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Aug 5, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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I am thinking about getting this grill below. What do you guys think about it? Rice or Nice?

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Aug 5, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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RICE, skip
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I personally wouldn't get it just because im not a big fan of the star on the grill, but it's pretty cool looking, definitley not rice.
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i kinda like it
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Aug 5, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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personally i'm not a fan of that look with the star on the grille on a c-class. while i, like many others i think, will not consider it really "rice", it just looks a bit awkward because it's kind of copied from the CL and SL and such. just my opinion.
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i have that grill.... i sported it about 7 months and changed back to my factory one yesterday.... IMO the star is just a little to small... im half and half on rice or nice....
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Not rice... but, not nice. If you are going to swap grills, go with the big star grill. I had a small star grill on my CLK and grew tired of it very quickly.
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No good. Get the MHD/Expression CL Grille instead. Looks a lot better.
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No good. Get the MHD/Expression CL Grille instead. Looks a lot better.
Since this is a German car, I would use "sauerkraut", or just "kraut" instead of "rice".

It looks fine to me, but I am more partial to the wider body cars using the star on the grill
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No good. Get the MHD/Expression CL Grille instead. Looks a lot better.
what the bouncing fat girl's father said.
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No good. Get the MHD/Expression CL Grille instead. Looks a lot better.
that grill is sooooo last year
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that grill is sooooo last year
now we need what? the C55 style grille?
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I just sent you that grill?..looks good..
rock a flat hood badge too.
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