Chris,

Sorry for the delayed response. Those are great aftermarket sites, unfortunately I cannot afford to spend 15k rebuilding my engine, but I'm gonna try . You have the upgraded Bose stereo in your's, correct? I have the upgraded Bose and have been very pleased so far. The car definately needs a bigger sub though, which I will be installing shortly, unfortunately it is hard to find an auto-installation shop that will deal with the Mercedes fiber-optic wiring. I haven't been able to hear much of the high's since the only thing I have listened to has been FM radio so far, but overall it's not bad. I don't think its worth ripping out all of the wiring and putting in a whole new system, but I definately would like it to be louder. Overall I think its a great car and a major jump in quality from the Ford I used to drive.

Keep us all posted on your install and how you go about having it done.

Matt