A little while ago there was a post on JR filter company in France. The discussioneer was looking for these fillters for his 1992 or 1993 pre HAVC cabin filter. E class.

Well I got some but they do not fit flush under the hood in the cowel vents They are a smigen too big.
I contacted JR filters and discribed the problem, they said they should fit.

I wonder if I have to remove the plastic body of the cowel vents in order to fit the JR filters.

Please any thoughts?