a sales technique. You don't need to add more speakers to the rear, the ones in the corners are fine once replaced with any good coaxial of the same diameter or slightly larger. Forget the clips that hold down the junk paper cone oem speakers. Get a tube of silicone and lay a bead around the plastic cylinder before pressing your new replacement speakers into them. The only time rear speakers are required is when your CD head unit has dsp features that need four speakers to create the digital effects. When you go to a concert, where do you hear the sound coming from? It's in front of you, and always will be, so concentrate on a superb soundstage in the front of your car. If you really want to hear better sound, make sure to source SILK DOME tweeters and high quality mid-bass drivers.

I respectfully submit that you can indeed install up to 61/2" drivers in the door of an early W124 produced without door speakers. I'm not saying it isn't tight, but it's do-able and I've done it.

I'd be more than happy to pass along digital photos...I installed Boston Acoustics RC61 component speakers in my 300TE

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Best regards, Michael
'92 500E
'88 300TE

Well, by all means Michael, post the pics...!

Just as soon as I figure out how!! I've had the digital camera for only a month thus far, so bear with me!

P.S. Given that the door speakers are attached thru the inner door panel and screwed directly to the metal of the door, I thought it prudent to dampen the mounting area with Dynamat...

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Best regards, Michael
'92 500E
'88 300TE