I am new to Mercedes and to this forum. I bought a 1998 C280, black on black, with 95k miles, for my son as his first car a few months ago. Overall, it is in good condition for its age. We both very much enjoy it.
We have searched and searched...but have yet to find anywhere that we can find the right front passenger wood trim. There are other C-class models and years, and there is other trim available for the car (ie rear door trim) but not the front doors. Is that common with these cars...with this year? Where is the best place to buy this piece of trim? Also, is it difficult to install? Do we have to take the door panel off?
Do a search on Car-Part.com, find a salvage yard near you that has one, you want to search for Interior Trim Panel(front door). If there is not one near you, you can ask one if they could ship it. The trim is available from the dealer, but unfortunately you will pay almost $400 for that piece of wood. The used one is your best bet. You dont even necessarily need to get the trim panel the right color as long as you can easily remove the wood trim, but it would make your job easier if the color is correct; then all you need to do is swap out the panel. The other option is to contact a salvage yard that is an LKQ branded yard; they can put it on a locator and find another one of their yards that has one, and have it shipped into them for you to pick up locally.
Thanks. Was that for a 1998 C280? For some reason, there never seems to be any that are specific to that year...for the front doors. The ones showing on eBay don't match the photo that I attached.
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