Luxury grill on C300 Sport?
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Luxury grill on C300 Sport?
How difficult is it to remove the Sport grille and install the Luxury grille on the sport sedan? I will be selling my 2005 sport sedan and getting the C300 Sport later this year.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
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How difficult is it to remove the Sport grille and install the Luxury grille on the sport sedan? I will be selling my 2005 sport sedan and getting the C300 Sport later this year.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
If the grille price is anything like the W203, it will be around $175 for a luxury grille. The only thing I was worried about was putting in the hood star. But I checked it out and the flat badge that it comes with sport models is placed in the hood the same way a hood star would be. I believe on M-Class/R-Class/GL-Class etc, the flat badge is attached to the hood differently and so there is no hole underneath (I could be wrong) but since the W204 has different variants, they obviously only want one hood design to save costs.
There are also two different variants of the traditional grille, I will post pictures later.
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How difficult is it to remove the Sport grille and install the Luxury grille on the sport sedan? I will be selling my 2005 sport sedan and getting the C300 Sport later this year.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
IMO, the Sport grille is brand blasphemy! All sedans should have the traditional grille with hood ornament...
In this view, the old CLK was an anomaly as well.
A salesman at the dealership here told me the luxury and sport grilles are interchangeable (I already asked the question). I have not yet verified this with parts or service departments.
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Oh god, it would cost WAY below $400. The grilles are just plastic as you probably know, and should only cost approximately $175. The hood star is cheap too, no more than $30.
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Ok here are some pictures for everyone.
First we have the two traditional grille choices. In Europe there are 3 lines of cars: Classic, Elegance, and Avantgarde. Elegance is roughly our Luxury and Avantgarde with an AMG Package is our Sport. Our Luxury sedan gets a traditional grille with grey inserts, and the Classic in Europe gets black inserts. If you can get your hands on a classic grille I would recommend that because the black inserts are more sporty. On the W203 the Sport always had black inserts and the luxury grey.
Classic grille with black inserts:
Elegance (Luxury) grille with grey inserts:
First we have the two traditional grille choices. In Europe there are 3 lines of cars: Classic, Elegance, and Avantgarde. Elegance is roughly our Luxury and Avantgarde with an AMG Package is our Sport. Our Luxury sedan gets a traditional grille with grey inserts, and the Classic in Europe gets black inserts. If you can get your hands on a classic grille I would recommend that because the black inserts are more sporty. On the W203 the Sport always had black inserts and the luxury grey.
Classic grille with black inserts:
Elegance (Luxury) grille with grey inserts:
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It seems like more people like the "Sport" grille, I bet a quick post in a classified section (If one exists on this forums) or Craigslist etc... Someone would likely glady swap you one. In contrast everyone I have shown the new car too has said "Thank god they got rid of that stupid star on the hood" but to each his own.
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Not in the US, maybe in Europe. Those pictures are from the online web special on the German site which lets you pick your colors, wheels etc. I'm not sure if they can get AMG in Europe with traditional grille.
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I just checked out that web special on the German Mercedes site. Looks like it is possible to add an AMG kit to the Classic or Elegance while retaining the traditional grille.
I remember reading somewhere that in Europe you can add on the BMW M bodykits to the lowliest versions of the 3-series. I believe BMW North America is considering the same option for cars sold here too.
I remember reading somewhere that in Europe you can add on the BMW M bodykits to the lowliest versions of the 3-series. I believe BMW North America is considering the same option for cars sold here too.
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I prefer the sport grille over the luxury grille. I believe the grille fits the car since it is a sport sedan. I have always thought of the hood ornament as a luxury car thing. Just my opinion, but I think both grilles fit the type of car they are on.
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Wish I had known about the availability of the sports grill as I think I would have preferred buying the luxury model for the interior and found someone interested in swapping grills.
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I don't like the star on the hood because it always bends out of place when going through car washes. I think the sports grille makes the car look more expensive.. like one of the S classes from the front sort of... I think it is more appealing.
But the star on the hood is nice too. I'm surprised people want the sporty interior with the luxury exterior.
But the star on the hood is nice too. I'm surprised people want the sporty interior with the luxury exterior.
