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Anyone have a center grille with an illuminated led center emblem?

Old Dec 20, 2021 | 07:03 PM
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Anyone have a center grille with an illuminated led center emblem?

I'm thinking of going with the front grill with an illuminated center emblem but wanted to see how it looks with the transparent vs the non transparent setups. I would think having the transparent center with the LED on would have to much light hitting the radiator area making it look weird? Sorry cant remember the term for it. But if anyone has one would like to see some pictures if possible.

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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny5
I'm thinking of going with the front grill with an illuminated center emblem but wanted to see how it looks with the transparent vs the non transparent setups. I would think having the transparent center with the LED on would have to much light hitting the radiator area making it look weird? Sorry cant remember the term for it. But if anyone has one would like to see some pictures if possible.

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I looked at a 2014 with one before I landed my 2013 and don’t remember it illuminating the radiator. Honestly all I thought was pretentiousness and it must have been the previous owners first Merc lol 😂. I asked if it could be disconnected if I bought it.

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I don't know about the OEM illuminated star. But the aftermarket star has a solid rear face, meaning that light cannot illuminate anything behind.

There are several threads on this topic. You should do a search.

This thread has all the pictures you should need... https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...installed.html

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