Door Pin and Surround Thread - All You Want To Know
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Re: Re: Re: Replacing door lock knobs?
Originally posted by MarkL
I was going to tell you my pins are black (in my java int.), but I see you've posted your pic too, so you probably already realize the pins are black.
I was going to tell you my pins are black (in my java int.), but I see you've posted your pic too, so you probably already realize the pins are black.
ZZZZZZZZZZZ... Oh, wait! my pins aren't Java. They're black! What was I thinking? Why didn't I notice?
Thanks, MarkL!
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I am amazed that there aren't any other members from St. Louis. St. Louis is reported to have one of the highest rates of internet usage in the country.
I am amazed that there aren't any other members from St. Louis. St. Louis is reported to have one of the highest rates of internet usage in the country.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Replacing door lock knobs?
Originally posted by MB-BOB
ZZZZZZZZZZZ... Oh, wait! my pins aren't Java. They're black! What was I thinking? Why didn't I notice?
Thanks, MarkL!
ZZZZZZZZZZZ... Oh, wait! my pins aren't Java. They're black! What was I thinking? Why didn't I notice?
Thanks, MarkL!
I thought that you just wanted to replace the black ones with Java ones so that they blend in more.... Yeah, that's it!
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Originally posted by MB-BOB
The longer door in the Coupe puts the pin further back, and my guess is out of the way of one's elbow. It really inferferes with the shorter sedan door, though. The ancient pin top doesn't help either.
The longer door in the Coupe puts the pin further back, and my guess is out of the way of one's elbow. It really inferferes with the shorter sedan door, though. The ancient pin top doesn't help either.
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Originally posted by revstriker
It looks like the coupe has nubby looking locks compared to the sedan with it's "water tower" looking ones.
It looks like the coupe has nubby looking locks compared to the sedan with it's "water tower" looking ones.
Thanks for posting those pics.
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Well, I hate to break it to you, but at least for the ccoupe, Brabus doesn't plan on importing any pins. I had placed an order in Feb, only to be told that in May. They were $60 anyway!
But there are some on ebay every so often that are knockoffs.
But there are some on ebay every so often that are knockoffs.
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Originally posted by MB-BOB
Here's a picture of the Sedan door (primarilly to show the MBTex door panels) but it shows the door pins, too. The longer door in the Coupe puts the pin further back, and my guess is out of the way of one's elbow. It really inferferes with the shorter sedan door, though. The ancient pin top doesn't help either.
Here's a picture of the Sedan door (primarilly to show the MBTex door panels) but it shows the door pins, too. The longer door in the Coupe puts the pin further back, and my guess is out of the way of one's elbow. It really inferferes with the shorter sedan door, though. The ancient pin top doesn't help either.
Never put a ding in that bad boy, even though it must have been fifty times my size. Destroyer-Gray, to boot. I did drive it on the beach in Romo, Denmark - a Daytona-like, hard-sand, several-hundred-yards-wide beach you could drive your car onto and just zip around. Years later, the cops caught on, and my dad got a ticket for letting someone practice driving without a license. Wasn't me...
I can't believe they still use the same knob. I mean, if it works don't change it, but they must have produced a century's worth and their parts bin is still quarter full
Still not bad looking after all these decades...just goes to show you.
Tommy, didn't you have Brabus knobs on order?
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Just for your info: The pics showing the sedan door lock pins is NOT how my sedan door lock pins look like. Guess this is another stupid US-spec thing. In Europe (at least in Sweden) the door lock pins for the sedan looks exactly the same as in the picutres of the coupés. A swap should therefore definitely be possible.
This is how my door lock pins looks like.
This is how my door lock pins looks like.
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Re: P.S.
Originally posted by columbus
whoops, shoulda read the entire thread first, Tommy.
Oh, we call 'em pins, not knobs. My bad.
whoops, shoulda read the entire thread first, Tommy.
Oh, we call 'em pins, not knobs. My bad.
Part # 123-766-00-22, choose any color, as long as it's black.
The old golf tee "lock plates" are $.50 each, but these simpler puppies are $1.70 each. Go figure.
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Re: Re: P.S.
Originally posted by MB-BOB
The old golf tee "lock plates" are $.50 each, but these simpler puppies are $1.70 each. Go figure.
The old golf tee "lock plates" are $.50 each, but these simpler puppies are $1.70 each. Go figure.
The golf tee "lock plates" are probably something that has been lying around in the parts dept since 1968, and now they go on sale for a cheaper price
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By the way, did you notice that the part# starts with "123". Doesn't the part# usually start with a model specific number, i.e. 203 for the C-class. Well, when I think of it, the old W123 I drove for a while, had similar door lock pins to the ones found in the Euro W203 (and the coupés)... Maybe it's be the very same item?!?
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Originally posted by MB-BOB
DtS, dude, isn't it past your bedtime? It's gotta be, what, 2:52 or 3:52 am your time, eh?
DtS, dude, isn't it past your bedtime? It's gotta be, what, 2:52 or 3:52 am your time, eh?
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Okay, are these staight "lock plates" flush with the top of the window sill when the door is locked or do they still poke up?
thanks
Jim
thanks
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I've learned that they can be installed so that they are flush, or below the window sill.
As best as I could tell, these don't screw into position like the ones they replace... you push them down. When I first installed mine they stuck above the sill when locked. Push a little harder and they will sit flush. I pushed too hard on my driver's side pin, and it now sits below flush. Be careful, because once set in place, they are very difficult to remove. (I can't budge my driver's side pin at all.)
As best as I could tell, these don't screw into position like the ones they replace... you push them down. When I first installed mine they stuck above the sill when locked. Push a little harder and they will sit flush. I pushed too hard on my driver's side pin, and it now sits below flush. Be careful, because once set in place, they are very difficult to remove. (I can't budge my driver's side pin at all.)
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The only problem I see with all of this is if someone is sitting in the rear seat and wants to get out of the vehicle. They cannot pull up on the pin to unlock it. Or does the door unlock as you pull the lever? Never tried it.
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i've done it
i've replaced the coupe door pins on my sedan , they look "updated" compared to the outdated pins. still looking for the brabus pins at a tuner speed shop..
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Brabus door pin !!
You all know that the plastic door pin that come standard with C-Class is terribly ugly. So I went to my friends shop and found something similiar to the Brabus door pins minus the "B" logo on top of it.
Cost me $20 for all 4 doors, what do you guys think?
Cost me $20 for all 4 doors, what do you guys think?
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The furthest to the left on your picture looks a bit rusty at the bottom. Other than that, I'm sure they'll look great. Make sure and post a pic after your installation.
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is there an AMG one or just plain MB one like that. don't care if it's fake or real or what not as long as they work. $20 bucks sounds good. wonder where i can get them around the area where i live. orange county or la county.
wonder where i can get them around the area where i live. orange county or la county.
