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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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I just blacked out my 2009 CL550 grill and smoked the tail lights.
Used vinyl and I think it came out pretty slick . Got someone in OC to do it for around $160 and I think it made a huge difference in looks.

What do you guys think?
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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I want to do this to my 600. Does the vinyl match 100% to the body color? How does that work?
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I want to do this to my 600. Does the vinyl match 100% to the body color? How does that work?
Yes it does match. It makes a big difference with the grill and it looks like its painted.
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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It takes about an hour to do and you could always peel it off if you dont lik. You dont get rock chips either
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Thanks for the info. Now I need to find someone that can do wraps around me! Haha
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Thanks for the info. Now I need to find someone that can do wraps around me! Haha
No problem. I would say to do it yourself but its not easy. Ive seen places charge between $100 to $150 just for the grill.
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Originally Posted by bigjhimon
It takes about an hour to do and you could always peel it off if you dont lik. You dont get rock chips either
I have my grill painted black also but I have the chrome trim unpainted. I only have one rock chip. The blacked out grill is a must.
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Originally Posted by BLKMAMBA
I have my grill painted black also but I have the chrome trim unpainted. I only have one rock chip. The blacked out grill is a must.
Can you pleas post pics of your car? It looks amazing from the what I can see
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Originally Posted by bigjhimon
Can you pleas post pics of your car? It looks amazing from the what I can see
Thanks. Here you go:







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I thought you tinted your headlights too, guess not
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I thought you tinted your headlights too, guess not
Headlights? I don't think that would be good decision as far as visibility goes.
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Originally Posted by BLKMAMBA
Headlights? I don't think that would be good decision as far as visibility goes.
The lightest tint is not that bad. It makes it look light gray.

It would look like these headlights
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Heres another example of how light you can tint them. This car is fully wrapped
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Originally Posted by BLKMAMBA
I have my grill painted black also but I have the chrome trim unpainted. I only have one rock chip. The blacked out grill is a must.
MAMBA...Really like the way your grille looks!!! If only I was that bold and daring, but alas, I am old and afraid.
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MAMBA...Really like the way your grille looks!!! If only I was that bold and daring, but alas, I am old and afraid.
It's really no that complex. The chrome trims slide off. A good custom shop will know that. I think my ex gf paid $575.00 to have a shop do it. Trust me the car looks much better than the stock. I have seen a few CL 's with the grill fully black but that's not my taste.
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I realized my front bumper is different than your cars, and mine has a huge chrome strip that runs across it...so I'm thinking it wouldn't look right if I blacked out the grill. Still trying to visualize it...but here's a decent pic of how it looks like...
You can see I still have fish bowl status, hahaha! Maybe I'll wait until I get new shoes on and then go from there.
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Originally Posted by adamls2
I realized my front bumper is different than your cars, and mine has a huge chrome strip that runs across it...so I'm thinking it wouldn't look right if I blacked out the grill. Still trying to visualize it...but here's a decent pic of how it looks like...
You can see I still have fish bowl status, hahaha! Maybe I'll wait until I get new shoes on and then go from there.
You dont have the AMG sport package so the front bumper is different. The disctronic emblem with a black grill will look great actually. You could black out the chrome on the bottom part as well
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looks great man...definitely better than stock
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