Avangarde Grille for w124

I hope this is the right place to post this...

Anyway, I've seen this grille called the avangarde grill and it looks REALLY nice IMO.

this is from an Australian site:



Just wondering if you guys know of anywhere I can get it! Thanks
(I tried Precision Auto and they only have the one with the star in the middle)

Phil aka AmgKid


[This message has been edited by amgkid (edited 05-11-2000).]

[Lee Scheeler]

I know you can swap the W210 grill into a C-class. That looks similar to the W210 grill in the pic. Do you have any part numbers? Also depends if you are trying to convert a 87-93 W124 vs a 94-95 W124.

Let me know....Lee

[JCE]

The newest Precision catalog shows that exact grill for 124 cars manufactured from 7/93-9/99. It is on page 4, and is $315.00.
There is no star on the picture in their catalog.
If your 300E is an earlier model with the older style grill, you might be able to play with the standard grill to get the same look. I am installing a new grill in mine as the old one is very faded and pitted, especially the aluminum. The replacement grill arrives with aluminum vertical and horizonatal strips seperate from the grill. The vertical strip slides in place, but the horizontal strips are hald on with clips. The horizontal strips have a cross section like a "V" with the upper parts of the "V" having a flange to hold the clips. After seeing your post and the avantgarde grill, I looked closely at the new grill which I haven't yet installed. It looks like a DIY type person should be able to use a dremel tool, exacto knife, or fine hacksaw blade to cut the clip attachements off of the plastic eggcrate grill. This would allow you to press the horizontal "V" strips directly onto the horizontal plastic grill runners - they would be held on by the friction as the "V" is slightly tighter than the plastic. You could use as many horizontal aluminum pieces as you want - 3, 5 (like the picture) or cover every horizontal plastic runner. Maybe about $40 or $50 total expense. Good luck.

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JCE
87 300E, 62k miles
Smoke Silver

[This message has been edited by JCE (edited 05-11-2000).]

Well I'm looking for one for the 86-93 w124 chassis. I don't think the one with the star in the middle will look as good as this one. I have a Japanese magazine that has A LOT of options for these cars but none that I can get in the States. I'll try to scan and post them here later on. I'm interested in the S600 type grill also but again, no one carries it.

Phil:

If you trust Hiroshi (from the Bekkers forum), he might be able to ship us stuff from Japan.

Just a thought.

Brian