SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: POST UP pics of your front end! Grille, Bumper and all!
09-27-2014, 01:10 AM
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POST UP pics of your front end! Grille, Bumper and all!
Hello all!
Please post up pics of your front end, i wanna see all the types of grille everyone is running with, OEM or face lifted front fascia w/ or w/o CF lip.
Let the pic posting begin!
Please post up pics of your front end, i wanna see all the types of grille everyone is running with, OEM or face lifted front fascia w/ or w/o CF lip.
Let the pic posting begin!
09-27-2014, 07:05 PM
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2003 SL55 original bumper, grill ...
I just picked up a resprayed bumper for it this Thursday and installed it the same day. The bumper that had been on the car had a few cracks on the bottom and worst of all, a license plate (mounted on the factory plate holder) which was coincidentally covering a square hole in the bumper cover made by a trailer hitch receiver during a bad parking maneuver (during its previous ownership).
Everyone has seen the OE bumper, etc.
However, since OP asked for everything including OE .... AND, as it happens, this morning, I made a clever quick-install plate holder that may be of interest, I figured I'd post a few pics.
The thought behind this mount that quickly slides into a secure position without any tools .... is that it should preclude an equipment violation ticket as I can do an impromtu road-side plate install (after remarking, "oh, my gosh, the detailer must have put it in the trunk" : )
An advantage of the OE grill is that it makes proper mounting of the Laser Interceptor transceivers quite simple (mounting right next to headlights is considered ideal).
Cheers,
Chris
I just picked up a resprayed bumper for it this Thursday and installed it the same day. The bumper that had been on the car had a few cracks on the bottom and worst of all, a license plate (mounted on the factory plate holder) which was coincidentally covering a square hole in the bumper cover made by a trailer hitch receiver during a bad parking maneuver (during its previous ownership).
Everyone has seen the OE bumper, etc.
However, since OP asked for everything including OE .... AND, as it happens, this morning, I made a clever quick-install plate holder that may be of interest, I figured I'd post a few pics.
The thought behind this mount that quickly slides into a secure position without any tools .... is that it should preclude an equipment violation ticket as I can do an impromtu road-side plate install (after remarking, "oh, my gosh, the detailer must have put it in the trunk" : )
An advantage of the OE grill is that it makes proper mounting of the Laser Interceptor transceivers quite simple (mounting right next to headlights is considered ideal).
Cheers,
Chris
09-28-2014, 03:36 AM
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2003 SL55 original bumper, grill ...
I just picked up a resprayed bumper for it this Thursday and installed it the same day. The bumper that had been on the car had a few cracks on the bottom and worst of all, a license plate (mounted on the factory plate holder) which was coincidentally covering a square hole in the bumper cover made by a trailer hitch receiver during a bad parking maneuver (during its previous ownership).
Everyone has seen the OE bumper, etc.
However, since OP asked for everything including OE .... AND, as it happens, this morning, I made a clever quick-install plate holder that may be of interest, I figured I'd post a few pics.
The thought behind this mount that quickly slides into a secure position without any tools .... is that it should preclude an equipment violation ticket as I can do an impromtu road-side plate install (after remarking, "oh, my gosh, the detailer must have put it in the trunk" : )
An advantage of the OE grill is that it makes proper mounting of the Laser Interceptor transceivers quite simple (mounting right next to headlights is considered ideal).
Cheers,
Chris
I just picked up a resprayed bumper for it this Thursday and installed it the same day. The bumper that had been on the car had a few cracks on the bottom and worst of all, a license plate (mounted on the factory plate holder) which was coincidentally covering a square hole in the bumper cover made by a trailer hitch receiver during a bad parking maneuver (during its previous ownership).
Everyone has seen the OE bumper, etc.
However, since OP asked for everything including OE .... AND, as it happens, this morning, I made a clever quick-install plate holder that may be of interest, I figured I'd post a few pics.
The thought behind this mount that quickly slides into a secure position without any tools .... is that it should preclude an equipment violation ticket as I can do an impromtu road-side plate install (after remarking, "oh, my gosh, the detailer must have put it in the trunk" : )
An advantage of the OE grill is that it makes proper mounting of the Laser Interceptor transceivers quite simple (mounting right next to headlights is considered ideal).
Cheers,
Chris
Yeah i HATE front license plates as well!
I was super pleased that the dealership was willing to fill in the holes for me from the license plate holder and respray the entire bumper after buying the SL55. They know how much i dislike front license plates
Heres mine:
Before(the night i bought the car)
and After(a couple of weeks when i picked up the car after all is done with the bumper work)
Stock OEM front end anyhow, but still debating what i want to do with my grille & possible CF front lip to match with the C32, but still unsure...
Last edited by SGTzAMG; 09-28-2014 at 03:43 AM.
09-30-2014, 08:07 AM
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the TX highway patrol man that pulled me over...i drove it for a long time without one. until recently i don't think you could be fined for not having one, but i didn't want to be on the DPS officers radar, so to speaK.
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