# New guy from Ballston Spa with all Mercedes...And some other stuff ;) **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-guy-from-ballston-spa-with-all-mercedes-and-some-other-stuff/251211 "2010-03-30T14:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![ALL4ONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ALL4ONE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ALL4ONE)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-guy-from-ballston-spa-with-all-mercedes-and-some-other-stuff/251211/48 "2010-04-01T19:55:25Z")
> [@FS: 2002 H-D Fatboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2002-h-d-fatboy/30608/2): > > ive always had problems with their audio setups. they either use a single wire for everything or entirely too many. everything there is proprietary and they love integrating stuff into other stuff that doesnt belong in the other stuff. like the hvac controls into the radio panel. so if u yank the radio uve gotta now build a new panel for the hvac buttons or display and stuff. HUGE PITA. if you take a run of the mill E320 theres no mods for it other than like APC’s universal spoilers or light bulbs. unless its an amg, upgrades on their cars are meh, at best. my friend’s on his 2nd benz, i hate his car. we tried to find some light bulbs and theyre like 70 dollars a piece. thats absurd. just that kind of stuff. and they kept telling my friend that he has to buy special kind of tires, special size and all that bullshit and only from the benz dealer. i was like WHAAAAAAAAAAA? dude, theyre jsut tires, match the size to your OEM shit and ur fine. LOL. Thats where alot of issues start is where people who buy a car like this and then try and upgrade the system in it. Its Mercedes not a Honda Civic. It comes with a Bose or Harmon Kardon System. The best money can buy. As far as upgrading Mercedes you can take a run of the mill E320 and very very easily do performance upgrades. I know a guy with a E320 with a Turbo in it. He is pushing about 400BHP from the stock M104 Motor and a no need to change the transmission since it is a 722.6. A widly used transmission in some of the worlds fastest cars. The thing is that its not worth the money putting into a E320 becasue its not considered the performance model. I mean its far from slow. Take my 2002 E320. 0-60 in 6.6 seconds. 145Mph top speed. Not a slow car when you consider it weights like 3,500LBS seats 5 very comfy and gets about 30mpg on the highway. I have recorded 34mpg with it at most. As far as your friend with his light bulbs. He must have the Xeons lights if there $70. But any car with those will cost alot of money doesnt matter if its Mercedes or GMC. As far as the tires thats BS. You can buy any kind of tire for any car. What you need to do is find what is best for the car and conditions. Sounds like he has a lack of knowledge about his car. This will end up costing alot in the future. Need to be educated on what you drive. And dont take any car to a dealer. $tealer$hip --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-guy-from-ballston-spa-with-all-mercedes-and-some-other-stuff/251211)._