Best color for class 2015
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I have given it a lot of thought and believe that Iridium Silver is the best choice for me. I have Diamond Silver, on the GLK, since it was primarily for my wife and she likes blue. Diamond Silver looks fine on the GLK but I don't believe it will be a good choice for the C sedan.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
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That is so weird to read. It's pretty much the same journey I've been through. I also live in TO and it won me over at the Auto Show. Macan was nice too 
. I really wanted Diamond Silver but that baby blue hue is way too blueish in overcast. Saw an ML this morning in Diamond Silver and same impression. Not a bad colour at all, but just not 'me'.
Question to you is, why did you choose Silver over Polar White? I'm down to those two and the blacks (so 4 I guess). I have a deal done and right now I'm on Silver but I have until tomorrow to lock in the config. I'll be hitting a couple of dealers in the morning to do another round of colour analysis
Black looks soo nice clean, and having a glass roof means one large area less to wax after a wash. Contrast to show the pano roof is nice, but I would also be ok with a sleeper car when it is more a 'wow' when people get in. Love the pano roof just for the brightness / openness / light.
Do you have your car yet? Did you tint it? Tint is a must have...I think I'm going Pinnacle F1 30% all around. Could consider the 15% on the rear window (not rear sides).
. I really wanted Diamond Silver but that baby blue hue is way too blueish in overcast. Saw an ML this morning in Diamond Silver and same impression. Not a bad colour at all, but just not 'me'.Question to you is, why did you choose Silver over Polar White? I'm down to those two and the blacks (so 4 I guess). I have a deal done and right now I'm on Silver but I have until tomorrow to lock in the config. I'll be hitting a couple of dealers in the morning to do another round of colour analysis
Black looks soo nice clean, and having a glass roof means one large area less to wax after a wash. Contrast to show the pano roof is nice, but I would also be ok with a sleeper car when it is more a 'wow' when people get in. Love the pano roof just for the brightness / openness / light.
Do you have your car yet? Did you tint it? Tint is a must have...I think I'm going Pinnacle F1 30% all around. Could consider the 15% on the rear window (not rear sides).
No I haven't received my order yet. I have decided on the Formula One Pinnacle (ceramic) tint but i'm not sure about the darkness. Either 40% all around or 30 in the rear and back, and 40 in the front.
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2015 C400 4matic W205
I have given it a lot of thought and believe that Iridium Silver is the best choice for me. I have Diamond Silver, on the GLK, since it was primarily for my wife and she likes blue. Diamond Silver looks fine on the GLK but I don't believe it will be a good choice for the C sedan.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
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I wouldn't generally consider myself to be insecure. But when I thought I wanted diamond silver, and someone said it looked like a chick colour... I ended up changing my order. Sad but true....Someone on another forum had said that diamond silver was a "beautiful" colour. Someone then responded that they aren't going for beautiful, they are going for sick/wicked/etc...if that makes any sense.
Sick/wicked to me = black on black. Is that what they ended up with?
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I have given it a lot of thought and believe that Iridium Silver is the best choice for me. I have Diamond Silver, on the GLK, since it was primarily for my wife and she likes blue. Diamond Silver looks fine on the GLK but I don't believe it will be a good choice for the C sedan.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
I have had five Iridium Silver MB's and find the color ok. It has a slight blue tinge that I don't especially like but overall it looks good in the C. I believe that smaller cars look good in lighter colors so white is also a very good option. I have had three cars in white and liked every one of them. I just don't like white in large cars like the S Class. White would be my second choice.
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I'd highly recommend 35% front/rear vs 40 all around or 40/30 front/rear if you do want it lighter in the front. Uniform is definitely better.
I think whatever colour I end up with I will go 30% front/rear sides and TBD on the back. Does the car in Canada come with any factory tint?
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Well then that Sales Rep wasn't very knowledgeable. Diamond Silver has been around a long time...2001 ...2003? But dealers don't order / stock cars in that colour as it a colour either people love, or don't like at all.
I was surprised Mississauga MB had a W205 Diamond Silver in stock and in the lot, outside, and I went to look at it in 3 different lighting environments - sunny, dusk, overcast.
I was surprised Mississauga MB had a W205 Diamond Silver in stock and in the lot, outside, and I went to look at it in 3 different lighting environments - sunny, dusk, overcast.
