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anyone have any recommendations on where to buy the chrome tailgate handle alla 2003 ml's? thanks
 
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ahopeter - 2/16/2004 11:07 PM

anyone have any recommendations on where to buy the chrome tailgate handle alla 2003 ml's? thanks
I bought mine from my friend Mike who is a parts manager at an MB dealer. I'm thinking the price was around the mid $30s.

E-mail or PM me if you want the contact info.
 
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What do you mean by "tailgate filler piece"?

Are you referring to this?

<a href="http://babenj.tzo.com:6971/s4toml/mods/chrome_liftgate/" target="_blank"><img src="http://babenj.tzo.com:6971/s4toml/images/chrome_mod/DSCN0309.JPG"></a>
 
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RE: What do you mean by "tailgate filler piece"?

I think he might be talking about the piece that runs at the bottom of the gate on the outside, which, on 02+ continues the line between the top of the bumpers.

It's plastic, Drew has done this mod, and, as usual, would be a good source for knowing where to source that from.
 
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It should...

Here's the tradeoff:

FMM is metal, OEM is plastic
FMM is a simple stick-on, OEM involves a lot of disassembly

I think Drew has the stickon, some others have gone through the trouble of the OEM.
 
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Yes Dennis..they are all the same size[:)]

and they are fairly easy to install on MY2000 and older.
 
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dfskinner - 2/17/2004 8:54 AM

Andy, will the same one work on the 99 model ML430 ($ 30.00), that's about $ 40.00 cheaper than perf prod or formymercedes.com


Thanks,
Dennis
I believe that it will fit but the MB parts guy could confirm the model numbers.

Andy
 
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