Hooplescat

Hi all

Quick question - I am uprating the standard stereo in my slk55 (who orders one without stereo upgrade!!!)

I know the full harmon kardon kit is extra speakers, but is there a difference between the harmon kardon door speakers and the standard ones with low end cd player? i.e. I have ordered HK door speakers in the hope that they are higher output rated, but am beginning to suspect that they are the same as what is in there already.

Is there two part numbers, one for a standard speaker and one for the HK speaker? Am having kit fitted tomorrow (tuesday 1st) so a fast answer if anyone knows might save me a few bucks on wasted fitting costs!

I somehow ended up trading my old super specced slk55 for a lower mileage but low specced slk55 (via an sl55!). I would not usually touch anyting in an AMG, but the low spec gives me the excuse, so am having fitted the double din pioneer avic allinone system +digital tv and reverse camera etc. On another post, someone said that to fit new speakers was a nightmare because of the crazy shape of the slk door speakers, and that the best way was to order the HK speakers from MB as an upgrade to standard. Just that when they arrived, they looked no different from how the standard ones seem, and am beginning to suspect that the same are used for both systems, just with extra amps and speakers elsewhere in the car if you order the HK upgrade from new...

It's no biggie, I just will send them back, but don't want to waste the cost of purchase and fitting if no different

Thanks all

DansSlk

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There is a difference between them a few ohms of resistance and an amp or 2 but nothing major.

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Hooplescat

Thanks mate - I might as well put them in then now I have them, the info is appreciated.

A guy on benzworld told me to register here because you would know the answer!!

Cheers

(did you buy your brabus as is or have it converted? I live near the welsh border near chepstow, and my local dealer does some of the brabus mods, though not the rebore - apparently it has to go back to germany for that)

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Glad to help out.

I live in Mid-Wales but work outta Shrewsbury at the shop, my car was damaged so it all had to be taken apart and i figured might as well work on it while it was out engine went back on a crate and arrived back with a new tranny to complete the outsourced work the rest i did in-house they just shipped the parts over.

Who's your local? I know some do all the work but others tend to stick to the simpler stuff.

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Some of the last few people there must be angry that everyone has left there to come here !

Hooplescat

john

Dan, my local is County Mercedes in Cheltenham - they push themselves as a brabus specialist, but how good they are I am not sure...

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i was in Cheltenham for the races last month.great days crack!

welcome to slkworld hooplescat.

so you traded an slk55 for an sl55 then abck to a lower mileage slk55. your obvioulsy a dedicated MB sports car fan

Hooplescat

Yep!

I loved my first slk55 (after years of BMW M Car driving) but had always fancied the SL, so made the move...and the SL has to be contender for all round best car in the world

BUT

despite the clever suspension, the extra room, the plushness and all the extra toys, the slk55 has something the sl lacks in sheer grin-ability when you drive them flat out...and I miss the straight line thump a little but I can carry the silky through the bends faster than I need and be laughing maniacally as I catapult out of the other side...

so made the change back - and until I can afford the Mclaren SLR (which should be in about a thousand years) I am sticking with my silky...plus maybe some brabus mods

My SLK is having all the ICE fitted today and tomorrow

Thanks for the welcome!

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gratz! As always show us pictures of your mods!