Nope, Diamond Silver came 2013.
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Well then that Sales Rep wasn't very knowledgeable. Diamond Silver has been around a long time...2001 ...2003? But dealers don't order / stock cars in that colour as it a colour either people love, or don't like at all.
I was surprised Mississauga MB had a W205 Diamond Silver in stock and in the lot, outside, and I went to look at it in 3 different lighting environments - sunny, dusk, overcast.
I was surprised Mississauga MB had a W205 Diamond Silver in stock and in the lot, outside, and I went to look at it in 3 different lighting environments - sunny, dusk, overcast.
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And * correction he said,
"...I'm not aiming for beautiful, I'm going for stoopid phat"
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r171...nd-silver.html
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2015 C400 4matic W205
I have pinnacle f1 ceramic 35% on my current sedan, and it is for sure too light. On the C300, for sure I'd go same % on the side windows to keep it uniform. 35% is definitely not dark at all. And with a pano roof it's going to be even lighter from the outside.
I'd highly recommend 35% front/rear vs 40 all around or 40/30 front/rear if you do want it lighter in the front. Uniform is definitely better.
I think whatever colour I end up with I will go 30% front/rear sides and TBD on the back. Does the car in Canada come with any factory tint?
I'd highly recommend 35% front/rear vs 40 all around or 40/30 front/rear if you do want it lighter in the front. Uniform is definitely better.
I think whatever colour I end up with I will go 30% front/rear sides and TBD on the back. Does the car in Canada come with any factory tint?
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'15 C300 RWD Luxury
Yesterday I was at the dealer, and they had a diamond silver, iridium silver and palladium silver w205s on the lot. I liked the diamond silver the least, never liked blue cars and it came across as too blue to me. The Iridium silver looked good, but next to the Palladium (which happened to be in the luxury package), the Palladium looked way more distinctive. The lines, the contrast with the chrome, along with the rims and the grill also in palladium, it looked by far the best to my eyes. We also moved the car from outside in to the showroom and it looked great in all lighting conditions.
I should have snapped some pics, but I think I'm set on the Palladium silver with the luxury package and sunroof. It has a real presence in person.
I should have snapped some pics, but I think I'm set on the Palladium silver with the luxury package and sunroof. It has a real presence in person.
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Has anyone even considered Tenorite Grey ?
I had trouble selecting between Tenorite Grey and Palladium Silver. I was in a rush to get my order in so I can get the car late Nov, rather than December and selected Tenorite grey with the red leather interior.
I had trouble selecting between Tenorite Grey and Palladium Silver. I was in a rush to get my order in so I can get the car late Nov, rather than December and selected Tenorite grey with the red leather interior.
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I chose Steel Grey for my C300 with the luxury package. I saw one yesterday at Loeber Motors in Chicago and it looked great.
Living in the city one almost has to get a darker colored car because other cars will bump into you or scrape one's car when parallel parking. Light colored bumpers, which are dark colored under the paint, get ruined very quickly.
Living in the city one almost has to get a darker colored car because other cars will bump into you or scrape one's car when parallel parking. Light colored bumpers, which are dark colored under the paint, get ruined very quickly.
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Yes "looks like" but please check the color codes.
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I think this is the answer....
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Mercedes-Benz/All/
It appears Diamond Silver Metallic has 2 codes. 988 or 762
There are also other colours identified with more than one code.
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Mercedes-Benz/All/
It appears Diamond Silver Metallic has 2 codes. 988 or 762
There are also other colours identified with more than one code.
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I like the look of gloss black 040 better but I don't want it to look dirty 95% of the time.
Right now Obsidian took out Silver as my colour choice, with pano roof. Mistake?
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2015 C300 4Matic
Gloss Black.... We honestly looked at a car with Obsidian and could not tell there was any difference from the Gloss Black. We would have had to wait several months for obsidian and pay an additional $720. Are you telling me you think that Obsidian doesn't look as dirty as gloss black under the same conditions? My eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, so I would have to give you the benefit of the doubt on that one.
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Gloss Black.... We honestly looked at a car with Obsidian and could not tell there was any difference from the Gloss Black. We would have had to wait several months for obsidian and pay an additional $720. Are you telling me you think that Obsidian doesn't look as dirty as gloss black under the same conditions? My eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, so I would have to give you the benefit of the doubt on that one.
