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Old 12-23-13, 09:18 AM
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ive seen a few cars with the front end conversion but cant find the threads. wanted to get info on cost and what it took to get that done. im a bit interested in possibly doing it on my car and get another look at a couple cars that had it done already. i was thinking about getting a tte lip on my car but maybe id do the conversion instead.
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TTE lip will be the cheapest and simplest one to do. I havent seen many with the E350 front bumper besides the Black Cherry. It will cost $$ either way. ive looked at doing the same or maby a BMW

DIY: purchase 2 bumpers and poxy/mould them together together
or pay a Shop to do basically the same so + the cost of labor.
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probably around $600 to 1k for the conversion..... There are a few write ups not only from the GS guys but LS owners have done the conversion also....
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
probably around $600 to 1k for the conversion..... There are a few write ups not only from the GS guys but LS owners have done the conversion also....
what would you advise to search cause i tried mercedes conversion and came up with almost no results for what i looked for. also does that 600-1k include paint cause i may find that worthwhile to do.
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Originally Posted by GS3KID
TTE lip will be the cheapest and simplest one to do. I havent seen many with the E350 front bumper besides the Black Cherry. It will cost $$ either way. ive looked at doing the same or maby a BMW

DIY: purchase 2 bumpers and poxy/mould them together together
or pay a Shop to do basically the same so + the cost of labor.
what bumpers do you have to buy??
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you can find the MB bumpers on ebay primed for a pretty good price and usually a stock GS bumper for pretty cheap if you want to save your stock one..
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
you can find the MB bumpers on ebay primed for a pretty good price and usually a stock GS bumper for pretty cheap if you want to save your stock one..
i take it a bumper core or bumper cover is what id be looking for? i see a couple mercedes bumper cores when i searched ebay for es350 bumer.
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Originally Posted by yada
i take it a bumper core or bumper cover is what id be looking for? i see a couple mercedes bumper cores when i searched ebay for es350 bumer.
yes
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