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Old May 12, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Over time the sun and heat will cause the glue to peel. It's not even real chrome, its that faux plastic chrome looking stuff that fades after a while. Spend the extra cash and pick up something that will last you forever.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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It'll last me until I get one of those s600 grill inserts like you have. Man that thing looks awesome!
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Old May 12, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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forget about those inserts..............check this out (for all chrome freaks LOL)
http://cgi.ebay.de/Raritaet-neu-w124...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old May 13, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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what else are they goin' to do with those grills????????
http://cgi.ebay.de/Raritaet-neu-w124...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old May 13, 2006 | 03:34 AM
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Well if you're going to buy the cheap stuff don't buy it on Ebay, just get it from your local auto parts store. The guys selling this stuff are buying it from the same place and hiking up the price to rip people off. But I strongly suggest you just wait until you can pick up a real grill insert. In the mean time you could try painting your current grill black to give it a different look. I did it because I was tired of the faded gray plastic color then I decided to purchase a grill insert.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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what kind of prep work/paint did you use. I've been wanting to do that but I don't want it to look bad.
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Originally Posted by GORBETTTEAM
forget about those inserts..............check this out (for all chrome freaks LOL)
http://cgi.ebay.de/Raritaet-neu-w124...QQcmdZViewItem
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Egad!!! That looks absolutely horrible -
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Originally Posted by shadowgriffen
please do, I would love to see what it looks like
Here it is:
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Well, to his his own. I would have at least painted the grill first before installing the faux chrome. Some primer for the paint to stick on and a couple coats of cheapo flat black paint can make a world of a difference.
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Well, to his his own. I would have at least painted the grill first before installing the faux chrome. Some primer for the paint to stick on and a couple coats of cheapo flat black paint can make a world of a difference.
That's next on my to do list.
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Loved the German Grille but will not work in my 1989 300E any other place??
Thanks to all..
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