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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Paint Questions - Door Handles Dont Match

I just noticed tonight that my door handles appear to have a lot of metal flake.....I didnt realize that MB had two different blacks offered this year and I have gloss black...

Is this a common problem?
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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I'd understand seeing different colors for silver or palladium silver because of the different hues it generates depending on light. but I havn't heard anything about black and obsidian.
I think it may have been an error from the department.
if it bothers you I suggest talking to your dealer. they may have installed an obsidian black door handle on your black.

and hey! its the small attention to details that counts!
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 12:46 AM
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Do you have the obsidian black ( silver flakes) If you have GLoss black that is another story.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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If you have a black car (040 paint code) the handles are obsidian black. It is that way on all black w204's.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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This is old news! 040 cars get metallic door handles. I would bet it doesn't show as much that it is worn out or something!
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Thanks All for the info - I didnt realize that it was already discussed....my search ability must have been slow at midnight

Thanks again,

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On some other manufacturers, the bumpers and sheetmetal does not match. It is quite normal due to the substrate being painted over.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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they did this back on the W203's as well.
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i have the same issue and was wondering if anyone else did, i guess so
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