I never had that happen to me. That's probably the only thing that never had to be fixed on my W201 . I'm not sure what to say. Maybe you could put a nice chrome Mercedes badge over it like these BMW ///M seat badges:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7969094690&category=33705

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1989 300CE Astralsilber/Schwarz
1992 300CE Schwarz/Schwarz