Paint Quality
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my dealer did a mini detail while i waited, took 30 mins, did whole exterior, wheels, interior, vaccum, windex'd the inside and outside glass, wiped the seats. still managed to get some swirl marks.
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Rock Chips are crazy. Near the end of your hood closely look there is mad little bitty rock chips. This paint is wack. I think eventually upgrading to the carbon fiber hood, rather than getting the whold hood repainted. What about the tuch up paint ? Also MB gives free car wash at the service dept ? I never knew that. But detailin your whip cost $200.
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From: Twin Cities
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Originally Posted by Buellwinkle
The new Nano paint on the 2004.5 and newer is great, very few rock chips after a year compared with my 2002 C230. Also, it goes to the dealer for car washes at least 2-3 times/month and zero swirls. Even at a Meguiars event where they went car by car describing paint defects they were surprised mine was flawless even though at that point I have never even waxed the car. You can tell if you car has the Nano paint by the paint code starting with C, for example, black is 040, nano black is C40.
I'm debating about getting the clear bra because every chips on the hood and bumper is visible on my dark color car.
I never let the dealer wash my car. Those who does the washing are just bunch of high school kids who knows crap about proper car detailing. One time I forgot to tell them not to wash it, the car had water streaks everywhere and lint all over. The car look worst coming out than going in.
Last edited by diamondblak05; May 6, 2005 at 01:30 PM.
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Nano paint is much better. I saw this at the car show on the C55, the car had no swirls but the lip spoiler was full of swirls... that tells you something. Also the reason you guys are getting swirls and fine scratches is because of how the cars are being washed and dried. No paint could withstand the washes that dealers put these cars through. The dealer has never touched my pre-nano paint C320 and it is still perfect and virtually chip free to this day (has a clear bra).
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From: Louisville, KY
05 C230K SS
Very happy with my paint durability
I have been very happy with the toughness of the paint on my 05 Pewter C230K SS. My last 4 cars were black, so having metallic paint is a pleasant change. I have found 1 small rock chip on my hood after 3 months and 3500 miles. I got a couple of scuffs on the rear bumper from a supposedly touchless car wash, but they came out easily with Scratch-X.
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08' BMW E92 Coupe
CT230k - what type of products are you using to clean your car? seems like you may need to use different mits, rags and a chamois to clean the car. chamois is great for drying the car, leaves hardly any swirls or surface scratches, if any. use microfiber rags to apply and remove wax, and a nice soft sheepskin mit.
for concealing the swirls and surface scratches you have now, try "Z best" car wax which is very good. it's a wax with added swirl remover. or you can try zaino bros which i hear good things about but never tried it. best is 3M imperial hand glaze but you have to seal it with at least a couple coats of wax. very time consuming. i've used Z best wax on my dad's black 04' E-class and it works great and very easy to apply and remove. real time saver. you can do one coat on the whole car in about 45 minutes
for concealing the swirls and surface scratches you have now, try "Z best" car wax which is very good. it's a wax with added swirl remover. or you can try zaino bros which i hear good things about but never tried it. best is 3M imperial hand glaze but you have to seal it with at least a couple coats of wax. very time consuming. i've used Z best wax on my dad's black 04' E-class and it works great and very easy to apply and remove. real time saver. you can do one coat on the whole car in about 45 minutes
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08' BMW E92 Coupe
hey, anyone else getting rock chips on their sport 5-stars? i'm guessing b/c they stick out abit, but i've got a few and one really bad one. never had this problem before and it's really annoying me!
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From: Florida
2005 C230K SS, 6sp
I too have stone chips on wheels. The chips are on the passenger rear wheel and only the passenger rear wheel. None of the others show any problems at all. I drive within reason, don't spin the tires, and don't take the car on gravel roads - there aren't any gravel roads on my normal commute or daily drives. So I can't figure out what is causing the wheel to get stone pits. One thought is that my car is being used as the "lunch runner" at the dealer and not treated appropriately; it just went in for its Service A and the wheel didn't have any chips prior to the visit. In any case, I'm not too thrilled as my last car never had stone chips on the wheels and I'm much more adult with this car than my last.
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From: Philadelphia
05 C230wz 6M
Originally Posted by mbny
chamois is great for drying the car
It's basically a charcoal filter that hooks up to your hose ridding the water of all the minerals that leave spots, but it does the job, even with Philly water!
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From: Bay Area, Ca
2005 C230 Kompressor sedan
Kinda confused...So does every 05' model have this new paint technology or just the ones that have the metallic paint for the extra $? I picked up my midnight blue baby last week but need to start being extra careful if I have this so called "wonderful new paint that won't chip".I hate that they push soemthing to be a positive thing and the consumers have to pay when it turns out to suck!
