Blacking out the grille
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2019 E63s
Wow this is probably the most efficient and cost effective method. Thanks! A local body shop quoted me $850 to remove the grill, paint, reinstall citing labor and time consuming as the reasons. I will try this route.
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From: Munich, Germany
E63s W213
Wow on that pricing. If you remove the Bumper its around 30 minutes it really goes off quick and is easy to align.
But as you see you dont need to remove the Bumper. The Mercedes-Star-Ring is a bit hard to turn and remove sometimes but from there it goes well.
But as you see you dont need to remove the Bumper. The Mercedes-Star-Ring is a bit hard to turn and remove sometimes but from there it goes well.
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2018 E63 Wagon Stage 2
My question is more around the clips holding the silver part on. How did you remove those?
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2018 E63 Wagon Stage 2
Oh man, that makes me nervous breaking clips! Nothing broke when you did it and it just clipped back in when you were done?
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From: Munich, Germany
E63s W213
not a single one broke. And even if.. you can lose about 3-4 clips no big deal. Worst case you gotta buy a new grille piece. Which is around 300$. These are not real "CLIPS" they are super flat no real "hook"
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2018 E63S
IMO, looks much better without the outer ring blacked out because that's part of the Mercedes star emblem. It would look equally odd if you blacked out just the ring on the rear emblem and had a chrome 3 pointed star.
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335i
The "outside" of the ring is wrapped, but I'm not sure if he could do the "front" of the ring. We are happy as it is, and most likely will leave it as is. BTW, this is Obsidian Black with a Stealth wrap. He used a black gloss wrap for the grill.
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2018 E63 Wagon Stage 2
Holy Sh**, it worked! Took the emblem off, heated it up with a heat gun for a little bit and pulled it off. Just an FYI for anyone that wants to do this:
1. Make sure you are distributing the load on your hand evenly on the inside of the emblem area, I focused on one spot and nearly broke the slots where the emblem slides in
2. Make sure you warm it up. I tried doing it somewhat cold and it came off much easier after I spent some time warming the whole thing up.
3. After you get the middle out and you start to see a gap forming, I used a mini plastic squeegee to pop the wings off. Came off like butter.
Just got a couple quotes. $125-200 locally to prep and paint. Cheaper than wrapping and looks better.
1. Make sure you are distributing the load on your hand evenly on the inside of the emblem area, I focused on one spot and nearly broke the slots where the emblem slides in
2. Make sure you warm it up. I tried doing it somewhat cold and it came off much easier after I spent some time warming the whole thing up.
3. After you get the middle out and you start to see a gap forming, I used a mini plastic squeegee to pop the wings off. Came off like butter.
Just got a couple quotes. $125-200 locally to prep and paint. Cheaper than wrapping and looks better.
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From: CA
e63 Wagon | Porsche 993 Turbo | Ferrari F355 GTS, Defender 130
yes! I’ve ordered obsidian and was planning to do xpel stealth - can you see the “sparkle” in the obsidian still in the sunlight?
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E63S Wagon
I just want to confirm this...you were able to remove the wing part of the grill we are all talking about without dropping the bumper?
Thanks
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2018 E63 Wagon Stage 2
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CL55 UPD Cold Air Boost kit, UPD 3000 stall converter, UPD 77mm SC clutched pulley and beltwrap kit, Custom long tubes, UPD crank pulley , UPD suspension kit, UPD SC pulley, Aux. HE, Trunk tank w/rule 2000 pump, Mezeire pump, UPD 5pc idler set, Aluminum rotor hats.
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