Bonnet Star

[eyelight]

Some skanger has ripped the star from the bonnet of my girlfriend's car. (W124 E220).
Is this a DIY job to replace or is there some complicated attachment system involved ? Haven't really looked at it yet.

Roughly how much does this emblem cost from a dealer ? I'm thinking better off going to Mercman or somewhere.

Thanks

 

[tom7035]

Straightforward. There's a thread recently on replacing it if you do a search. Surprisingly not too expensive, I've seen them often on eBay for around £12 + p/p.

 

[Richard Moakes]

Those on ebay at £12 + postage make me chuckle, they only cost about £13 from the stealership.

And at least the one from the dealer will be OEM, the last one I got from ebay, before I knew what they cost, started to corrode very quickly, I suspect it was a cheap copy.

Good Luck,

Richard

 

[tom7035]

Ten months ago my nearest dealership needed £18 + VAT (£21.06). Add the expense of a 40-mile round trip and I was chuckling at eBay too - came in a Mercedes box and cost £12.31 inc p/p.
Had plenty left over for sweeties. Maybe I was just lucky though.

 

[angus falconer]

German and Swedish do genuine Merc ones for about £15.

I should know - the shaven headed little pikey kids that live round the corner took three of mine before they got bored and moved on to some other destructive passtime.

 

[wrichardson1999]

Give these guys a ring, there based here in Teesside and only supply gen. Merc. parts. They also have a shop on-line with e-Bay but sell direct, my last one was about £12 with a few pound postage.

http://freespace.virgin.net/wjd.bluestar/

Hope this helps, very helpful service



Wayne

 

[eyelight]

Thanks for all the info. There are a few on eBay right now. One guy says he has 94 of them for sale.
Anyway, picked one up at GSF this afternoon for £14, which is cheaper than the eBay prices when you add in the postage.
Now to figure out how to put it on the car.

 

[eyelight]

Looks like the star twists on with help from a 17mm spanner.
Had a look under the bonnet last night with a torch to see about taking the remains of the old one off. How do you get a spanner in there ? Access is a bit limited to say the least. Hope there's not some special Mercedes tool needed.
As it's my girlfriend's car and she's working 12+ hour days, I won't get to the car in daylight until next weekend anyway.

 

[tom7035]

Bonnet star replacement

With a pair of pliers or pipegrips, grip the cap under the spring and pull down against the spring pressure (quite strong), turn anti-clockwise about 90 degrees and it should lock-in to a pair of grooves which will hold it there. Lift out the badge from the top. Replacement is simple reversal.

 

[eyelight]

Thanks for the info. I'll get to it at the weekend.