Is the bumper I got an original or repaired/rebuilt/modified/etc? I ask because it does not look like something Mercedes would make, the holes were cut with a torch and the structure just looks crude....
Outside it looks like an average Euro bumper.

On a side note, I got those 300D manual parts.

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It looks like a repaired bumper to me. It looks great on your 240. How are you going to handle hiding the US bumper bracket hole?

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

For now I plugged the hole with the rubber plug that was filling the euro bracket hole underneath the US bracket.

I'd be interested in seeing your permanent solution. If I find euro bumpers for my wagon, I plan to JB Weld a piece of sheet metal to the inside and use the JB Weld as spot glaze on the outside to fill the remaining recess, then spot paint with an airbrush.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Thats the trouble with going to a euro bumber, your left with that little hole forward of the rubber end piece. Also the paint is not faded where the longer rubber was but I still think the euro bumpers look better.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

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