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Old 09-15-2009, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by callmiro
As you can see on the pic of the grill, it sits on hangers on each side....you can grind those hangers down as well to drop it down...

anybody shop would tell you and do that to make it fit....that's what my guys did
If you dont mind, would you care to take some close-up pics of the grill installed on your car with the hood up? I'm just disappointed that the body shop i took it too couldnt do **** to get it to fit right and i won't stop until i have this grill on my car... Thanks
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Originally Posted by callmiro
He did not go out and get what i got...he bought it from EBAY

What's so stupid about it....i bought the grill...took it my bodyshop...and got it installed within an hour......if your bodyshop comes back and says thye cant do it, i have a tough time believing in their skills....

guys graft rolls royce clips on 300 C\s and you're telling me you can't get a grill that's made for the car on the car?

Again...you guys bought your grills from Ebay...I DID NOT

i've included a pic of the grill..as you can clearly see you can shave at least an inch and a half off the bottom if you had to to make it fit...

This has got to be the most retarded thread i've ever seen...all i did was buy a grill, get it installed and post pics....and then told everyone where i got it.....

i'm not trying to manufacturer it, sell it or do some group buy

Ok, I´m sorry I thought your line was directed at Brians shop. My apologies. Anyway, I believe many of us like that look and would like the grill and when there doesn´t seem to be a grill like that out there it confuses many. Anyway I believe you that it is from WALD, and that you (or your shop) have done some work to get it to fit.

I have not bought a grill but I would want one like yours (that is made for a c63). I think we should pressure WALD to make one that fits perfectly! Who wants to make the call?
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Originally Posted by Veho
Ok, I´m sorry I thought your line was directed at Brians shop. My apologies. Anyway, I believe many of us like that look and would like the grill and when there doesn´t seem to be a grill like that out there it confuses many. Anyway I believe you that it is from WALD, and that you (or your shop) have done some work to get it to fit.

I have not bought a grill but I would want one like yours (that is made for a c63). I think we should pressure WALD to make one that fits perfectly! Who wants to make the call?
I have alrdy sent them an e-mail just waiting for their response. I have also contacted a few companies in Taiwan that i know make this grill to see if they will produce a C63 modified version of it and said they are on the work.
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Originally Posted by Veho
Ok, I´m sorry I thought your line was directed at Brians shop. My apologies. Anyway, I believe many of us like that look and would like the grill and when there doesn´t seem to be a grill like that out there it confuses many. Anyway I believe you that it is from WALD, and that you (or your shop) have done some work to get it to fit.

I have not bought a grill but I would want one like yours (that is made for a c63). I think we should pressure WALD to make one that fits perfectly! Who wants to make the call?

Like i said in a previous post, they said it was made for a C63 but it really didn't seem like, hence the mods to get it in....

but i was willing to pay whatever it took to get it on, because i think it looks so unique

again.....grinding, the bottom down as well as grinding the hinges on the grill and the perches they sit, will get it to sit right down....once you close the hood and have it sitting right you can lock the clips from underneath....

the one good thing about the grill is that the star is an original MB part and pops in and out....therefore you should install it with the star out, that way you can get your hand behind the grill through the star opening and push it down snug so it locks into place
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Soldier: Is your ebay one painted black or molded in black plastic?

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callmiro, do you happen to have a part # that we could use?
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Originally Posted by Sincity
Soldier: Is your ebay one painted black or molded in black plastic?
It is EXACTLY as the one in the picture Callmiro posted.
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This is the response from WALD importer here in the USA:

"We are the importer for WALD.

The cost for this SL style front grill is 400 delivered to Florida.

Best,

Sales Team"
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Originally Posted by soldier2304
It is EXACTLY as the one in the picture Callmiro posted.
But is it painted or molded in black? I can't tell in the picture.
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Originally Posted by Sincity
But is it painted or molded in black? I can't tell in the picture.
Molded in black...

UPDATE:
WALD distributor in USA is going to check with WALD about fitment but it's confirmed, they do sell the SL grill for $400.
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Except for the center that looks axactly like the one I used to have on my C300 right down to the box. Once again any C63 on LI want to try it on their car you are more than welcome.




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Originally Posted by soldier2304
I ordered one i saw off ebay. If it doesnt fit then i'm down for a group buy too.
Molded in black is good news. Which Ebay seller did you buy from?
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Brian you're a lifesaver! thanks alot for all of the effort! which shop are you and where are you located?

Just chiming back in, as I stated, Wald does not make a C63 grill, however looks like there is some information that the SL grill can be made to somewheta fit. I will look into this as well.

