Jehnert Door & Dashboard Speaker System Upgrade Kit for 2019+ Mercedes Sprinter Vans (65740)

The $70,000 Mercedes Sprinter van stock sound system is unbelievably terrible. The quality of the speakers in my loaded 2024 sprinter was like listening to an AM radio. The Jehnert upgrade is a great first step in fixing the system. It is noticeably better all around. You do need to sacrifice two cup holders for the system. Having only 6 cup holders for the driver area is barely tolerable, but I’ll survive (kidding, WTF am I going to do with 8 cup holders in the driver area?)

Stavros from Nomadic has some great installation videos that walk you through the install process. Sound deadening and insulating the front doors was on my build out checklist, so replacing the door speakers was a good opportunity to knock out that as well. The newly insulated and sound deadened doors are noticeably quieter for road noise.

The installation is very straightforward and Jehnert did a great job in making this plug and play with the Mercedes connectors. In terms of labor time for the installation, the upper speakers were straightforward. The first side took about 45 minutes going slowly in disassembly to not break any clips. The second side installed in about 20 minutes. The doors were a bit more complex but fairly straightforward. I added extra insulation and sound deadening. The first door about 90 minutes for everything (again, going slowly to avoid breaking any clips). Insulation and sound deadening took the most time. Second door was under an hour. Watch the videos a couple times and read the instructions before beginning and it will go smoothly. A couple of notes on the install video. Stavros had one or two video sections that were a bit more complex than necessary. Primarily in the door handle wire. It’s easy to unclip it instead of feeding the entire thing through the door.

I also had a minor issue with the center speaker crossover connection. For whatever reason my van was wired a differently from the Jehnert crossover plugs. (Likely a mercedes assembly error). After a few minutes of experimenting with it, I swapped the center speaker wires and the crossover works fine.

The Jehnert system comes with German instructions, so download the english instructions from the Nomadic web site.

The whole system was so good and well integrated into the Sprinter that I am going to order the Jehnert amp from Nomadic for a self powered Alpine (panel mounted) subwoofer and rear speakers.

Install was relatively easy, the provided instructions and videos were accurate and helpful. The speakers sound great, very crisp, much better than stock, but the low end is still lacking quite a bit. I have ordered the subwoofer and amplifier that complement this system to get that extra punch - still waiting for delivery. A little disappointed that they lacked that extra low end for this price, but other than that, a good DIY install option for the Sprinter - just expect to have to buy the subwoofer to fill in the bottom end if that's important to you.

They were very easy to deal with and shipped quickly. The new speakers sound great in my sprinter van.

The Mercedes Sprinter sound system sounded like a 60's AM radio. The center channel overpowered every other speaker. The puny door speakers were worthless. The Jehnert system fixed all of that. It comes with an attenuator for the center channel and seperate tweeters and midranges in the dash. The door speakers are substantially larger and heaver than the stock speakers. This is a must for every Sprinter!