Diego

I am taking my car tomorrow to paint eveything on the grill in black except the three point star! it will cost me aroun 20 to 30 bucks with the original color and a good clear! it 's cheap because the guy is a friend of mine and also he is painting a c240 2002 black like my car so that is why the price i so cheap! any want can suggest me what you think?

C230

Post some photo here after painting~~

slcvr6

I had a second stock grille sprayed brilliant silver to match my c230k and the lighter shade makes a big difference in the front end of my car. The darker gray of the stock grille just looked out of place to me.

And like you, I had it sprayed when the dealer was spraying lots of brilliant silver and got it done cheap.

Jim Banville

It seems that most of the cars I see now have a black grille w/ chrome emblem, so it should look good. I had the "sports grille" on my C240 blacked out w/ electical tape except for the star and I thought it looked pretty sweet. Wife didn't like it though

BlackC230Coupe

damn diego i was planing on doing the same thing. Your car is going to look idetical to mine oneday.

PoonerElRay

I noticed most painted grilles are done with matte black paint. Will the paint scratch off easy if you use ur fingernails to run it through?

C230K

I will stick with the tape, easy to replace, has been onfor a year and still looks new and I love the price.

BlackC230Coupe

i think the only problem with the tape on a black car is that the color is to dull and different than the black paint. On any other color it looks like a good match.

Diego

yeah!! you are right we almost have the same things on our cars!! but watch this!!

Drew_ML

Ah ha! I was wondering why no one had done that in the past? IMHO, the side looks rather dull without any badging and the Kompressor badges really dress up the sides much like the SL55AMG, C32AMG coupe that they have over in Europe.

It just so happens that I have two brand new Kompressor badges that I bought last week. What happened was that I actually purchased the "V6 Kompressor" badges (the "V6 Kompressor" is about CDN$70 per badge) because I just wanted the "V6" part for my 320. As such, the "Kompressor" parts are completely untouched and unused.

They took several weeks to arrive as they had to come directly from Germany. I was going to Ebay them, but if anyone is interested, PM or e-mail me and we can discuss this further. I'm not looking to make any money, just want to re-coupe (pun intended) some of the expenditure and give them a good home rather than leaving them on my shelf. They would certainly make a nice Christmas present for your car!

Drew_ML

Oh yeah, here's a picture

Diego

I though you like the sport badge better than the kompressor at the sides!! now you are right our car will look the same!! now i am thinking to get the remus exhaust!

BlackC230Coupe

if your car had the same suspension as mine, had a system and my exhaust i would think its mine.

I once thought of putting the kompressor badge on the side of my car but i never did.

By the way, did u have your grille painted?

BlackC230Coupe

if i decide to put the kompressor badges on the side i may take off the sport badges, even though they were 45 bucks.

Diego

yeah i forget about the suspension!! the grilled must be painted but i was out of town all the weekend so I will pick it up tomorrow or tuesday after my finals!

BlackC230Coupe

how are u having the grille painted? are they paiting over the chrome or are they somehow taking it off.

tifosiv122

I would have put the Kompressor further to the left so the OR doesn't bend around the flare.

Erik

Drew_ML

Right back at you, Neal

On another note, wow, $45 for the sport badge? I didn't think that it was that pricey!

Drew_ML

I don't think that I would've. He seems to have done a good job with the positioning. Even the C32AMG's badging is on the fender curve. Placing it further back would've created assymetric spacing on the left and right on the badge.

WyattEarp

Electrical Tape! Aren't you mr bad taste basher? Once upon a time, before Political Correctnes we called what you did ****** Rigging. I just love the way this f-u-c-k-i-n-g forum likes to censor my words to protect the sensibilities of others. I'll leave to your imagination what ****** is.

c class 279

Are those Kompressor badges still available? I bought a loose one from Ebay, but there's no way to get it straight. here what I did:

BlackC230Coupe

well guys the deal fell threw. i did not buy the kompressor badges so they are still avalible. Diego, i guess our cars will stay different.

Drew_ML

Yes, they are still available. PM me for more details please.

You don't really have to worry about getting them straight since they are actually already pretty straight on the backing right now. Just mark the current positions and duplicate it and you'll get it right

c class 279

Good deal, PMs on its way. Did you guys like what I did with my book case? C-240 sport grille in the background. I now have a C-230K, CLK-GTR, and SL-55 1:18 maisto models on the shelf, it looks pretty neat. Thanks

Diego

Dawn! i went to the paint shop to pick up my new black grill but it was not ready yet! he is waiting for other parts to paint everything together! one more day!


by the way if somebody want to ge the Kompressor badges youcan go to the dealer!! i think there are not that expensive!