AMG hood emblem measurement
Thread Starter
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,890
Likes: 323
From: Land of mountains, cheese, chocolate and watches
12' W204 C63 AMG coupe "T-Rex", 12' W451 Smart Fortwo Pulse (99' W202 C43 AMG + Ultima Can-Am sold)
AMG hood emblem measurement
A condensed summary of my problem:
So, again I ask, does anybody have the measurement handy??
Attachment 203460
Received the emblem and tried fitting it to my 43. No way it fits like in the pic below (it is not a W202 but you get the idea). The emblem has a diameter of 46mm and the Star is 44mm, so the 2mm difference makes it impossible to get it to recess correctly into the hood
Got back to the seller who told me to get it to a body shop for fitting as the emblem fits both W202 and W203's. Now, if I can dismantle the Star among other DIY mechanical chores, I don't need an body shop to place the emblem in the hood recess and screw everything together from the inside of the hood 
The emblem is foolproof to put together, so where have I gone wrong? I assembled like in the picture below (the bottom side is shown here which is supposedly to fit in the hood recess) and stuck the badge on the other side (which also holds the screw in place). If I don't find the answer, I will get the emblem on a lathe and turn down the piece to 44mm diameter, but what a pain for a simple operation.
Anybody have any ideas?? Thanks
Received the emblem and tried fitting it to my 43. No way it fits like in the pic below (it is not a W202 but you get the idea). The emblem has a diameter of 46mm and the Star is 44mm, so the 2mm difference makes it impossible to get it to recess correctly into the hood
Got back to the seller who told me to get it to a body shop for fitting as the emblem fits both W202 and W203's. Now, if I can dismantle the Star among other DIY mechanical chores, I don't need an body shop to place the emblem in the hood recess and screw everything together from the inside of the hood The emblem is foolproof to put together, so where have I gone wrong? I assembled like in the picture below (the bottom side is shown here which is supposedly to fit in the hood recess) and stuck the badge on the other side (which also holds the screw in place). If I don't find the answer, I will get the emblem on a lathe and turn down the piece to 44mm diameter, but what a pain for a simple operation.Anybody have any ideas?? Thanks
Thanks for the support, but I don't have a solution apart from reducing the diameter, as NO WAY am I going to touch the hood to make it fit. So does certainly looks like there may have been a small **** up on the sellers side.
Anybody here with a W202 fitted with this emblem? If so, could you kindly measure the diameter and post here
Anybody here with a W202 fitted with this emblem? If so, could you kindly measure the diameter and post here
