See photo:

http://www.autoblz.com/catalog/produ...roducts_id=101

The picture shows the car with both the hood star and the grill star. I assume most people replace the hood star with the flat emblem if they were going to buy the grill. But I like the hood star (I use it to line up the right-side lane markers for steadier drunk driving )

 

Thats a taste thing I think,,,most guys dont have both,I wouldnt wear both but hey,one man's meat...........

 

I think it's ugly

 

It's tacky as hell unless you take off the hood ornament.

 

IMO, I think they look better with the flat hood emblem.

 

With a grill emblem, you definitely need a flat hood emblem.
The following are my combination preferences.
1 Factory 'whatever' that came on the car you have, leave it alone.
2 Flat hood emblem instead of the tall one
3 Grill emblem instead of the tall one
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You could get the grill emblem and wear the hood emblem around your neck....

 

Never thought of that, that would be hot! :^)

 

yeah that is definitely an overkill, too much badging actually. It cheapens the classy look.

 

I have the flat emblem on my hood because my mom accidently broke mine on the garage door when closed so I am getting that grill I think it gives it clean new MERCEDES BENZ look similar to the new benz.

 

Before everyone gets too excited, that is a photoshop...here's the original pic:


Funny how this topic gets revived every now and then. Here's an earlier one...the responses were much the same but I do like the idea of using the hood ornament as a pimp fashion accessory
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w210/50011-pics-97-02-e-class-aftermarket-sport-grille-w-flat-badge.html

 

I have a full facial tattoo of the star already, so wearing another one around my neck might be too much.

Oh, what to do, what to do.

 

I thought of snapping mine off and using it as a keychain, bottle-opener, belt buckle, nose ring, branding iron-kind of thing, you know, sort of a swiss army
hood ornament just so I could replace it with the snazzy 'updated' flat one, but then I realized how often I use it to aim at the hookers on century blvd when I splash them with gutter water.
I'll bet Karl (Benz) and Gottlieb (Daimler) never would have thought of so many useful applications for a seemingly simple, yet elegant, hood ornament.

I think I'll go kiss mine good-night.
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