Hi all,

I was poking around my stereo system on my 1992 400e this evening. I am purchasing a new stereo and speakers and wanted to verify what will fit in the factory locations.

When I removed the two front speakers, they are 4 inch by the way, I saw a capacitor inline with the speaker. I knew that this was inplace to act as a crossover for the small 4in speaker. I figured that since I will be replacing everything, why not remove it and see how it sounds.

Well a simple snip and about 10 seconds of soldering and WOW. I could not believe how much better the stereo sounded. The speaker sounded much better.

The capacitor was a 33uf, so based that this was a simple 4 ohm 6dB crossover, I figured that the crossover point was around 1.1k or 1.2k Hz. If you plan on keeping your stock "premium" Bekker tape deck, you might want to give this a try.

Simple operation, but the results are very nice. The speakers have a rubber surround, so they should be able to handle the extra bass with no problem.

Thought I would just share with everyone my discovery for the night.

-David