W166 front grill upgrade
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I got it directly from a Chinese manufacturer through AliExpress - the seller was Star-Alliance / Shine-Tuning, but I no longer see that grille it as an available option. I do see one for the W166 ML, but that one looks wrong. They had two similar but slightly different Panamericana grilles at the time, and the difference between them was the size and placement of the emblem (it is larger, lower and perfectly centered on mine while it is smaller and sits higher on the other, which now appears to be the only one available for the ML W166 from OTHER sellers.
The seller's e-store was https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1759923, and I did have to specify which of the two models I wanted but they no longer appear to have anything for the 2012-2105 ML and certainly not the one that works with the distronic. If you look at the pic I posted from mine, the emblem is centered top to bottom and if you look at the vertical "bars" on the grille, there are small pieces of the center bar both above and below the Mercedes emblem. I can't find any that look like that any longer... on the grilles that are available, the emblem is positioned higher, right up against the top of the grille (there is no bar between the top and the emblem).
The seller's e-store was https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1759923, and I did have to specify which of the two models I wanted but they no longer appear to have anything for the 2012-2105 ML and certainly not the one that works with the distronic. If you look at the pic I posted from mine, the emblem is centered top to bottom and if you look at the vertical "bars" on the grille, there are small pieces of the center bar both above and below the Mercedes emblem. I can't find any that look like that any longer... on the grilles that are available, the emblem is positioned higher, right up against the top of the grille (there is no bar between the top and the emblem).
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Thank you for the info! Bummer that these are so hard to find nowadays. This is the closest I have been able to find to match similar to what you are saying about the spacing. What do you think, does this look like it could work? https://www.etsy.com/listing/8219792...loss-all-black
