NY_in_TX

Hi all,

I've been browsing for a while. Great site and a great find.

Gotta quick question about emblems (or badging as some say)

First what are the specs for badging on a 98 SLK? I know some years have Kompressor across the back right, other years have it on either front side fenders. Some say sport. Is that a year specifc thing?

Also I think there was a mixup on my SLK lettering. Mine says "230 SLK" all of the ones I've seen say "SLK 230". The ordering of mine in retro (280 SEL etc.) but something tells me that wasn't intentional (probably after a trunk repaint). Maybe I'm wrong, but it's the only one I've seen like it.

And lastly any ideas on where to find badges? I've found plenty of AMG emblems on ebay, but I'm not going for that (at least until I find rims to back it up at the very least). I am trying to avoid the high price of labor and parts from the dealer, but if I gotta I gotta. seems too pricey for a stick on piece.

thanks

NY

mbtech208

Your '98 SLK230 should have Kompressor badges on both fenders and the right corner of the trunklid. It should say SLK230 on the left side on the trunklid. The Sport package wasn't available in '98, so that doesn't apply to your vehicle.

NY_in_TX

Thanks! MBTECH,

Nice to have someone informed to give good feedback. Any idea how much those 3 emblems would cost me? labor to install?

I am assuming that they are like any other car emblem, double stick tape.

NY

Brian_R170

The location of the kompressor badges was not year specific, it was package specific. SLK230s without the sport package have kompressor badges on the front fenders and nothing on the passenger side of the trunk. SLK230s with the sport package have the kompressor badge on the passenger side of the trunk and sport badges on the front fenders. This applies only the SLK230s in North America. In the rest of the world, the sport package was called the AMG Styling package and SLK230s with and without this package had kompressor badges on the front fender and nothing on the passenger side of the trunk.

mbtech208 is correct that the sport package was not available in the North America until the '99 model year, although the AMG Styling package was available in other markets as early as December 1996.

Somebody definitely installed your badge incorrectly when the trunk was resprayed. I really don't know what the badge costs, but my guess is about $40.

rghinzel

Hi,
I've got a 99 slk230 with the factory AMG sport package. These have the SLK 230 (left side looking from rear) and Kompressor (right side looking from rear) on the rear trunk lid and sport on the front side fenders.
The base vehicle had the Kompressor on the front side fenders and the slk 230 on the rear trunk lid.
I remember reading an article about the slk that mentioned the above as well.
-Rob

07_C230

Sorry to resurrect an 8 year old thread, but The one I just bought has Kompressor on the fenders, SLK 230 on the left trunk lid and AMG on the right trunk lid. Is it incorrect? How else can I tell if its a real AMG package?

rghinzel

Hi,
> The real AMG package had the SLK 230 badge (left side looking from rear) and
> Kompressor (right side looking from rear) on the rear trunk lid and a small
> sport badge on each front side fender.
> The non AMG had large metallic Kompressor badges on the fenders. Looks like
> your car has been dressed up. I was trying to send you an image of the AMG package from the MB 1999 sales booklet but I can't attach an image directly to the post.
> -Rob

07_C230

No problem, thanks for the verified info. I'll just pull the AMG off the rear deck lid. I may de-badge the whole thing while I'm at it!! hah

Jeff