This 2006 Mercedes C230 has been to us a few times over the years from its Lakeland owner. This time, we built a simple, but custom, enclosure for a Kicker L7 15-inch subwoofer and installed a new Kenwood DNX-693 GPS navigation head unit into the vehicle. The Kenwood GPS navigation touchscreen integrated into the dash of this C230 very nicely. It has a clean but stock appearance. All of the interior speakers were upgraded previously, using Kicker components and a Kicker KX series four-channel amplifier.
To maintain a clean appearance but still get some serious bass in his Mercedes, the client decided to go with a Kicker L7 15”. Kicker offers some of the hardest-hitting bass out of its subs for the budget, but they take up a lot of trunk space and the enclosures can be quite large. Our client didn’t want to sacrifice his trunk space or his sound, so our Tunes-N-Tint team members built a vented enclosure that gave the sub the maximum air space possible. The enclosure is vented behind an edge-to-edge beauty panel that not only protects his new audio equipment but does so in a very clean, factory way.
The subwoofer is powered by a KX1600.1 amplifier, giving him plenty of head room to really make this system jam, all hidden behind the edge-to-edge beauty panel. Since this Kicker sub has a silver cone from the factory, we added some gray carpet as an accent piece around the enclosure’s baffle, bringing a subtle amount of attention to the woofer.
We gave this C230 a lot of bass in very little space, with rooms for golf clubs and strollers to spare. Stop by and let us give you a no-obligation quote for upgrading your vehicle’s sound system.
A client from Tampa came to Tunes-N-Tint in Lakeland for a 2011 Chevy Malibu 
Here at Tunes-N-Tint in Lakeland, we are always looking for cutting-edge products to meet the needs of our clients. Integrating into a premium factory system has been challenging in some cases, but the new 
First of all, it will allow you to upgrade your smaller factory amplifier to a more robust 75 watts x 6 channels at 4 ohms – 100 watts x 6 at 2 ohms. It uses Class D amplifier technology for super-efficient power and a compact chassis. It gives you a very sophisticated digital signal processor (DSP) that works with your iPhone or Android via an app that gives you a wide variety of digital processing power.
The iDatalink Maestro uses a vehicle-specific T-harness to connect seamlessly to the factory radio harness with a growing list of vehicle-specific adapters. It allows the factory system to continue to communicate with an upgraded amplifier when functions originally in the factory amplifier are removed. This option takes our ability to upgrade your factory system to a whole new level.
