Sporty aftermarket front grill... RU feeling it?
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'10 ML550, 996 G T 3
Just caught this on an auction site... the star looks un-proportionally HUGE doesn't it?
Happy to see the aftermarket catering to the w212, but I'm not really feeling this yet.
Happy to see the aftermarket catering to the w212, but I'm not really feeling this yet.
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Ack, not feeling it. At first glance I though it was an E-Coupe with an unusually big mouth. Looks tacky IMO, and looks like it has a big middle tooth sticking out.
The car looks proper with the Luxury grille and ornament, I'd never mess with it, but people have been throwing hideous Star Grilles on M-B Sedans for seemingly centuries, never to have succeeded in a proper look.
M-B crafts the front ends of Luxo Grille cars, and Sport Grille cars in a certain proportion and way, which is why Star Grilles IMO never work on Luxo grille cars, and cars like the W204 C-Class, which was obviously designed with a Sport Grille in mind, looks absolutely awkward and hideous with the Luxo Grille.
The car looks proper with the Luxury grille and ornament, I'd never mess with it, but people have been throwing hideous Star Grilles on M-B Sedans for seemingly centuries, never to have succeeded in a proper look.
M-B crafts the front ends of Luxo Grille cars, and Sport Grille cars in a certain proportion and way, which is why Star Grilles IMO never work on Luxo grille cars, and cars like the W204 C-Class, which was obviously designed with a Sport Grille in mind, looks absolutely awkward and hideous with the Luxo Grille.
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Hmm. Not quite feeling this version. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the hood ornament myself. I do like the grills on the C-class sport and the E-class coupe. I think I'd like a version of the above grill with at least one more (maybe two more) rows of the main horizontal grillwork and a slightly smaller emblem.
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'10 ML550, 996 G T 3
Hmm. Not quite feeling this version. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the hood ornament myself. I do like the grills on the C-class sport and the E-class coupe. I think I'd like a version of the above grill with at least one more (maybe two more) rows of the main horizontal grillwork and a slightly smaller emblem.
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I would have been into it a couple of years ago, but I lean towards the straight grill (sans star) on sedans...just too busy.
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YES!!!!!!!!! I have the E 350 Coupe,,,,had an C 350 (08) and I kove the grills in them. I might have gotten the sedan if I knew that an aftermarket grill was available.
