Best paint color?
03-11-2010, 11:42 PM
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2005 CL65 (current), 2001 CL600 (chopped)
Best paint color?
My CL600 has got some body rot (i.e. cancer, or "rust"), and since it's a salvage title I don't think the factory warranty will hold. So I figure while I get that fixed, I might as well repaint the whole darn car too. Mine is currently black on black, which I'm not too hot for anyway. I believe the exterior and interior colors should contrast. I wouldn't mind a black/white or white/black combination, and since it's a lot easier to repaint the car than to swap out the entire interior, I figure I'll have it painted white. But then I started looking at a lot of other cars on the 'net, and now I can't choose a color. I really like the royal blue on the new Honda Accord, and I wouldn't mind a graphite color (dark gray) (though gray/black isn't the best combination).
So, my question is, if you had the chance to repaint your car, what color would you pick?
So, my question is, if you had the chance to repaint your car, what color would you pick?
03-12-2010, 10:45 AM
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2005 CL65 (current), 2001 CL600 (chopped)
Body rot on the roof, left side, near where it hits the quarter panel. Apparently Mercedes did a crappy job of prepping for the paint, so many body panels were exposed near the bottom. There was a recall for this for the W215/W220, but since mine was a salvage title I believe Mercedes will try to weasel their way out of honoring the recall.
The guys who are going to do it are pretty well known for their high quality custom paint jobs (they restore classics). They do very meticulous prepping, and they do many thin layers with sanding in between. I've seen much of their work before, and if anything it will be higher quality than the factory Mercedes one. In either case, I plan to keep this thing for at least several years anyways so I don't really care that much about value.
The guys who are going to do it are pretty well known for their high quality custom paint jobs (they restore classics). They do very meticulous prepping, and they do many thin layers with sanding in between. I've seen much of their work before, and if anything it will be higher quality than the factory Mercedes one. In either case, I plan to keep this thing for at least several years anyways so I don't really care that much about value.
