I own a 1993 500SEL in totally mint condition. The other day I came across a cassette radio and cd changer pulled from a 1999 C230 Kompressor and I bought them both. My question is would I be able to use the radio and cd changer from the 99 benz on my 93 benz? Currently my 93 has an alpine radio installed by the previous owner which sounds great but I want to bring some originality back to the car (I'm not a big fan of aftermarket radios) Bottom line: can it be done or not? Or would it be too much trouble and not worth it? The man I bought the radio from will give me the money back if I can't do it. Thank you in advance for any help given!
There are a great number of posts about this topic, some generated by my questions of the same thing.
The short story is that 92-3 are in a league by itself, 94 up are different so if you would want to use any radio or component from the latter group of cars you would need to move the entire system, speakers, head unit, amp etc., everything.
The early system is a unique bird, incompatible with the latter.
well if there is already an aftermarket stereo in there it will most likely be more straight forward. Running the CD changer to the boot can be a bit of a pain but it can be done.
Thanks for the quick reply guys. Since it would involve moving all components from the newer car over to the older one I really don't see myself going through with the whole operation. My interior looks like nobody ever even sat in it and you can tell it's never been dismantled I've looked for defects like striped bolts, screws, anything that is off centered. So I want to leave it as untouched as possible. But it was a nice thought. Thanks again for helping me out before I took a chance I might have regretted later.
It would not have worked .. your car does not have the CAN buss connection or information to run the radio..
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