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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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Hi MB'ers,
I need your opinion about the grill that I've just installed on my c180. The grill color is silver and the car is Red..... should I leave it like this or paint the grill the same color as the car??
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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Same color or black, but the silver seems out of place.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Beaver's Benz
Same color or black, but the silver seems out of place.


i don't know, maybe a pewter color like kira x2? lol
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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Looks horrible!! Paint it...
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Beaver's Benz
Same color or black, but the silver seems out of place.


I think black would look better.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hubertt
Hi MB'ers,
I need your opinion about the grill that I've just installed on my c180. The grill color is silver and the car is Red..... should I leave it like this or paint the grill the same color as the car??
eh...my car is black..I hinkit would look better on mine...send it to me
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Beaver's Benz
Same color or black, but the silver seems out of place.
+1
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Paint it. not black, but metallic charcoal.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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I totally agree with most--paint that ******$#=@!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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paint it!!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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I would keep the chrome accents, and paint the rest black or very dark grey. The silver is too bright, in my opinion.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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do something no one's ever done with your color car, paint match it to your car....or black
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BLCKW203K
do something no one's ever done with your color car, paint match it to your car....or bright green!
fixed :rofl:
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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Y so few MB colors?

I've always dug red Benzos & other "off the beaten path" colored Mercedes'...I've always wondered why we see so few (at least in Dallas) red MB's & other colors? Hube! Buddy! U gotta paint that bad boy! At least photo shop it for peace of mind! (Ok...peace of mind for the rest of us!)
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by alpinweiss
I would keep the chrome accents, and paint the rest black or very dark grey. The silver is too bright, in my opinion.
Agreed !!!! make the rest dark metallic grey - will look great with Ruby
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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black def
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Put the stock grille back on.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Either paint it black or exchange your silver one for the black one. I bought mine black with chrome trim:

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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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either paint it color or exchange it for a black one with someone. paint it color and leave the chrome would be pretty nice on the bordeux red.
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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See I like it. That's the color that Mercedes intended, so I think that's what looks best.
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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Red face OK oK ok

My friends, I think I got the message loud and clear. I'll paint the grill. That's cheaper then painting the whole car. I'll post updated pics soon. Thank you so much to all of you for your opinions.
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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Depends

If you like it keep it. I went with silver on my white 230. Got some negative comments on the other forum. I think the silver looks cleaner than the black. The black looks a little more aggressive.

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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 07:14 AM
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See I like it. That's the color that Mercedes intended, so I think that's what looks best.
You and I tend to think alike. If it could have come from MB looking a specific way then I can live with it. When it is a brash & radical change I just don't like it. W203 grills in this market have come in light metallic grey, dark metallic grey and high gloss black on the Avantgarde - Never has the chrome been deleted - so any of those I can live with. Same goes for wheels. MB/AMG have had enough different wheels to choose from. I like genuine MB wheels on the car. I don't mind switching ranges. e.g. I think that the CLS 500 wheels look good on a C Class - I also feel that any wheel on a Merc must have the star logo at it's centre - preferably in chrome - Early W203s in this market had a silver painted plastic centre cap (see a few pics of coupe's on the forum like that so US obviously saw them as well). Think that looks a bit cheap. Blue laurel centre caps can also look OK, but me - I just like chrome logo on painted silver background - nice & subtle.

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