lawguy

Have most the dudes here replaced the classic hood ornament with the flat emblem? I hadnt done it yet, and wondered what the majority view was on the mod?

Also, all pics of the flat emblem look appreciated.

GT-ER

I swapped it out two weeks after owning the car. The ornament makes the car look too....ummm...old.

BenzoDoc

I swapped for a flat hood ornament as my first mod as well.

But now I'm missing the gun sight. Especially since switching to a black grille.

Worth the wait

My very first mod.

AWOL

Flat sucks, keeping the star

motorkas

I had the flat badge - went back to the gunsight (I agree - with a black grill on a black car the gunsight looks better). It really is all just a matter of opinion but they're so easy to switch out back and forth - just get the flat badge and that way you can go back and forth as you please...

With gunsight:



Without

E55Dimon

Love that gunsight.

AKnight55

Looks cleaner with flat hood, in my opinion.

chiromikey

or you can powdercoat the star black and give yourself a combination look of both the star and flat badge...

cahiil55k

I like the factory hood ornament. Having the "old fart car" personality makes killing smaller sports cars more fun.

tbal

Hahaha I think it was the first thing I did as well. It looks HIDEOUS!

AMG_RL

I debadged my car and ordered a flat badge the first night I brought my beast home! Haha I later painted the OEM gunsight flat black and it does look alot better on my silver car with a black grille FWIW.

400RWHP

100% agree. That star rolls up and people think, 'Oh lookie, the nice pretty merc, WAIT wtf just happened? That ******* thing is ****ing faaaaaast'

At least, that's what I see going on in my mind

Scott Lenger

I went with the "Mario" flat badge.....but sometimes wish I had the gunsight up in front.

220S

I've always felt the upright star made me feel like I was driving a poser Rolls Royce

And yeah, I know the upright star has been around for a century on the MB. But a flat badge just seems a lot less blingy for some reason.

I went with the Mario, too.

mikey33

I have two custom billet cnc'd flat badges and the hood star. I usually switch between the three every few months. Btw chiro, do you have a further back viewvof the black star?

mikey33

Here are the two flat badges I have below which are extremely high quality and based on the oem hood star!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...#ht_3255wt_812

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Metal...#ht_3288wt_812

taurran

I'm rockin this black/silver AMG badge. I really like how it looks on the black car compared to some others I've seen. Fit well, but needed a little 3M tape to secure it completely.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item27b85999ac

chiromikey

do these work...

randallaguirre

+1 on the flat badge for first mod. I took mine off and mailed to "Mike D" of the Beastie Boys to use for a necklace charm. LOL. When I see that goofy looking flying emblem thats the first thing that comes to mind--Beastie Boys wearing them around their neck.

tgoss

After a flat badge I went back to the ornament and haven't looked back since.

I am, one of these days, going to give Mario some money for his flat badge. It's a pure work of art.

GibbieGibbs

+1 for the star. Got my 55 last year, and am considering some mods, but this is not one of them. I think the stock emblem looks fine. This is clearly a personal preference item. Get the flat badge if you like it.

X2Board

Flat, because haters love to screw with the star.

Ap1Nyt

Kinda off topic but where can i find the black grill? Does everyone just paint it or do they sell aftermarket ones?

rdm20fan

I agree!!!

But it is your car. do what you like.