Calling all SL60 owners, show me your grilles...

[IanA2]

I've been told that my grille needs replacing or refurbishing. I don't really know how it should look. All I know is that it shouldn't be chrome. It's as it was when I bought it. Advice welcome. A few pics. They are a bit deceptive as from a distance it looks more black/dark grey as in the middle pic.

 

[jotter22]

Lol just tell everyone its low weave natural carbon fibre!
Tony.

 

[IanA2]

Lol just tell everyone its low weave natural carbon fibre!
Tony.

Very good. It could well be for all I know!

 

[Sp!ke]

My SL500 has anodised fins. Yours look very unusual.

 

[IanA2]

My SL500 has anodised fins. Yours look very unusual.

May well have , but I'm pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that the 60's had different grilles.

 

[IanA2]

I've just typed SL60AMG grille into google images and the images mostly look like my grille although there are no close ups. I did the same with SL500 and they came up shiny as I expected.

 

[Sp!ke]

a quick look at google images suggests otherwise. I dont think I've seen a grill on any R129 like your one.

 

[IanA2]

a quick look at google images suggests otherwise. I dont think I've seen a grill on any R129 like your one.

see my post above.

 

[Sp!ke]

Was yours a Japanese import by chance?

 

[IanA2]

Not that I'm aware...it was bought new when I asked MB about history I was told it was bought new from a main dealer.

How can I check?

 

[IanA2]

Here are the one's on google, pretty much the same as mine.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1...89,d.d2k&fp=9a1398664c84c5ef&biw=1074&bih=571

 

[Doodle]

If it was an import, it should normally say on the V5.

Looking for a phrase along the lines of "First Registered/Used outside the country"...the exact wording escapes me at this time.

 

[Sp!ke]

The only one I saw on google with a matt finish grill like yours was a Japanese import. It might be just coincidence.

You should be able to look up the VIN and see.

 

[IanA2]

If it was an import, it should normally say on the V5.

Looking for a phrase along the lines of "First Registered/Used outside the country"...the exact wording escapes me at this time.

I've checked it just says declared new at first registration and gives two dates both of which are the same, ie Dec 1997. I'm pretty sure it was sold by the main dealer in Cambridge, so unlikely to be an import.

 

[IanA2]

The only one I saw on google with a matt finish grill like yours was a Japanese import. It might be just coincidence.

You should be able to look up the VIN and see.

The google link I posted (no 11) shows a few, you have to remember that from a distance it just looks black.

All a bit of a mystery, maybe somebody will post pics of their 60. I'm not terribly concerned about it, in fact I think it looks rather good, I'm just intrigued about how it's supposed to look.

 

[Sp!ke]

There are a number of google image results for SL60AMG's that look anodised like mine.

close ups too.

 

[IanA2]

There are a number of google image results for SL60AMG's that look anodised like mine.

close ups too.

Can you post them.

 

[Sp!ke]

this one is pretty clear.

File:1995-1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 60 AMG (R129) roadster (2011-03-23) 01.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Are you sure you werent thinking of the facelift models having 6 slats instead of 7?

 

[IanA2]

Here's another picture, you can see it looks darker.

 

[IanA2]

this one is pretty clear.

File:1995-1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 60 AMG (R129) roadster (2011-03-23) 01.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

So is that paint or chrome or what I can't tell.

you sure you werent thinking of the facelift models having 6 slats instead of 7?

I wasn't thinking of anything, it's just that I've been told my grille isn't right.