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Goin in for Paint
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01 CLK 55 AMG
Goin in for Paint
I sent the CLK to the paint shop today to get all the nicks, bumps, dings etc taken care of and painting the whole car. Was looking at some color options and I'm not 100% sure yet what color I should paint her...
Need opinions! Stock black or some other black (metallic)?
Need opinions! Stock black or some other black (metallic)?
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Current: AMG GT-C. Sold: 01 CLK55, 00 ML55, 01 ML55, 06 E55
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01 CLK 55 AMG
everybody wants to be a comedian these days... 
I hear the new 08 AMGs have a black w/ metallic
looks too green. I want something classy black that won't swirl up so easy after every wash.
I hear the new 08 AMGs have a black w/ metallic
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Yeah, the black opal looks all different colors depending on where you look at it...black, dark blue, dark green...pearly like
My std black swirls up like nobody's business!
My std black swirls up like nobody's business!
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I wanna murder it out but people tell me that will make the car look less classy and surely that will take away from value in the long run. But I really considered murdering it out.
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I'm also in the process of painting my car. I wanted a color change but its so much work and a lot of money. I going back to either the silver thats on the car or iridium silver on the Black series. Stay with the orig. or something really similar or close so that you dont have to jamb the car or paint the engine bay.
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yeah thats what I'm trying to do...stay within the same color scheme so I don't have to jamb it all out. But there are many black color codes out there that are nice...I'm just not sure how good they would look on the clk. I'll have to look into the M3 crabon black metallic. I think the paint shop already ordered the paint so I don't have too long to change my mine ; )
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you don't have to take the entire car apart to paint it back the same color. They only removed a few panles off my car mainly the trim panles around the windows, door handles, badges and the door mouldings. If you do change colors you have to remove pretty much every panel possible. I'm only payin 2 grand for body work and paint (total out the door) but thats b/c I work at a dealership and a guy at the body shop here is doing the work for me.
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03 CLK 55 AMG, IMCO muffler/Magnaflow tips, KW V1 coilovers, 19" Petrol Metrix Wheels
it would look sick flat black with a clear coat. there was a R GTI concept that was done in red and flat black with clear and it was sick.
