The W211 has just plastic plain door lock pulls that are just black and ugly, has anyone ever done anything to make them look better, whether it be with chrome, wood or leather? It shouldn't be too hard to make a mold for all 4 door pulls and give them some style...

 

I've seen two versions .. one from AMG and one from Brabus I believe that are replacements. Not too expensive.

 

The pre face-lift models have a nice, classy sprouting one, with chrome inserts. For some reason one of the small cost-cutting things M-B did with the face-lifts was to put in some super cheapo door pins.

 

And if you don't like the US version ones get yourself EURO ones; they sit flush when locked. MB PN: A 123 766 00 22

 

I can't find any of those, AMG/Brabus/Euro door pins on the internet, could you give me a direct link?

 

http://www.formymercedes.com/mb_resu...Door+Lock+Pins

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Hey Barry, do you have any link to plastic black lock pins that sit flush to the door when locked? (I assume this was the "european-style" pins you were talking about, right?)

 

That's what I've done and can report there are four more numbers to the part number to indicate the color.

These same pins are used in the USA on the CLK, so USA dealers can easily get them.

And, the notion "sit flush" indicates the true function, which is not--as the thread title hints--to pull them to unlock the door. Switch on the dash for that.

IMHO these are items to not be seen and getting chrome ones or the like is akin to replacing the plates surrounding in-your-house electrical switches with something featuring Kokopelli. Poor taste, that is.

 

Ok guys, I got them in the mail today, I'll post before and after pictures soon!

 

I wonder how many people here understand this reference

And, yep, I agree.....(with both)

 

Issue with the ones that sit flush is that if the doors are locked and that little button on the center console to unlock fails, you would have no way to unlock in an emergency.

 

Ok so I kind of took a lot of pictures for a really simple thing, but I thought some people would like to have this as a reference. The install was relativeally easy. I just had to screw out the old ones and put in the new ones. I used a vice grip because they are really screwed in tight. I also added O-rings because I thought it looked a lot nicer and added a personal touch.


Alright, so these are what they look like stock from the formymercedes.com site. I like them but they do look untasteful without the O-rings.






I didn't really like what I saw, but then I realized that I could put two O-rings around the two rivets and it would look really sharp for my black interior!






Those pictures are what it looks like with just 1 O-ring, which some of you might like better, I went with 2 O-rings each. For some reason, I decided to be really intelligent and not take pictures of what it looked like when you take the old door pins off, but it's just a really long screw. Once you take off the old ones (I saved mine) simply screw on the new ones. I had to use some force to get the new ones to screw on, so the threads would come within contact with each other, but I just hand tightened it. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL PINS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION WHILE CHANGING THEM OUT! You can't get them out otherwise.






What it looks like finished with one O-Ring on each pin.





2 O-rings makes a much better look in my opinion and adds more detail to something that is often over looked.








Final product!

Ok, so all in all, I would recommend this mod with a few precautions. Make sure that you have all doors unlocked so that way you can screw them in. I also recommend that you have all your windows down so that you have more workspace, I almost broke a window with my vice-grip at first! If you do the O-Ring add like I did (I strongly recommend ) and you do double O-Rings, the lower O-ring will not clear the holes in the rear doors because the pins go down too low. They get pushed up over the rivet and touch the upper O-ring. It's an easy fix for this problem. All I had to do was un-screw the rear door pins 2-3 full revolutions and my problem was solved! I will add pictures of this problem soon so all visual learners will understand Good luck and thanks for all the help! Smoked tails mod or black grille coming soon!

 

Had a Buick Lucerne rental car last week with similar chrome door lock pins.

 

Ha ha ha thanks bud!

 

what is your point? I'm not trying to be facetious or snarky...I'm genuinely curious

 

Nice ,thoughtful instructional write up. If anyone hasn't said it,thanks for your time. In addition,I love those rims,they work wonders for your car...and mine when I find them...

 

Your welcome! I try to give back as much as possible even though I don't really know much yet, this forum is so helpful for me and I try to capitalize giving back when I have the opportunity to do so. Thank you for complementing my rims, I always wonder if I should spring for some replicas 63 AMG style but I like my genuine AMG 811's as well. They do look amazing on my car when they're clean! Thanks again!

 

That is a nice smart looking mod I think. What do they look like normally in the US?

 

Like crap!

 

And thanks by the way!