The New Look!!! Tell me what u think~
10-15-2007, 06:36 PM
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2019 C300 Wagon; '75 Triumph TR6; previous: 2004 C230 6spd sold after 17 years of driving
Sorry but I vote a no for it (sorry to rain on your parade, you do have a nice car though)
My POV
1. Gaps are inconsistant and too large at the bottom. Looks like a home job to me or something Saturn would put out with huge gaps that are not symmetrical all the way around and from left to right
2. Painted frame looks too much of an add on, if this was on the production car we would be having a field day, a chrome frame works but something that is matching the car in colour screams aftermarket. Not sure why the frame is needed, I think that the fins would look better if they went edge to edge
3. The AMG badging in that place is a big no-no, AMG never places them there and looks like some of the mis-badged cars out them adding badges where they don't exist
4. I have a problem with the horizontal bars not being equal and consistant. I think it would look better if there were 3 with equal openings, the bottom chrome one to me throws it off.
My POV
1. Gaps are inconsistant and too large at the bottom. Looks like a home job to me or something Saturn would put out with huge gaps that are not symmetrical all the way around and from left to right
2. Painted frame looks too much of an add on, if this was on the production car we would be having a field day, a chrome frame works but something that is matching the car in colour screams aftermarket. Not sure why the frame is needed, I think that the fins would look better if they went edge to edge
3. The AMG badging in that place is a big no-no, AMG never places them there and looks like some of the mis-badged cars out them adding badges where they don't exist
4. I have a problem with the horizontal bars not being equal and consistant. I think it would look better if there were 3 with equal openings, the bottom chrome one to me throws it off.
10-15-2007, 08:27 PM
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03' E39 M5, 10' CLS63 AMG
but u got some good guesses!!!
ur right, its not the expression grill, because the expression grill has 4 slots and mine has 3...
CL Style Grille (By MP Design)
Part Number: 88-887A
thx
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10-15-2007, 08:38 PM
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03' E39 M5, 10' CLS63 AMG
Sorry but I vote a no for it (sorry to rain on your parade, you do have a nice car though)
My POV
1. Gaps are inconsistant and too large at the bottom. Looks like a home job to me or something Saturn would put out with huge gaps that are not symmetrical all the way around and from left to right
2. Painted frame looks too much of an add on, if this was on the production car we would be having a field day, a chrome frame works but something that is matching the car in colour screams aftermarket. Not sure why the frame is needed, I think that the fins would look better if they went edge to edge
3. The AMG badging in that place is a big no-no, AMG never places them there and looks like some of the mis-badged cars out them adding badges where they don't exist
4. I have a problem with the horizontal bars not being equal and consistant. I think it would look better if there were 3 with equal openings, the bottom chrome one to me throws it off.
My POV
1. Gaps are inconsistant and too large at the bottom. Looks like a home job to me or something Saturn would put out with huge gaps that are not symmetrical all the way around and from left to right
2. Painted frame looks too much of an add on, if this was on the production car we would be having a field day, a chrome frame works but something that is matching the car in colour screams aftermarket. Not sure why the frame is needed, I think that the fins would look better if they went edge to edge
3. The AMG badging in that place is a big no-no, AMG never places them there and looks like some of the mis-badged cars out them adding badges where they don't exist
4. I have a problem with the horizontal bars not being equal and consistant. I think it would look better if there were 3 with equal openings, the bottom chrome one to me throws it off.
for part #1... the grill is still in the works, and i will make the gaps all equal at all sides, this was just a trial... to see how this grill will look. i personaly like it a lot better then most of the grills out there, and the chrome border for me is a much, at the most i would make the top bar chrome nothing else... but that is in the works too.
#2 if u think my car screams after-market u clearly have not seen many of the cars on line. the stock C-grill has a place for screws on the right and the left of the grill... so on a white car when u dont have a border on the sides u can see through the grill and see the white mettle plate sticking into the grill a little bit, which does not look good IMO, and i did not want to paint a portion of my hood to make it less visible.
for the part #3 C32 AMG's dont come with a C/F lip from the factory so its not like they would have a choice of putting the badge there. and my car is badge less and this is the only amg badge on my car.
#4 horizontal bars can not be the same length because the grill gets smaller and narrower as it gets to the bottom.
10-15-2007, 08:54 PM
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In other words 2 bars would be fine OR 3 bars with equal intake gaps (top and bottom) but the bottom chrome bar is right next to the painted frame and I think it looks a bit odd. The main bars are straight but the bottom one is curved or bent to follow the shape of the grill and that is what sort of throws me off
Understand about the lip is not a stock item, I just thought that the badge just looks a bit odd there. I am sure you will be always cleaning the badge because of the orientation, it will collect dust and dirt
10-15-2007, 09:31 PM
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Nice looking car Harry,the only other color I considered when buying mine was White(I have a Black one).
Btw did you consider a white colored grill(or Star),just throwing my 2 cents in.
10-16-2007, 01:12 AM
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06 c230 v6 SS
grille looks good, i like the 3 slat kind.
heres mine to give you an idea of what the white grill looks like.
only got it cause i got bored and figured it kinda finish off the black/white theme i had.
heres mine to give you an idea of what the white grill looks like.
only got it cause i got bored and figured it kinda finish off the black/white theme i had.
10-17-2007, 05:11 PM
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03' E39 M5, 10' CLS63 AMG
Thx, ya i tend to a lot of driving.... where have u seen me??? i have yet to see ur car on the road. or ur car period.
i got it off a friend in cali, msg me i can send u his e-mail and u as see if he can get u one
ya i want to do the trip but it turns out that i'm busy that weekend soo i might just do a weekday drive like take off around 4 and come back around 11 or 12.
thx
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10-17-2007, 08:53 PM
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Midnight Blue 2004.5 C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan. 2002 w210 E320, 2009 w211 E350 Sport
Not the same grille. Harry's has the frame surround. This one on ebay is more like the Expression grille, with only 3 slats.
