Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Unfortunately, I am in the throes of moving and the grille in question is now locked up in temporary storage. When I resurrect later this month it I will try to rememebr to do this. Feel free to remind me if you don't hear anything by new year. Andrew On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi Andrew! Curt and i decided that the one he had was probably a little bit shabbier than what i was looking for. (tip-'o-the-hat to Curt for making that call and sending pics before shipping!) if you're still willing to consider making a deal for the grille you've got, is there any chance you might be able to snap a pic of it and letting me take a peek at it? cheers! e On 28/Oct/13 20:26, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
fair enough; thanks. good luck with the move; i don't envy you that chore! cheers! e On 05/Dec/13 10:29, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Unfortunately, I am in the throes of moving and the grille in question is now locked up in temporary storage. When I resurrect later this month it I will try to rememebr to do this. Feel free to remind me if you don't hear anything by new year. Andrew On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi Andrew! Curt and i decided that the one he had was probably a little bit shabbier than what i was looking for. (tip-'o-the-hat to Curt for making that call and sending pics before shipping!) if you're still willing to consider making a deal for the grille you've got, is there any chance you might be able to snap a pic of it and letting me take a peek at it? cheers! e On 28/Oct/13 20:26, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Ya gonna have garden space? Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Unfortunately, I am in the throes of moving and the grille in question is now locked up in temporary storage. When I resurrect later this month it I will try to rememebr to do this. Feel free to remind me if you don't hear anything by new year. Andrew On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi Andrew! Curt and i decided that the one he had was probably a little bit shabbier than what i was looking for. (tip-'o-the-hat to Curt for making that call and sending pics before shipping!) if you're still willing to consider making a deal for the grille you've got, is there any chance you might be able to snap a pic of it and letting me take a peek at it? cheers! e On 28/Oct/13 20:26, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.buyeuroparts.com/* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
On 05/12/2013 12:29 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Unfortunately, I am in the throes of moving and the grille in question is now locked up in temporary storage. When I resurrect later this month it I will try to rememebr to do this. Feel free to remind me if you don't hear anything by new year. Andrew Where are you moving to? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
hi Andrew! Curt and i decided that the one he had was probably a little bit shabbier than what i was looking for. (tip-'o-the-hat to Curt for making that call and sending pics before shipping!) if you're still willing to consider making a deal for the grille you've got, is there any chance you might be able to snap a pic of it and letting me take a peek at it? cheers! e On 28/Oct/13 20:26, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
I wondered if you still had that wall ornament. On Oct 29, 2013 11:47 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
If you purchase from Curt my feelings won't be hurt On Oct 29, 2013 11:47 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
On Oct 29, 2013 10:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: If you purchase from Curt my feelings won't be hurt To quote the Sicilian in The Princess Bride: No more rhymes! I mean it! Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] W123 grille insert?
hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Salvage yard. Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:53 PM Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
So where was Ernie to set us all straight when we were discussing that silly ad for the Cherokee? Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
