e320newbie

i left my clear corners in and i took my s600 grille out. I took off all the chrome strips on the factory grill and sprayed it black, i think it looks better than the 600 grill. i might even make it my summer grille too, i havent seen anyones car with the grill like that so i might keep it cause its rare. tell me what u think, i also threw a few interior pics up , check out the chrome air vent covers, classy.

vraa

No. It looks like someone stole all your fins.

e320newbie

dont like it?

ML55CLA45

this is just my oppinion.. but i think it looked better the way it was before... the factory grille matched your color scheme... the black grill just makes it stick out.... maybe if you had a black car......

as far as the interior chrome.. again it doesnt flow with the interior... their is really no other chrome in the car... it would probably look great if all your zebrano wood was chrome......

im just a fan of everything matching... you cant wear nike shoes with your reebok sweat suit... topping if off with your adiddas hat.......

but then again... these are just my oppinions.. its your car and whatever makes you happy!!!

-carino

ashman

I think it looks good.

You could also paint the chrome strips black as well.

I kinda like the interior pieces.

Ashman

e320newbie

thanks ash and everyone else. im really feelin the black gril. im gonna try painting the chrome strips tomorrow, i really like the one strip down the middle tho, i think it matches the color scheme cause of how dark my windows are, completely blacked out. all i know is i cant wait for this damn snow to go away . later yall keep the coments comin

CDP

Looking good man...a few months back I did my grill black too.

Check it out.
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w124/86810-finally-finished.html

ZorroAMG

Heheh been there done that

Old grille:


Current custom grille:


Grille detail:


Personally (as you can tell LOL) I love black grilles and your chrome surround looks kinda cool!

e320newbie

thanks everyone, are u guys gonna do hood conversions? i think it helps the look with the newer surround. but still both are lookin good, once u go black u cant go back haha
later

ksing44

I love the black grille, but I like it best with the chrome strips reinstalled. The black grille insert matches plenty of other little black things on the car. For example, the light wipers, windshield wipers, and side view mirror mount covers.

The S600 inserts look OK, but I hated the flimsy material and cheap construction of the two that I tried.

I painted my grille black too.

e320newbie

My s600 grill is one of the good ones out there its solid as a rock and was cheap to buy too off ebay. im thinking about painting my ****ty factory winter rims black, i think that will look crazy, plus there just winter ****s so whatever u know. what u guys think?

Benzari

Even on a black car the avantgarde grill looks better.

zahkunst

Did you buy your s600 from that guy in miami off ebay mercedes991? 79 bucks? I am trying one more after the first from this dood this time and hope it is like the picture meaning the sturdy one with the split factory clip on the top and solid surround on each side...the first one i tried was a real flimsy piece of **** where the distance between the horizontals wasn't even the same towards the center. That's the version where there is a little solid "fill" between chromes on the left side. If this one does not work out I am just buying a new oem.

e320newbie

i got my grill from jersey i think. not sure what guy, yah ill keep my s600 grill for summer but for winter i like my blacked out theme, later

grymarkt300

yea the black grill well same color as the car

e320newbie

what did u say man? that didnt make any sence its missing a word i think. haha

CDP

Hmm...I have a question. How did most of you paint the chrome grill itself to color match the car? Did you have to dechrome it or what.

e320newbie

it slides off doesnt it? it did for me man, show a pic of ur grill again man.

CDP

huh? Well you have a different hood since my grill isnt completely attached to the car. I was talking about how did they paint the outer chrome part of the grill. If they just painted over it or if there were steps and measures to be taken.

e320newbie

haha woops. my bad, how much would it cost u to do a hood conversion? the hood and grill is my favorite part of the car. later man

Strider93

He said: "All your base are belong to us."

tbone55

I know what you mean Chris, the grill frame....from what my body shop of choice said...has to be degreased with a striping agent/degreaser of some sort...then sanded,primed and painted. Even then he said it tends to chip easily, but I'm still gonna do it. He quoted me $200 if he didn't already have the paint. If he has it about $50 cheaper.

Tony.

CDP

sounds good. What was the color of our paint again? Since we have almost identical cars. LOL... oh hey, are you gonna go to the AMG meet?

ashman

Just clean it with a good cleaner first. thats what I did.

And the key is to use flexible primer and flexible paint. My grill has been painted for over a year and a half and has maybe one chip in it.

Ashman

ZorroAMG

Ashman, my good, warm climate friend, () You live in Cali where the roads never have snow and ice mixed with gravel and salt pummelling your car on a daily basis. Us regular 4 season folks may have to repaint our front end every year. My grille, however, was covered in the 3m clear bra stuff and has been perfect since the day i painted it...

Tbone et al, do the 3M clear bra and the paint shop can just do an easy paint job underneath. (or if you are painting it yourself)
3M is the bomb for paint over chrome applications....