Do you guys have any idea how to remove the trim on the bumpers and doors? Im trying to get them repainted.

 

The long one on the doors has one torx crew in the inside and then, you just have to slide it out. The small fender trims, you just have to pull them out carefully.

 

Do i have to take the door panel out to get to the screw? and do you know where its located? in the front of the door or the back?

 

No, you dont have to take it out, just take a look, as i remember, it is T10 located in the back of the doors.

 

Thanks!! Dr_npz you have one of the cleanest 55s ive seen

 

 

Good to know. Im having evrything blacked out in a couple of days!

 

I have instructions for the trim. I will try and upload them today.

 

Be sure to post some updated pics guys.

 

Apologize for the length of this, but I just lived through it. Can't speak to the doors, but I just replaced two of the three rear bumper chrome strips last week. The strips are white plastic covered in real chrome, with copper base and everything. Because it is real chrome, you cannot flex the strip very much or the chrome will wrinkle and the strip is ruined, so be careful. Each piece is about $62 at the dealer. They have little hooked tabs about 3/8" wide spaced about every four inches or so. Each piece has 8 -10 tabs. Before I removed mine I searched for posts and found a couple describing it as real easy - that you pop out one tab and then slide it and the remaining tabs release because the slits in the bumper they fit in have a wider part. Then I saw a bumper cover for sale on e-bay that showed these big long slits with a wider opening at both ends. So I tried - and failed. At some point MB redesigned the slits in the bumper. A 350 like yours probably has the new kind. Although the first three or four slits on the sides are sorta long, the ones starting at the curve and all along the back are exactly the size of the tab on the trim. And MB used this hardeneing black rubber stuff to fill the gaps anyway - so it's not sliding anywhere. You have to pry the tabs out. But the tabs are pretty weak and break easily. Even knowing exactly how they work I would not bet 5 cents that I could remove one without breaking it - multiple breaks. Here is what I recommend, at least until you are sure which kind of slits your car has. Start at one end on the side of the car. Put some tape along the bottom of the chrome on the painted part. Starting in about an inch and a half from the end, use something like a thin putty knife and get under the trim and pry out very lightly just enough to creat a small gap. Then use a hair dryer and really heat it up under there to soften the black rubber goop and even make the bumper more pliable and keep exerting a bit of prying pressure while heating. That tab should pop out. Repeat at each tab. If MB has some magic instructions for the new kind of bumper I'd like to see them.

Edit: Of course if you pull the bumper cover and remove all of the bracing structures so you can see the tabs, you can probably pop them out with a small screwdriver, but that's a pain.

 

Hey Dyno do you know how to take off the bumpers on a 06 350? i would rather go through taking the bumper off than breaking the tabs and paying $65 EACH for them hahah Very good write up though!

 

PM'd. I check the WIS and it looks like it only has instructions for the side moldings, not the bumpers.

 

I thought you might remove the cover - just didn't want you to get the "it's easy" instructions only to learn the hard way. I had to buy new anyway so it was no big deal for me. I'm sure WIS has instructions on removing the bumper cover.

 

I just noticed that you asked about bumper trim too. Sorry, easy was meant to the side mouldings. Removing the tiny chrome strips on the bumpers is pain in a$$. I did remove my bumpers, and yet it is not easy to do not brake anything.

 

haha i just wish they wouldnt use brittle material!!

 

instructions on removing your clk 350 bumper man
http://w209forums.com/showthread.php...ont-bumper-DIY

 

​​​​​​​Hey Yidney, old thread here and I know I've asked on another but what about replacing a broken one with new? Any prep required to the bumper itself before attempting to pop the tabs into the slots?