blackhse

great car man, looking really mean. i was wondering were can i find the 2005+ blacked out grill ( three blades ) without the big mercedes logo. i searched ebay, and i couldnt find something like urs. i just found the ones with the big logo, which doesnt help in making it look mean.

blackhse

great idea, anyone here done that??? and by powder coating, the rims will be light black??

blackhse

well,....the job is in saudi arabia, but the pimpin is in lebanon. i can sort things out for u in saudi though, not lebanon. with a good job in saudi, in a year time, u can go back to the states with the new c63

cbwdevil

Ha, If I went Saudi I'm coming back with your green gallardo. What do you do for a living man?

blackhse

sorry for ur bike man, i know what is the feeling of losing something one really likes. the regular R1 is 16000$ in lebanon, the R1 SP is 24000$, stage 2 upgrade is 7000$ , night blue neons 600$, and a few more mods.....all gone
glad to know u like the clio V6, it does turn heads everywhere. only 1200 made worldwide.

C24owner

Thanks. You best bet is to buy one directly form the dealership and then have it painted.

blackhse

we own a big interior design company. a company like this in saudi can allow u to get any car u want. the gallardo is a 2005 with Egear, it was king of the house untill the 2007 m5 arrived, it broke the gallardo's neck, pretty surprising for a big sedan.

blackhse

i thought of that, but shouldnt the components differ in texture? or all the grill is painted by just one color? and if u can, plz take a close up shot of ur grill. thanks

cbwdevil

Hey blackhse, where was the first pic of you c230 taken? Is that snow falling in the background?

Chadski350Sport

I love a the black on white personally...I say gooo for it!

Have my Black 19's w/ Chrome lip in my living room
The Black/White theme is my fav

Mu9enx

it's very east and it wouldn't differ in texture, if you can sand it down/primer it evenly. i just spraypainted my grille and it looked fine. (you're so baller, you could get it professionally done)

blackhse

yes that is snow falling, such a lovely place to be, but only with the right car hehe. pretty insane for me to take out such an uncapable car for such a weather. driving was to risky, especially my tires are worn out. an evo 9 ended up hitting its front real bad after losing control on a turn.

blackhse

pics of the driving condition

blackhse

pretty car u got and i just love the white, but mine is silver. i found the same grill on ebay, but im looking for a grill without the mercedes logo, i guess i will get the 3 blade grill and paint it black. thanks for all the ideas, such a great forum.

Benzboy13

I got a silver C also, and just bought black wheels/ polished lip

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/19-bl...6792QQtcZphoto

Wanna do the whole black /silver theme. Putting the rims on soon when its gets a little warmer, tinting taillights, and Smoke OR Clear sidemarkers. And i have 20%(actually 17% when the cop who pulled me over measured it) tint in windows and limo tint on rear windshield.

I also wanted to to the Starless grill in Black. But like you.. couldn't find one on ebay or anything.

Was thinking maybe this grill:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...em110223965881
BUT id rather a starless one.

If anyone can shed some light on purchasing( cheapest way possible please) that 05 sport grill in black. Do tell.

coin

I think someone is selling a black 3-slat OEM grill on the classified.

Mu9enx

the cheapest way possible is just to find it on the classifieds or ebay. if anything, just go to the dealership and order it.

you can then paint it yourself or go and get it professionally done. if you do it yourself, all the materials would cost less than 20-30$.

lancemb

i have a blacked out grille with no star. ebay!

Mu9enx

haha, lance, i can't remember, but was your grille a 4 slat? or 3? it was 4 right?

aolsen

Hmm...design...right in my field...I plan on starting my own Advertising/Design Studio...Perhaps I need to move to Saudi........

Moviela

I think the black wheels look great. When the Daimler engineers take a new model out for some real world punishment, they fit black wheels.

If anyone wants to paint their wheels, thats fine, but please don't powder coat cast aluminum wheels. It can be dangerous. Powder paint is cured by running it through a high temperature oven. That heat can cause a change in the metal. It can fail and cause a crash. There are any number of body shops and industrial painters that can do a nice job of painting wheels.

Now if you want a coating that is completely different to paint your wheels, consider Nextel suede coating. I use it to paint the inside of film cameras, but BMW uses it on a variety of interior surfaces to give cheap plastics a rich look.

http://www.nextel-coating.com/techni...lt.asp?lng=eng

blackhse

those rims are really cool, but noway i would put 19's on my car, not reliable in lebanon, so many pitholes here. im sure they wont last a week with me. that is the same grill i found on ebay. but still rather have the grill with no logo.

tanktube67

if you tint the roof it will look sick