m a t h i e u

I've got a c240 and a whole bunch of parts to install and paint. Since I will need to paint both bumpers, side skirts, spoiler, front grille, front fenders and do a few touch ups (and possibly shave the hood emblem), I was wondering if I should repaint the whole car, change color and go for something out of the ordinary to make it totally unique or... just paint the new parts in the same midnight blue as the whole car.

I tried to search for pictures of w203s in unusual colors with no big success. So instead, I tried to imagine it would look in lime green, baby blue or orange and after a while of hard thinking about it, thought it could be pretty interesting; but not 100% convinced. (Photoshop is neither the answer) I think you need to see it live, on the street to be able to appreciate it or not.

...so here's the real question: Do you think a color such as lime green or baby blue would look too ricey? (considering the fact that there will be a lot of after market parts all around and black roof)


I'm also looking for a front Rieger bumper (not lip) if anyone has one for sale or knows where to find good deals on this, please let me know... I saw you guys did this in the past... another group purchase?

Tangerine

Do orange...

BlackLiquorish8

formymercedes.com aka fmm

mckay

Get someone to photoshop it.

There's a 2-tone coupe that looks good.
There's a widebody sedan in bright blue that looked great (its been painted black).
There's a few dark purple sedans (ewww).
Citron Green looked good on the coupes, won't look good on the sedans.

I'd say away from baby blue or lime green on the sedan. Pastel/light colours don't do the bigger cars justice. Go with something darker or brighter.

dirtdiggler

paint it like a Maybach.

m a t h i e u

I'm not a big fan of the Maybach 2 color themes.. I think it looks outdated, as if it was pulled from the '70s.

w203 widebody?? Is it a kit or DIY?? Anyone has pictures? mckay, where can I see the cars you are refering to?

Mu9enx

i think orange would look pretty nice...

Rick

What color is the interior? Are you changing that too? Monster the car and go with a candy orange or lime over gold metalflake. Ghost in a graphic of the tri-star on the roof (black on black)

rlee02135

theres a pearl white that looks pretty nice.
If I was to repaint, i'd go for BMW's Alpine White or Carbon Black.
something unique to MB, but not too showy

BlackLiquorish8

carbon black

User110

Matte Black


FTMFW!!!!




ALi

m a t h i e u

the interior is tan

I thought about a very flaky metallic carbon. But I would like to have something that looks very unusual for a benz. The BMW M3 blue could also be an interesting option.

Why did mckay got banned?

User110

thats odd? did he get banned for sayin eww about ghey colors or suttin?



ALi

benz_addict

alpine white with CF hood and black HRE rims

aolsen

do pink....white hood, yellow body kit, pink neon lights on muffler tips...


lol, kidding. umm...baby blue? metallic blue?

check out these colors...

m a t h i e u

hum... by looking at the slr, I think mckay was right... pastel colors don't look as good as I thought... but darker metallic blues do look good! thanks for your images aolsen!

zoomie

You're kidding right? Of course it would look, "ricey" but so what. If you like it do it. There's guy on the forum with a coupe hatchback that's the stock colored lime green.

Mu9enx

haha how can it be ricey if it's a stock color?

aren't you talking about citron green coupe?

m a t h i e u

no was thinking of a very bright green like this



or orange

advans

hmm, not the green...if you wanna do a cool color, do a very metallic red. lol

infected

I was considering to paint my Coupe in Ferrari's 360 yellow when I did my respray but in the end I just decided to stick with silver. If you ever have to repaint section of the car it will be very difficult to match the paint 100%.

m a t h i e u

Yeah, that's what scares me the most... Althought I guess good bodyshops would be able to match it if I ever have to...

User110

that is F U G L Y!



ALi

infected

They can try and it will come close but never "perfect".