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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 08:44 AM
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Did anybody blacked out their chrome trims on your CLS? I'm debating if I should go for it... Any pics would be great.
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 12:53 PM
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a cheep and clean way to do it is with plastidip. if you dont like it just peel it off. Comes off easily while not harming your chrome. I've done it on some of my former cars and it comes out nice.
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 03:49 PM
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Peel the chrome off? I have to look in to it. Thanks!
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 06:50 PM
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I had all my chrome trim blacked out with gloss black vinyl. Looks amazing. I'll try and post a pic later.
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RacingFish
a cheep and clean way to do it is with plastidip. if you dont like it just peel it off. Comes off easily while not harming your chrome. I've done it on some of my former cars and it comes out nice.
From my experience, plasti dip works well on 90% of everything it is applied to except window trim for some reason. I have had more customers come by after trying to plasti dip their window trim pieces and having it not work out for one reason or another, and then needed me to go ahead and wrap their trim with vinyl instead.

Plasti dip for the most part is harmless enough. However, plasti dip makes its way into small and tight areas of the trim, which can interfere with the vinyl wrap later on, if for some reason you decided that the plasti dip was not working out.
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 09:55 PM
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don, you are the master when it comes to wraps..... I havent tried to dip aluminum only wheels and emblems (plastic). I'm sure that you have a lot more real world experience with that then I do.
OP As far as peeling the chrome off... WTF!!!!!
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Here are a couple quick pics. Gloss black vinyl.
Attached Thumbnails Blacked out chrome trims-photo403.jpg   Blacked out chrome trims-photo543.jpg  
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looks slick ^^
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Originally Posted by dbaseballn
Here are a couple quick pics. Gloss black vinyl.
Looks really good! Definately the look I'm going for. Did you do it yourself or had it done somewhere?
I would plastic dip the trims myself, but I want the gloss look insted.
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I had it done at a shop. I can do plastidip but I have no experience with vinyl wrap and I wanted that clean gloss black look. Very happy with it.
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I had it done at a shop. I can do plastidip but I have no experience with vinyl wrap and I wanted that clean gloss black look. Very happy with it.
How much did you paid?
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Here are a couple quick pics. Gloss black vinyl.
That looks great!
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How much did you paid?
The door trim, as well as the 2 chrome pieces in the rear cost about 350 to do. I got quotes ranging from 250-700. I went with a local place that had a lot of good reviews and experience with Mercedes.
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Originally Posted by dbaseballn
The door trim, as well as the 2 chrome pieces in the rear cost about 350 to do. I got quotes ranging from 250-700. I went with a local place that had a lot of good reviews and experience with Mercedes.
Getting it done tomorrow. I will post some pics soon.
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I was finally able to take few photos of my blacked out chrome trims. I decided to keep the front and rear star chrome to match up(somewhat) with wheels.



Originally Posted by mc061680
Getting it done tomorrow. I will post some pics soon.



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