124166

I had a hard time finding pics of the conversion so posting mine. Bought the grill off of Ebay for under $200 and my brother installed in 10 minutes. Really modernizes it (I always felt the OEM grill was too similar to the 164), but I think I need to either darken the chrome on the headlights or switch to LED to complete the look. Any ideas?

Isawelvis

Looks great are the horizontal bars all chrome or chrome with black or like mine chrome and gray. Cant comment on modifying;lights.

124166

I went with the black blade with chrome tip. They had a grey blade with chrome tip as a different option.

drwolf

wow nice work, does your distronic plus still work even with the newer gill?

124166

Yes. Distronic works and the fit of the grill and emblem are perfect. The distronic cover twists in just like it does on the factory grill (mine was faded and had some oxidation so I bought a good condition used one for $95 on Ebay and put that in instead). My brother did it all in 10 minutes without removing the bumper, etc. Just some engine bay trim, a few clips and some bolts...

drwolf

Nice.. had i still had my ML i would have probably done the same thing.

The Truth

That looks great! I went with the black grill on my wife's ML. Thought it turned out well. It was also from ebay.

Gibzki

That really looks good. Do you mind posting the ebay link?

Amblix

This looks amazing, I was wondering if that was possible as it's my favorite grill. Which grill is it from? Can you link it here?
EDIT: is it this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/383275004691