Wanted to Buy : reproduction 280 hubcaps

[PBH]

Hi All

Could someone please advise a decent vendor that i could source reproduction 280 hubcaps from... Its my first 280 and i will start with repro... I can see authenticclassics.com has expensive NOS hubcaps, but was wondering other members could advise a place to source repros... Many thanks Paul

[Pawel66]

I wanted to help, but found only this:
https://www.niemoeller.de/en/w113/w113/B044/400/10

But it is still quite expensive.

I was going to suggest to ask at Mercedes (I bought a pair there 3 months ago) and they were $500, so less expensive, but they are not there any more... ( A 115 401 03 24).

Ebay, I guess. Please note these hub caps were used for many models, including W123, which were very popular. Just W123 also used 15" ones, you need 14".

[PBH]

Many thanks... Yes expensive!!!

[Benz Dr.]

I have quite a few caps here. PM if you still need something.

[mdsalemi]

You might have to look around and you might have to make some phone calls and emails rather than just searching on websites.

The reason for this is quite simple. The three point star is a protected logo of Mercedes-Benz and believe me there is no more logo from any company anywhere on earth that is more protected. Any reproduction hubcap is basically illegal. When they find them, they shut it down very quickly. Nobody wants to go up against the Mercedes-Benz lawyers. Their pockets are very deep and their patience is very long.

That being said there were plenty of them made by different manufacturers. So there are going to be some available out the back door and through eBay.

None of them are nearly as nice as the ones from Mercedes-Benz.

[Jack the Knife]

Seeing as you'll have to paint them anyway, I'm not sure why you wouldn't get some nearly-free originals and restore 'em.