1985 300td Sedan Front Rubber Bumper Attachment

Any tips or "how to" on how to reattach the front rubber bumper?

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Chassis Model Number

W123

I think nearly all W123

I think nearly all W123 owners have had to deal with this at some point. Three times, for me.

The first was on my first Mercedes - an '82 240D. The rear bumper was "bumped" in a parking lot. All metal was fine, but the plastic strip that anchored the rubber to the metal part of the bumper was broken in spots.

My dad and I removed the bumper, zipped a few wood screws in from behind to secure the plastic strip, and it was good as new until the bumper itself got destroyed and I replaced it with a junkyard bumper off an earlier W123. The earlier car seemed to have a metal bar molded into the metal part of the bumper to which the rubber strip attached directly, with no intermediate plastic piece. Had no further problems and sold the car a few years after.

The second incident was on a 1985 300D project car I had. The car came with the bumpers, but plastic strips and rubber strips were GONE. I ended up replacing the strips with a solid piece of black stick-on rubber. Looked half decent for what I spent and sold the car that way.

The third time was this past fall, when working on some friends' 300D. Their car had been hit when parked, and the rubber strip and plastic piece came off the rear bumper. Neither piece sustained damage.

I unbolted the bumper, and after having lubed up the plastic and rubber pieces with some spray silicone, I was able to reattach everything as it originally was.

Hope this helps.