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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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Consider the cost of a new benz replacement grille, or any other predominantly plastic part for our cars, and it is cheap, although thats not what I was implying by using the word "cheap". Cheap as in the fit and finish does not match up with the rest of the car's lines, in my opinion.

Its funny, I was actually praised by the person who originally posted this thread for the way I answered his question. He seems to think I was commenting out of respect, which I was, but you took it completely out of context.
When I first saw it on another forum member's car, I thought it would be some cheap plastic after market part as well. When more and more people got theirs and post pictures. I decided to give it a shot.

When it arrived, the quality surprised me. Not only it is of high quality, the fit and finish is dead on. The center star is an actual OEM part.
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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Thumbs up Black Grille Installed

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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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Nice HLG.

Black on black is a very clean look.
My Silver on Silver looks great. I've had it on for several months now and have no regrets.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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Thank you. The silver one is very nice as well. I feel it does a good job of freshening up the look of the car.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 01:30 AM
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WOW, my original take on that grille was way off, it looks excellent in black, especially on a black car.

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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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WOW, my original take on that grille was way off, it looks excellent in black, especially on a black car.
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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Off the topic but how much do the early 90's model SL run for these days?
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