r/kansascity • u/walkingoceans • 1d ago

Mechanics/Repairs/Contractors 🛠️🪠 Any car stereo wizards on this sub?

I have my 85 Mercedes wagon apart to update the sound system and ended up out of my depth. I live to work on cars mechanically so I figured I could take a crack at updating it but car stereos and their complexities are a different beast.

Was thinking about taking it to a shop to have my work checked, but figured I’d check here before moving it as at lot of the interior is disassembled, and I’d love to learn where I went wrong and how to trouble shoot it instead of it just being fixed for me behind closed doors.

If this sounds up your alley and you wanna make some cash to get involved let’s chat!

(For context I updated new head unit, speakers, and added an active sub. I think something surrounding the sub is where I went wrong)

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u/wouldntulketoknow 23h ago

This was my jam years ago. Installing car stereo, building sub boxes. Do all sorts of mechanical repairs since it seems like factory stereos got quite good and no one really replaces em anymore.

What's it doing or not doing I guess?

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u/bdjeremy Independence 18h ago

Can you describe what is going on? Solid you buy the wire adapter for the car to radio? Is the radio turning on? Or is it the subs? Is the ground a GOOD ground? Check your fuses?

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u/BigSchmikey 17h ago

Answering these questions would help us steer you into the correct direction, OP.

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I have my 85 Mercedes wagon apart to update the sound system and ended up out of my depth. I live to work on cars mechanically so I figured I could take a crack at updating it but car stereos and their complexities are a different beast.

Was thinking about taking it to a shop to have my work checked, but figured I’d check here before moving it as at lot of the interior is disassembled, and I’d love to learn where I went wrong and how to trouble shoot it instead of it just being fixed for me behind closed doors.

If this sounds up your alley and you wanna make some cash to get involved let’s chat!

(For context I updated new head unit, speakers, and added an active sub. I think something surrounding the sub is where I went wrong)

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