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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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Blacked out Grill on a Coupe

I'm trying this out for a couple of days to see how it looks. So far I kinda like it. What do you guys think?....Better pics to come
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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Wait... so you're GONNA black out your grille or did you already do it?
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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No I already did it. I was just saying i JUST did it and thought I would see what you guys thought of it. This was taken with a camera phone because at the time my camera is at a friends house
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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I'd body-colour it instead....
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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i think black out would look good if ur car is dark color... but now ur car is "gold" i would prefer stock or chrome
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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Mercus, Silver car with body match grille doesnt' look that great.

It's not bad, i'd prefer starless and black out.

Let's see how my Starless grille with Black Chrome going to turn out, i'll take some pic, but won't be putting on my car until my car goes into Summer Version again =P
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by powa
Mercus, Silver car with body match grille doesnt' look that great.

It's not bad, i'd prefer starless and black out.

Let's see how my Starless grille with Black Chrome going to turn out, i'll take some pic, but won't be putting on my car until my car goes into Summer Version again =P
No? Huh, you would certainly know better than me...

Still, the black grill look doesn't work for me on that car...
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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looks good in my book. nice and clean.
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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wow White_w203, now that's slamming hehe
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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wow White_w203, now that's slamming hehe
My little brother has a white w203!

Still don't like the black grill on a body without any other black accents.....
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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geez....I thought it looked pretty good. But idk if these pictures do it justice. I'll try and get better quality pics in the daylight...

But idk I thought it looked good
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by EnkeiDynamics
geez....I thought it looked pretty good. But idk if these pictures do it justice. I'll try and get better quality pics in the daylight...

But idk I thought it looked good
I think it looks good. How did you do yours? What paint did you use, what steps did you take? Or did you take it to a paint shop?
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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I think it looks good. How did you do yours? What paint did you use, what steps did you take? Or did you take it to a paint shop?
Well...believe it or not it's black duck tape lol. I used an exacto knife and some wide black duck tape. I'll take some better quality pics later, and show you guys what it looks like up close.
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that we now have matte black grills and AMG style grills on our site. They look and fit great. Check them out in our Mercedes section HERE.
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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if ur doing grille black, gloss is the way to go. Dull surface doesn't look as good IMO
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by StealthAuto
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that we now have matte black grills and AMG style grills on our site. They look and fit great. Check them out in our Mercedes section HERE.
For coupe or for sedan?
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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nice idea but im not feeling it. maybe it would look better on a black car.
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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it'd look great on my car!

but i do perfer starless, i'm trying to get the look, black mattig. it looks sexy ;D
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by EnkeiDynamics
Well...believe it or not it's black duck tape lol. I used an exacto knife and some wide black duck tape. I'll take some better quality pics later, and show you guys what it looks like up close.
Duct tape? Why don't you actually paint it?
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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i got the black starless grill on my black sedan and love it! i think starless looks better.
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 01:16 AM
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i got the black starless grill on my black sedan and love it! i think starless looks better.
yeap, but starless grills for coupes are RARE lol, rare...seriously rare
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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ya especially last one from K1 Motorsport had been sold to me lol
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 07:31 AM
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ya especially last one from K1 Motorsport had been sold to me lol
hahah so it was you! goddamit! hahaha seriously it was MINE, i told them im gonna get it, but I got ehh about it, b/c i wanted the new grill...maybe u can sell me ur grill (the 05 one).

then the day I wanted it, k1 told me, "we just sold it to someone"
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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ya i was in the "ehhh" stage, until you posted and say u want the grille, so i send them email right away and pay lol. Don't hate me though, cuz i contact them first anyhow =)
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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here is a photoshop picture of a c-class grille. I reversed the crome and the black on it. I think it would look much better.
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