///Bruce

I'm gonna have the same identical issue. Same color too. Wrap with matte or not. THAT is the question...

ansonkk1

When I was allocating, I wanted graphite Magno but all the magno colors were unavailable for some reason so I went with selenite metallic. Now I want it wrapped matte but its expensive.

Uga Uga

Graphite magno has to be seen in real life to be really appreciated.

Simply Exquisite. The satin finish unlike matte looks so luxurious against The gloss black trims.

its shame you couldn’t wait.

mrguitar

AMG doesn't really explain their paint situations (nor do they really explain anything when it comes to problems/issues), but at least for the C series AMG, there is apparently a limited run of magno paints available. I'm not sure if there is a hard number limit or not, but apparently, AMG doesn't want every vehicle to have the "special" magno paints for some reason. A huge part of why my wait was so long was because there was "no stock" for my Magno Cashmere White color that I wanted. After much complaining, I finally "got" an allocation but had to wait 4 more months. I was told that the Magno finish process goes through the exact same steps as the GT in that it goes to the same plant to get finished, which is in a different city, and adds on several weeks' time. I just don't know why my finish costs twice as much as the graphite one...

In any case, if you do want a magno finish, my suggestion to anyone (after having gone through this process myself) is to place your order prior to the end of the year (for the ensuing MY). If you order after, say Q1 in the new year, then there is a good chance they will "run out of stock" again on the Magno's.

Execproducer

Thanks!



Still trying to find a car wrap installer in LA that can recommend a color closest to the Selenite Grey Magno.

///Bruce

For those that had this done...did you have them perform a paint correction first? The reason I ask: I had the front of my Macan wrapped. If I look real hard, I can see water spots and such under the wrap. This is especially true when I'm washing it. They either got lazy or I should have asked for them to prep the surface better than they did.

Another question: how well is the wrap around all the decals, emblems and such? Fit and finish....?

Tom⠀

Sorry to hear that, a full review of the paintwork was done before the film was applied. All my decals, emblems etc were all removed and replacements ordered. This meant that the fit and finish was (IMO) fantastic as they didn't have to go around anything, they just put the decals/emblems on top of the film. They should have done prep to the surface before they applied the film. If there were any imperfections to the paint they should have notified the owner and asked what they wanted to do. For them to miss water spots seem like bad workmanship. Have you tried approaching them about the issues? I'm sure an amicable solution could be found.

BL4DE

Amazing pics! I’m getting my 2017 back in the next few days. I paid less than $5k for full Xpel stealth wrap. It’s originally selenite grey metallic

mrnjstrong

Nice guys. I have factory designo selenite grey magno on my Edition 1... tbh better to get a matte wrap than be in my position where you can't buff out scratches or fix any other type of damage without getting a whole new section repainted. LOL. If I purchased my car brand new I prob would have got expel or something but I got it pre-owned a few years back with some scratches so I'm afraid I'm too late for protection. It's funny though, people come up to me and ask me if I got the matte done myself, and they are shocked when I say it's from the factory! I guess I have a one-up on you guys in that regard but screwed in the other in terms of scratches and rock chips...

I plan to keep my Edition 1 as a collectors car, so in the distant future, I'll probably get a fresh repaint and then get some crazy protection for it... wonder what types of protection products will be around in 10-20 years?

BL4DE

Here's the c63s finished!

benzzyy

super clean

boosted20v

looks good, on another note what size rear tires? 295/30?

phoenixblue

Look great. Gives the car a whole new vibe.

Did they put your C63S badge back on the left side?

SDRider

I don’t either. Glossy paint all the way and my 2017 C63 Cabriolet is Selenite Grey Metallic. It’s a beautiful color.

Jason Kunes

I had to wait for a new allotment to become available for the designo Selenite Grey Magno paint on my GLC 63 S. I just ordered it when the new cars were available for the beginning of the quarter on March 15, and had full PPF quoted for around 5500 for the full car. Super excited!

FLC63s

I see the same, looks like they put the back decals back on the wrong side of car... :-(

BL4DE

Thanks, they're 305/30s

BL4DE

Haha! Damn, good eye I will fix asap

FLC63s

lol.. no problem :-)

Pautab1

How is everyone’s xpel stealth holding up? Still loving it? Would love to keep seeing pics! I just put down a deposit for xpel stealth on my selenite gray AMG GTS and it will go to the shop in 2 weeks!

djprov431

Looks great - IMO the best part of the factory magno paint is the crazy depth you get in low light -- the car turns sinister. Does the wrap give that same effect?

BL4DE

I don’t know if it has the same look in low light. But to me it has a nice almost greenish hue in the right sunset

this is xpel stealth btw

BL4DE

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Pautab1

cant wait to see how the whole car turns out. While the installer was showing how it looks like I’m different lighting, when he blocked out the light it had a nice depth. Looked really mean

tonupbklyn

suntek matte vs xpel stealth... any noticeable or known differences between the two in terms of how satin or dull each one tends to be?

see both examples here in this thread, but can't quite make out differences via photos.
it may be due to different lighting conditions, but the suntek appears more non-reflective matte whilst the xpel is slightly more reflective pearl satin.