PTE

You know MBENZMAN. I never noticed the Designo package on your car last fall. What I did notice !! was I could not see straight after the demo ride I had to stop at the local HOOTERS and pop my fore head on the bar top , to get my eye ***** to set correctly back in their sockets.Regards !! ___PTEngineering

Chappy

Ditto! I had a brief encounter with the aforementioned BEAST when mbenzman coaxed me behind the wheel.

mbenzman

Then you had me torture your sidekick in the same fashion.
I guess next time I'll buy you some beer goggles at Hooters to make up for the vision issue my Frankenbeast may have caused. Hell of a "Cab" ride though!



In your case, I only provided the means, you were the "Cab Driver" . I might add that the velocity achieved was well in excess of the previous victim's experience.

Riot Nrrrd

I checked my car and it says "designo" on the seats up near the top, under the headrest. The floor mats say "CLK55 AMG" naturally but not "designo".

Does anyone with a W208 not have "designo" on their seats?

mbenzman

Yes, most are not designo. You have one that is. You have a leather dash, door panels and console too.

Riot Nrrrd

Leather dash?

I think you meant wood

Yes, I have wood in the door panels and console ... a swirly design, fairly muted in color ... I just assumed that was standard on all W208 55's?

neilbo75

Yes, leather dashboards were offered as part of the designo program. SFAIK they only showed up on cabriolet models in the USA. To see it on a certain dark green coupe, one getting dolled up with even more equipment, check out MBenzNL's gallery:

http://www.mbenznl.nl/index.php?opti...id=28&catid=22

Warning: "King Ranch" content. Viewer discretion advised.

lukemcv

I wish i could find all the ugly designo interiors I have seen while looking for cars here-
You wouldn't believe what some people do in Europe.

I'm talking full green interiors. With matching green wood grain. All green !

Or I also saw an interior that was like a turquoise colour.... and just the other day I saw one with a disgusting granite instead of wood. (actually that was at the dealer)

I think the granite alone was a 5000 buck option. It was also a kind of blue grey green colour.

In the end however it is personal taste.... doesn't mean you can sell the car again after. hehe

lukemcv

Found it.

pmb600

Wow that is bad. Are you sure that is designo and not aftermarket?

Dave847

Hey everyone.
I just purchased a Designo edition 2002 CLK 55 Cab. The color combination is absolutely awesome! Its Plack Oplal exterior and Charcoal Gray interior is a great match. I don't have any pictures of it yet, but it does look good. So not every designo addition combination looks bad.
One other thing, I noticed on some Designo cabs AMG wheels came with rivets on them, mine didn't. Did they have two options on wheels in 02?

lukemcv

In Europe customers can have any colour they want.... Even though Mercedes do have recommended combinations.

neilbo75

Yes and no. Custom colors can be done at places like the AMG Performance Studio. They are one-off projects. Designo colors are pre-selected. The choice of listed desgino colors was sometimes rather large, but still a choice.

Ahmed