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From: Sicklerville NJ.
2015 E550 Coupe, 2012 E350 4matic Sedan, 2016 fully blown out custom camaro 2SS
Greetings All,
I'm a new member as well as MB owner. I feel like I've finally made enough changes to my car worthy enough to post some pictures and get some feed back. Unfortunately, it's all cosmetic, but hope to get to the performance upgrades soon. All opinions and advice are welcome and appriciated.
Thanks, Erin.
You'll have to forgive me, I don't know if the pictures are loaded properly. I tried to insert them directly, but ended up in Manage Attachments. If you can't see them, would someone be kind enough to instruct me how to attach them.
How about this. Amazing what a little research can do.
Forgot this one.
I'm a new member as well as MB owner. I feel like I've finally made enough changes to my car worthy enough to post some pictures and get some feed back. Unfortunately, it's all cosmetic, but hope to get to the performance upgrades soon. All opinions and advice are welcome and appriciated.
Thanks, Erin.
You'll have to forgive me, I don't know if the pictures are loaded properly. I tried to insert them directly, but ended up in Manage Attachments. If you can't see them, would someone be kind enough to instruct me how to attach them.
How about this. Amazing what a little research can do.
Forgot this one.
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From: SoCal, Irvine
Stage 2 C7 A6, QX60
One of my golf buddies has a body shop, so I feel like I got a more than fair deal. The grill, marker lights and all engine covers were painted for $100. As far as chipping goes, nothing comes in contact with the parts under the hood and I just had a service B completed and all is still perfect. I wish I could say the same about the grill.
wish i have a friend that own a body shop, so that he can hook me up..haha
car looks nice
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2019 GT3 RS, 2017 M3 30 Jahre
nlpamg, it's hard to notice in these pictures, but I've actually separated the grill and painted the chrome part body color and left the back part black. It was a difficult decision not to paint the entire thing black, but I like the contrast of the two colors better.
I could tell there was something different, but really couldn't see it from the pics! very original! especially the tailpipe!
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From: Orange County, CA
2006 C350
Car looks good! I am currently in the process of blacking out my chrome trim. Is that just taped over under the windows and around the rub strips? I got a quote from the paint guy at our dealership and it was gonna be $200 to paint all the chrome obsidian black to match my car. I have a black chrome hood star and rear deck lid star. I've also looked into ordering a black chrome grill. After the chrome is black all I need are wheels and the color change is complete. I like the powder coated tailpipe as well. Might have to rock that one in Cali too!
Nice work!
PC
Nice work!
PC
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From: Sherman, TX
'05 C230K SS Granite Grey Metallic
Thanks everyone, I got many of my ideas from this forum as well as past forums I've joined.
OC MBZ, yes it is just 3M tape around the car and under the windows. Very inexpensive for only $30 and there's enough left to do two more cars easily. Just like Ryanr317 mentioned, the nice thing about the tape, if you become tired of the look, peel it off and the chrome is back again. I would be interested to see the black chrome star's, as well as the grill. Post some pictures once you're finished.
OC MBZ, yes it is just 3M tape around the car and under the windows. Very inexpensive for only $30 and there's enough left to do two more cars easily. Just like Ryanr317 mentioned, the nice thing about the tape, if you become tired of the look, peel it off and the chrome is back again. I would be interested to see the black chrome star's, as well as the grill. Post some pictures once you're finished.
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From: North Jersey
2007 C230 Sport manual
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From: Nor Cal
06 c230 v6 SS
slam it slam it slam it, lowering is a must. im soooo glad i did it, shoot i wanna go lower in the rear now, b/c i was skeptical about it when i first did it, now i wanna switch the pad to a 1 lol.
p.s. oh yea slam it, dont forget to slam it..
p.s. oh yea slam it, dont forget to slam it..
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From: Central Florida
R129, XF Sportbrake, SC400
Thanks everyone, I got many of my ideas from this forum as well as past forums I've joined.
OC MBZ, yes it is just 3M tape around the car and under the windows. Very inexpensive for only $30 and there's enough left to do two more cars easily. Just like Ryanr317 mentioned, the nice thing about the tape, if you become tired of the look, peel it off and the chrome is back again. I would be interested to see the black chrome star's, as well as the grill. Post some pictures once you're finished.
OC MBZ, yes it is just 3M tape around the car and under the windows. Very inexpensive for only $30 and there's enough left to do two more cars easily. Just like Ryanr317 mentioned, the nice thing about the tape, if you become tired of the look, peel it off and the chrome is back again. I would be interested to see the black chrome star's, as well as the grill. Post some pictures once you're finished.
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From: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
ML63 AMG
Your car is really nice. It's clean, with subtle changes - they looks like mods that Mercedes would make to a new C-Class and that's what I like about it. On top of that it’ll be very easy to sell – to anybody, because you haven’t altered the style of the car so much, just enhanced it.
Keep it going.
Tee_Tz.
Keep it going.
Tee_Tz.
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Midnight Blue 2004.5 C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan. 2002 w210 E320, 2009 w211 E350 Sport
I'm wondering, did you have the engine pieces covered with anything else to prevent the paint from peeling?
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From: Sherman, TX
'05 C230K SS Granite Grey Metallic
The engine pieces were painted exactly the same as the grill and marker lights and according to my buddy that did it, it's the same way the car was painted, base coat/clear coat. There are some imperfections on some of the engine pieces that happened during handling, but they're unnoticeable when installed, plus I really couldn't complain for the price.
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From: West Los Angeles
Midnight Blue 2004.5 C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan. 2002 w210 E320, 2009 w211 E350 Sport
The engine pieces were painted exactly the same as the grill and marker lights and according to my buddy that did it, it's the same way the car was painted, base coat/clear coat. There are some imperfections on some of the engine pieces that happened during handling, but they're unnoticeable when installed, plus I really couldn't complain for the price.
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From: Brooklyn, NY
Mine 2005 C230 Kompressor, Dad's 2005 ML350
Awww man that C makes me drool, I love a clean classy looking C and that color, oh my Im starting to believe that there is a rival to the beauty of a white C class....love it...flat hood emblem definately a good idea as are some bigger wheels with more spokes, sporty like sort of the DTM rims I love those.
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From: Sherman, TX
'05 C230K SS Granite Grey Metallic
Actually, I just had everything painted about two weeks ago, so the paint hasn't been in the heat for very long. My buddy didn't seem concerned about it when I asked him to paint them. I guess time will tell.
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From: Sherman, TX
'05 C230K SS Granite Grey Metallic
Thanks again for everyones encouraging words and recommendations. I've lived in this town for six years now and my last two cars were lowered, I swore I wouldn't do it again. Let's see how it looks after I put wheels on it and maybe you guys can twist my arm a little more about dropping it.
