Just for the fun of it what does anyone think of the grill in the left side of the picture?

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1983 300SD
200000miles

No

kill joy

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1983 300SD
200000miles

I think it looks better then stock!

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1981 Mercedes 300SD Turbo diesel -- 245,000
2006 Honda CRV -- 53,000

I like it...

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

Avantgarde

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I'd probably prefer that metal mesh to the cheapo grey plastic. Kinda W108ish.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Tell me the measurable difference in wind resistance.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I'm not a fan of it...

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

You assume there is a meaningful difference.. I bet cost cutting and weight savings tell more of the story.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Looks too much like a Bentley grill or even worse....the Bentley lookalike grills that people throw onto Chrysler 300s....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

oooo I like

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Sorry - don't like

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I'd rather have the factory insert painted slightly darker.

Looks like you painted the right side black -- that's MY favorite grille mod. The left side could be worse -- it could have one of those giant star inserts. Yuck!

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)