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HUH? i m so confused....

so we can buy one from Wald or not ?
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Originally Posted by soldier2304
That's the exact same grill i have sitting in my garage. BTW the height measurement of the stock C63 grill is 10 inches in the middle. This grill from EBAY is 12 inches. It needs more than just a 1 inch reduction to make it fit in the C63. I have contacted WALD and so let's see if they sell this grill for the C63 or not.
+1, his grill looks exactly as the one I had... even the box behind it (and that doesn't seen to be coming from Japan).
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Originally Posted by callmiro
Like i said in a previous post, they said it was made for a C63 but it really didn't seem like, hence the mods to get it in....

but i was willing to pay whatever it took to get it on, because i think it looks so unique

again.....grinding, the bottom down as well as grinding the hinges on the grill and the perches they sit, will get it to sit right down....once you close the hood and have it sitting right you can lock the clips from underneath....

the one good thing about the grill is that the star is an original MB part and pops in and out....therefore you should install it with the star out, that way you can get your hand behind the grill through the star opening and push it down snug so it locks into place
Is it just me, this sounds more and more like the same exact grill selling from eBay... the one I had also had the pop-in 'OEM' star, molded black, looks identical to Callmiro's... anyway, perhaps we are looking in the wrong direction, WALD or not, I think we should have your bodyshop's contact, we should ask your installer on how he 'modified' the girll in order to fit it into the inche lower hood on a C63.

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As always, everyone has their own likes and dislikes, but in my opinion the more pictures of this grille that I see the less I like it. The huge flush/flat star versus the smaller 3D stock star just doesn't do it for me. Seems like a lot of work to make something fit that looks worse than the original when you are done with it.
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As always, everyone has their own likes and dislikes, but in my opinion the more pictures of this grille that I see the less I like it. The huge flush/flat star versus the smaller 3D stock star just doesn't do it for me. Seems like a lot of work to make something fit that looks worse than the original when you are done with it.

My grill does not have the huge flush flat star...as you can see in the pic of my grill, the star is almost identicle to the factory star....just larger
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OFFICAL word from WALD USA, just got off the phone with Phillip (2nd cal in two days), and he was quite agitated by what I told him in regards to the forum posting of a WALD grill for the C63 W204, well for any MBZ grills by WALD period. His response to me, was WALD does not make ANY grills, for ANY car, PERIOD. The grill that they show in their website it just a black painted stocker. The W204 *Black Bison*C300/350, is NOT a WALD grill, just a painted stock one. If at any point they do a *special edition that requires a grill they buy it from another manufacturer, but this is VERY rare, most of the time they just leave the grill alone or paint it black.
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Did the seller misrepresent the grill as a "WALD" to OP? Something is strange here. First OP stated it was made by WALD specifically for a C63, then later made to fit. Is it possible that OP got it from Japan and the USA office doesn't know about it? Just giving benefit of the doubt here. I'm sure there are a lot of annoyed members by now. Thanks for your investigation.

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Did the seller misrepresent the grill as a "WALD" to OP? Something is strange here. First OP stated it was made by WALD specifically for a C63, then later made to fit. Is it possible that OP got it from Japan and the USA office doesn't know about it? Just giving benefit of the doubt here. I'm sure there are a lot of annoyed members by now. Thanks for your investigation.
wow...do i ever regret putting up this post....

here is my email chain with WALD below and that's it...i'm truly done with this one....

guys...i hope you get what you want...i got what i wanted...but i'm totally done with this post...i dont know what else to do

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Sent: Thu 8/13/2009 3:34 AM

Subject: RE: Your Form Submitted: WALD W204 Grill


Yes, will fit a C63 w/out distroninc.

10-15 business days to CAN.

We will need your complete name, address, and phone to issue you an Order
Confirmation. Payment instructions will be attached to the Order Confirmation.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Best,

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Originally Posted by Brian GT PRO
OFFICAL word from WALD USA, just got off the phone with Phillip (2nd cal in two days), and he was quite agitated by what I told him in regards to the forum posting of a WALD grill for the C63 W204, well for any MBZ grills by WALD period. His response to me, was WALD does not make ANY grills, for ANY car, PERIOD. The grill that they show in their website it just a black painted stocker. The W204 *Black Bison*C300/350, is NOT a WALD grill, just a painted stock one. If at any point they do a *special edition that requires a grill they buy it from another manufacturer, but this is VERY rare, most of the time they just leave the grill alone or paint it black.
IDK who you spoke to really. I e-mailed those guys and they told me that they serve as a USA dealer for WALD and they DO sell the SL63 grill for W204 yet they dont know about fitment on the C63 and they were going to get back at me with that info. This is the website www.jonari.com- and this is the email that was sent to me

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Jonari Corp <info@jonari.com> wrote:

Please reference the link to the one you purchased off ebay.



In the meantime, we will check with WALD for C63 fittment.



Best,



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Originally Posted by callmiro
wow...do i ever regret putting up this post....

here is my email chain with WALD below and that's it...i'm truly done with this one....

guys...i hope you get what you want...i got what i wanted...but i'm totally done with this post...i dont know what else to do

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Sent: Thu 8/13/2009 3:34 AM

Subject: RE: Your Form Submitted: WALD W204 Grill


Yes, will fit a C63 w/out distroninc.

10-15 business days to CAN.

We will need your complete name, address, and phone to issue you an Order
Confirmation. Payment instructions will be attached to the Order Confirmation.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Best,

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Seems like someone at WALD need to get their story straight. They didn't tell you that it needed to be "professionally" installed.
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just saw this photo accidentally..
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just saw this photo accidentally..
That's the pic i saw...but you can see that it's not a C63 (by the hood)


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