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SL/R230: Daimler sticker on front windshield

Old Oct 23, 2020 | 01:15 AM
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Daimler sticker on front windshield

I am missing the sticker, anyone have a picture of their sticker on the windshield? My car is 2004.

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Chris
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 12:40 PM
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Was your windshield replaced with a non Mercedes windshield?
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Gene Fiorot
Was your windshield replaced with a non Mercedes windshield?
No, the sticker was just removed.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 02:13 PM
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I have owned at least twenty Mercedes cars in the last 25 years, and only ONE of them has had a white Daimler-Benz sticker at the windshield! And I am 100% certain that all of the glass in these cars, of which I own five today, is/was all original. I wonder, do people remove the sticker? Was every Benz ever delivered supplied with that white rectangular sticker near the base of the windshield? My Maserati doesn't have a sticker in its windshield, either. LoL

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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 02:26 PM
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tonylinc
I wonder, do people remove the sticker?
Tony, I always removed the white sticker from all of my Mercedes. But my wife won't let me touch those stickers on her windshields. My '16 S550Coupe solved that problem - no sticker but the word Mercedes is molded into the glass.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott J
This one?

That’s it! Now I know where it goes.

Thank you Scott.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by tonylinc
I have owned at least twenty Mercedes cars in the last 25 years, and only ONE of them has had a white Daimler-Benz sticker at the windshield! And I am 100% certain that all of the glass in these cars, of which I own five today, is/was all original. I wonder, do people remove the sticker? Was every Benz ever delivered supplied with that white rectangular sticker near the base of the windshield? My Maserati doesn't have a sticker in its windshield, either. LoL
I believe they all come with a sticker...
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Originally Posted by Fountain35
I believe they all come with a sticker...
yes
and should be removed in dealership
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by pmercury
yes
and should be removed in dealership
I have had multiple Mercedes and all have had the sticker and not one has had the sticker removed by the dealer. It is suppose to stay on the car when purchased.
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Fountain35
I have had multiple Mercedes and all have had the sticker and not one has had the sticker removed by the dealer. It is suppose to stay on the car when purchased.
it is supposed to be removed
maybe your or US dealers leave it there but it is supposed to be removed
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 11:03 AM
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and it should have both signatures lol !


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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 11:09 AM
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I also know rappers that leave the stickers on their hats


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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 11:12 AM
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https://www.jacksonville.com/article...NEWS/801258381
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 12:04 PM
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Lost it when tinted the front windsiehld
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 12:57 PM
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understand that when mercedes makes a signature tag intended to remain on a car, it looks like this:






not a crappy piece of paper on a transparent sticker
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott J
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So when this sticker is removed does the signature stay on the glass....ie is the sticker separate to the actual signature?
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by pmercury
it is supposed to be removed
maybe your or US dealers leave it there but it is supposed to be removed
Based on what and by whom?
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Old Oct 26, 2020 | 08:39 PM
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I am thinking it's a matter of preference. I've never bought one brand new from a dealership. A lot of people for some reason take the sticker off. Maybe some dealerships do that, too. Since my big black S550 has it on there I'll leave it where it is. It almost looks like a special parking authorization. LoL Although, I park wherever I want to; no one's gonna stop me. It is a big black Mercedes, after all. I actually got a "parking ticket" back in February. I out it in the paper shredder when i got home. Actually, it was a citation for not having a front license plate. I don't use those on any of my cars.
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I don't think that sticker is not supposed to be removed actually. I have seen the dealerships adding these decals on new replaced windshields. That said, the old ones are pretty ugly. They have been replaced by clear ones on newer models. Something like this...


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Originally Posted by Wolfman
I don't think that sticker is not supposed to be removed actually. I have seen the dealerships adding these decals on new replaced windshields. That said, the old ones are pretty ugly. They have been replaced by clear ones on newer models. Something like this...

might be just a taste problem them
decals look nice but don't explain why Benz is not present

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Originally Posted by pmercury
might be just a taste problem them
decals look nice but don't explain why Benz is not present
Because that's the name of the company?
It's not called Daimler Benz or Mercedes Benz, it is called Daimler AG
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Originally Posted by Wolfman
Because that's the name of the company?
It's not called Daimler Benz or Mercedes Benz, it is called Daimler AG




their should be 3 signatures maybe

whatever, you are more driving Karl Benz car than a Daimler



for those who want to replace ugly business card version to newer:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Wi...kAAOSw5xJba8WQ


documentation from different sources:

https://www.daimler.com/company/trad...-mercedes.html

and



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their should be 3 signatures maybe

whatever, you are more driving Karl Benz car than a Daimler



for those who want to replace ugly business card version to newer:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Wi...kAAOSw5xJba8WQ


documentation from different sources:

https://www.daimler.com/company/trad...-mercedes.html

and


Some small correction; I didn't refer to Daimler AG in a historical sense, it is actually the current name of the company (2007+). Daimler Benz is historical and Mercedes Benz is a brand of Daimler AG.
Btw. the British Daimler had no relation at all to the German Daimler other than acquiring the right to use the brand name hundred-some years ago
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Originally Posted by Wolfman
Some small correction; I didn't refer to Daimler AG in a historical sense, it is actually the current name of the company (2007+). Daimler Benz is historical and Mercedes Benz is a brand of Daimler AG.
Btw. the British Daimler had no relation at all to the German Daimler other than acquiring the right to use the brand name hundred-some years ago
I understand that it's just weird exposing a old signature refers to history, and if you lookup history the story is not the same
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