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Old Aug 4, 2020 | 09:53 PM
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Distronic Star Cracked.. Help!

Hi All,
Wondering if anyone knows of resource to purchase the chrome star part in the grill. To be clear, its only the star that is cracked. See picture and thanks for the help!
Dealer wants $300 for the full part!
Vehicle is my wife's 2016 C400


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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikey52
Hi All,
Wondering if anyone knows of resource to purchase the chrome star part in the grill. To be clear, its only the star that is cracked. See picture and thanks for the help!
Dealer wants $300 for the full part!
Vehicle is my wife's 2016 C400

Typical dealer scam. Go to AliEpress it costs like $30 for both options the DISTRONIC star and the DISTRONIC styled LED star
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Wail Faridi
Typical dealer scam. Go to AliEpress it costs like $30 for both options the DISTRONIC star and the DISTRONIC styled LED star

Thanks for the response! I've had a look there but can't seem to find anything. If you have a link that would be very much appreciated.
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 11:39 AM
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https://lmgtfy.com/?q=DISTRONIC+star+ebay

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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wail Faridi
Typical dealer scam. Go to AliEpress it costs like $30 for both options the DISTRONIC star and the DISTRONIC styled LED star
There's a DISTRONIC styled LED star that won't interfere with the radar? Where??
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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 11:42 PM
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Here you go mate, there are 2 colours one with the star in chrome and one with the star in gloss black. Tell the seller to send you pics in private, they don't put full pics because of copyright, he should have no problem showing it to you in private
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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 11:48 PM
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Here you go mate, I think it looks better than the DISTRONIC star because the star itself is 3D not 2D, and it looks faaar better than the hollow LED star. As for whether it doesn't interfere with the radar or not, I'm not sure, it seems to look exactly like the DISTRONIC star from the back just with a small housing for the LEDs (check the pics yourself), you might want to check with the seller.
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Old Aug 7, 2020 | 02:23 AM
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Part number is A0008880011 (for facelift model, that's A2058806406)
When a local garage mechanic damaged the chrome part on mine, I found a replacement (genuine, new) on eBay for $120.
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@benzdude Did you get the Star, I checked the link and they are out of stock
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Originally Posted by Shoaib R. Manai
@benzdude Did you get the Star, I checked the link and they are out of stock
No, there is no led star that will allow distronic radar to operate properly.
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