Originally Posted by tesavage

Sadly, the badges have been redesigned in the cost-consious manner of all new Mercedes products. "Cheap pieces of tin" pretty much says it all.

I ordered 250k and 500k badges for two different cars in July. They finally arrived last week. They're now two-piece units with separate mileage identifiers, chintzy shiny metal with blue plastic. The metal surface is irregular and rough with lots of plating blemishes. The blue plastic fill varies in depth and bleeds over onto the laurel wreath in a few spots. And the mounting studs, which are now incorporated into the back of the badge are neither parallel nor even the same length. To be fair, one of the badges is better than the other.

They don't resemble anything you would expect from Mercedes; rather, they look like the sort of blingy knock-offs you'd expect to see attached to a gold chain at a flea market.

I am unfathomably dissapointed.

Tom
'82 300D w/ old-style 250k badge
'96 Passat TDI naked