Where is the color code located?
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Where is the color code located?
I need to purchase some touch-up paint (to repair the numerous stone chips all over the hood), but I can't locate the data label, showing the color codes.
Does anyone know where this is located?
Does anyone know where this is located?
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2003 Citron Green C230KMT
also from the window sticker whci was on the car when you buy it, its next to the name of the color. search the forums and there is a list somewhere, also a list is at mbklasse.com
http://www.mbklasse.com/faq.shtml
http://www.mbklasse.com/faq.shtml
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Originally Posted by tyro
How to confirm if you have "nano" paint technology on your '05?
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Originally Posted by dmatre
If you have 'nano' paint (PPG CeramiClear), there will be a 'C' prefix in front of the paint code.
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Originally Posted by CitronC230K_03
also from the window sticker whci was on the car when you buy it, its next to the name of the color. search the forums and there is a list somewhere, also a list is at mbklasse.com
http://www.mbklasse.com/faq.shtml
http://www.mbklasse.com/faq.shtml
You MUST look on the driver's door jamb.
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Originally Posted by tyro
My color code is 040 Black but it is a 2005 C230K SS. I assumed this had to be nano????
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Originally Posted by vraa
No you do NOT have nano. It MUST have a C somewhere in the code.
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The paint codes on the invoice sticker DO NOT have the "C".
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Originally Posted by tyro
Went to the dealer on Saturday and they showed me the paint code on the driver's door jamb and it is C040!
The paint codes on the invoice sticker DO NOT have the "C".
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The paint codes on the invoice sticker DO NOT have the "C".
Please let us know in a couple of months how it's holding up.
Thanks,
Doug
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Originally Posted by dmatre
Tyro: I'd be interested to hear how the Ceramiclear paint holds up against stone chips. My '03C230Sedan is now 18 months old, and the hood is completely pock-marked with stone chips. I'm wondering if the new paint will be better.
Please let us know in a couple of months how it's holding up.
Thanks,
Doug
Please let us know in a couple of months how it's holding up.
Thanks,
Doug
However, will come screaming like a baby if the nano doesn't repel small boulders and children
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Originally Posted by tyro
they ran a car through 50 car washes in the lab (which = 5 years worth of washes)
You mean that "regular" paint will wear out in 1 year? Wow.
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Originally Posted by CitronC230K_03
everyone screams like a baby when they get pits in their paint. saying whatever car maker they bought their car from has crappy paint.
The '87 300TD that I traded on the '03 C230Sedan (after 16 years on the road) had only a few stone chips in the hood and the painted trim below the headlights. The '03 (in only 18 months) has about 4 or 5 times more stone chips from about 1/10th of the driving. Not only that, but the '87 had far less 'orange peel' in the paint as well.
This isn't screaming, it's simply noting that the quality of the paint has gone down significantly, at the same car manufacturer, over the past 16 years.
Hopefully, the newest nanopaint will be of similar chip resistance (and appearance quality) as the paint was in 1987.
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Originally Posted by wblynch
In dusty, hot Southern California 50 car washes = 1 year.
You mean that "regular" paint will wear out in 1 year? Wow.
You mean that "regular" paint will wear out in 1 year? Wow.
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Further, I didn't state that the paint "wore out". It retained 50% more shine than paint w/o nano technology.
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Oh, I get it: you were only joking 'cause you can't be that stupid.
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Originally Posted by dmatre
This may be true, but I can offer a direct comparison.
The '87 300TD that I traded on the '03 C230Sedan (after 16 years on the road) had only a few stone chips in the hood and the painted trim below the headlights. The '03 (in only 18 months) has about 4 or 5 times more stone chips from about 1/10th of the driving. Not only that, but the '87 had far less 'orange peel' in the paint as well.
This isn't screaming, it's simply noting that the quality of the paint has gone down significantly, at the same car manufacturer, over the past 16 years.
Hopefully, the newest nanopaint will be of similar chip resistance (and appearance quality) as the paint was in 1987.
The '87 300TD that I traded on the '03 C230Sedan (after 16 years on the road) had only a few stone chips in the hood and the painted trim below the headlights. The '03 (in only 18 months) has about 4 or 5 times more stone chips from about 1/10th of the driving. Not only that, but the '87 had far less 'orange peel' in the paint as well.
This isn't screaming, it's simply noting that the quality of the paint has gone down significantly, at the same car manufacturer, over the past 16 years.
Hopefully, the newest nanopaint will be of similar chip resistance (and appearance quality) as the paint was in 1987.
i agree with that as well. my 300CD didnt have the soft paint like my C-Coupe.