erickinane

Yeah, the amp is between the quarter panel and the trunk on the right hand side.

I've worked with a few people who "upgraded" thier sound systems in these cars and mostly they end up with a system that just gets louder, but definitely doesn't sound better. These new systems are so "sound engineered" and tuned for the best sound imaging that even just changing the speakers can result in a really bright or off sounding system. If you want to do it right, then I would get the OEM ML amp and stock head unit, along with the speakers and do an OEM upgrade with a seperate line in sub amp and 8-10'' sub. DCfish here on the forums sells all the equipment. I don't think your going to be able to get better sound by swapping your current 14 channel amp for a 4 channel amp and a bunch of cross overs, unless we're talking a top of the line Focal system or something and crazy money.

I completely agree with you smooth, although to do a complete ML audio upgrade would be in the thousands of dollars, that would sound best and from what he was talking about, sounds like he's planning on dropping some $ into the system anyways. Good luck, I want to do the same but decided for the money, the OEM sounded just fine!

I just got it on my '08 IS 250!! Love it...