Just curious... how does the W123 look with this grille?
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/77-85-MERCEDES-W123-STAINLESS-GRILLE-240D-280E-300D-84_W0QQitemZ160342610426QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item25552a11fa&_t rksid=p4506.c0.m245

Anyone seen it before? The grille alone looks nice. Wondering how it may look on the car.

our '05 E320 CDI has one with the high gloss painted inserts, @ 55k miles, its been repainted once... and has 2 new chips already. ARGH.


atleast the dealer is willing to do it under warranty......

I did the cheapo version using some chrome trim from O'Reilly's, new OE chrome as well, and some black spray paint. This is the result.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...5/GEDC0751.jpg

Looks good. Dig those headlights.

Anyone have a picture of the gray version?

I prefer the stock look. The glossy plastic screams "aftermarket" in a classic car like the w123.

The S600 type grille like H-Townbenzoboy posted (twice the number of chrome strips) works, but not the glossy paint (black or gray).

On mine I painted it dark gray, with standard flat paint (primer actually - paint straight to the plastic will chip in no time) and no extra strips.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/...137a7ffd_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/...fac7dd04_b.jpg

Trigger came with a nearly new MB replacement grill and headlight doors. It was glossy plastic, and looked beautiful.

I really should have swapped that over to Ol' Turbo before I sold it. :o

That looks awesome on your car. I worry about doing this on mine... I feel like it'll look too distracting. I think the dark plastic looks downright awful against some car colors. Too obvious or something.

I dunno. It might look really sweet on mine. My new car is this color:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/...e0e14370_b.jpg

Dark grille? Yes or no?? With blacked out headlight doors? I think I like yours MBeige b/c you don't have matching american headlight doors that have been blacked out. The euros compliment that darker plastic very well without making the front of the car look overbearing.

I used engine paint to black out the grill and headlight doors. I thought it looked great on my silver car. I would show you a picture, but I haven't been able to do it again since the wreck.

Last summer, I found a perfect brand new 123 grill at the Virginia Baech Pick-N-Pull, for $12 on half-price day.
Might be aftermarket. Grey plastic is shiny. Wonder how well the chrome shell would hold up after long-term exposure.
Otherwise, with my '84 Euro TD, to compensate for replacing the broken Euro lights with US ones, I exchanged the good US headlight doors with my spare cracked, discolored set, which I painted over in body-color.
The $1 WalMart-brand Almond spray-paint was a perfect match for my wagon's Ivory color. Hid the flaws and IMHO looks nice. (But for the purists, it only takes a few minutes to swap back in the unpainted ones)

Happy Motoring, Mark

Man I'm really torn.

I think I may rip off MBeige and do euros with a dark grey grille. Could be nice. My car looks awesome, but lacks aesthetic punch on the front.

MBeige. Your car looks fantastic. I did something similar to my 240D with a slightly lighter shade of grey on top of the primer. Tamiya model paints "German Grey" I believe the color was.

- Peter.

Might look nice on a car with Euro headlights and later-model wheels (for those who would do such a thing).

Thanks Peter. Do you have pics of your car's grille? I've been looking for a better alternative to the gray I have, it's not the best I should say. If I go with a lighter shade, but still darker than a brand new factory plastic insert, I'm going for that and change the Euro headlight surrounds to the gray type (I have both).

That's why I switched from a black grille insert to dark gray.

There is an after market grill insert SL (?) style with the big MB star in the middle. Anyone have a picture of a 123 with this insert?

That must be from pimp my ride.