R129 grill repair and star replacement

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R129mine

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Buckinghamshire
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R129 SL500 from 96
my grill has been broken for a while and although you could not see the damage every time I opened and closed the bonnet it would rattle and as I am in the process of replacing the hood release cable I thought I should tackle this issue as well

I took the grill off and had to fix 3 out of 6 fixings. No wonder it rattles.

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And
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I decided to use metal strips and pop rivets to repair the broken plastic.

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And another broken bit fixed

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Popped it all back on and also installed a new star on the grill as the old one was only held by 2 (out of 8) plastic tabs.

It is a bit fiddly attaching the star but just hold it in place and very slow turn it anti clockwise while pressing down till it clicks on place. I had to push down on the bottom slats to turn it the last few degrees before it slotted in place
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And there it is.

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Does anyone know where I can get a used front grill. I have 500sl preface lift. One of the fins broken. Would a face lift grill fit my car. Help please.
 
Looks a lovely job. I repaired mine with Araldite, but it was a 10' car. 😁
 

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