You alls may remember the druggie @$$hat beddies of the neighbor bashed the living crap out of the front of my Diesel Sports Coupe a while ago , they also side swiped it stem to stern .
I bought a Uro brand new grille a while ago and tossed it in the trunk and to - day decided to stop grumping like an Old Man (even though I _am_ one) and install it .
This time I decided to use the whole thing , not reload the plastic and trim bits into a perfect German chrome surround , I -DID- take it apart and properly position the delicate aluminum strips they didn't bother to position correctly , leaving some scratches on the middle , vertical one and I replaced all the wretchedly cheap and worthless clips with original German ones and used original German hardware too , it went right to - gether in 20 minutes or so and onto the car easily enough , looks sharp again , I transferred my MERCEDES and 300,000 Mile badge over too along with the OEM made in Turkey star I bought from the local M-B Dealer a few years ago , it's beginning to look dull , apparently they don't base plate the pot metal start like they do in Germany , time to buy another $40 star as soon as I can scrape up the $40 .
We'll see how long it lasts and looks good ~ the chrome surround weighs 1/2 as much as the German ones do so I kept the old still good looking surrounds , I'll see if I can assemble one nice grille out of the pile of old ones and put it on SWMBO's '82 240D soon .
All in all a nice day , I also did a major brake adjust on my Metropolitan Nash Fixed Head Sports Coupe , now I'm sore , took my pain Meds and am ready for bed .
-Nate
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