I have Benz addiction right now, if you thought Porsche parts were high try an ML55 some time. I have been able to cross reference a lot of stuff to Grand Cherokees and other vehicles but when you start playing w/ Renntech it's brutal. It was however nice today to get in the 44 and have ice cold air again. I really do like the little car. I get more comlements on it than any car I have ever owned. Usually it is "wow you don't see many of them anymore" or "how fast is it?". Not too long ago I even had an old boy ask me "Is that one of them there feeerariiis?" The biggest mistake I made was not going ahead and sending it to Renegade Hybrids in the first place. For $18K they were going to transport it to Vegas and do a complete LS1 install w/ A/C and Power Brakes. I was going to fly out and drive back......coulda.....woulda......shoulda. I would have spent about the same amount given I never did get money back from the Hausbrauen thieves. I hope those trolls don't reappear to hose anybody else.

Steve

Hey Steve, I've been reading up, and it looks like you've had your good and bad times with your car. Don't we all...

But anyway, I'm finishing up a 16v swap, and I wanted to do some minor modifications to the car to make it complete. One is new gauge faces, and the other is a sub in the wheel well. How did you go about making the box for the sub? And where did you get the faces?

Thanks for the help, just thought id ask someone who indeed does love his car.

On the woofers I first used a similar product to dynamat to dampen basicly every interior surface I could get to including removing the entire interior and going inside doors, under the carpet, etc, big difference!! Then I got a can of great stuff foam and sealed off the forward part of the wells in the back. I then layed fiberglass cloth inside the areas to make an enclosure. I made sure the drains, etc were intact. The tops are MDF w/ the woofer holes cut out and the drivers mounted on the bottom side to allow excursion. The grills were purchased from Parts Express. The tops are then screwed on w/ a foam gasket to seal them. They are probably not totally airtight but the car really sounds good. I bought a new rear carpet from World Upolstery that fits really well. My old one had speaker holes in it from the PO.

The gauge faces were a rip-off. I have tried to block the supplier out of my memory. Basicly for $100 I got a piece of paper that I literally had to cut out w/ scissors and stick over the old gauge faces. I used a scaple to trim it. The final result looks good, it was just a royal PITA. I bought a new oil pressure gauge and clock from North Hollywood Speedo. They will also do the white conversion for you if you send them the cluster.

Good luck w/ the car, a 16V should be very well powered in the older car. Be sure to post pictures.

Steve