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Old Nov 4, 2025 | 05:00 PM
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Door wrong colour from factory?

Hi,

Bought this CPO 2015 CLS400 with 67k kms, no accident history that I was made aware of. In the sunlight, I noticed that two doors were a different colour to the body. Is this is acceptable variance from factory or has it been painted?it’s supposed to be a 197 obsidian metallic.

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Old Nov 4, 2025 | 06:30 PM
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Painted or replaced (this one most likely) is my guess.
Get a paint gauge (Microns Thickness Coating Gauge) and measure the paint thickness.....if it was painted, a variation in thickness will be obvious (usually thicker when painted)

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Well damn, hope you get to the bottom of this and let us know, GL!
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Originally Posted by Beer_Bandit
Painted or replaced (this one most likely) is my guess.
Get a paint gauge (Microns Thickness Coating Gauge) and measure the paint thickness.....if it was painted, a variation in thickness will be obvious (usually thicker when painted)
Fosters is my favorite beer. Been drinking if for years! I know a lot of you all don't like it? Is it really a junk beer in AUS?
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Fosters is my favorite beer. Been drinking if for years! I know a lot of you all don't like it? Is it really a junk beer in AUS?
NO ONE drinks Fosters in Australia. There are plenty of awesome beers here, Fosters just isn't one of them. Foster is purely marketed to the overseas consumer.
If we have Fosters, we use it as a visitor deterrent, and just save it for people who pop over for a beer but don't bring any.....the Penalty Beer.
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NO ONE drinks Fosters in Australia. There are plenty of awesome beers here, Fosters just isn't one of them. Foster is purely marketed to the overseas consumer.
If we have Fosters, we use it as a visitor deterrent, and just save it for people who pop over for a beer but don't bring any.....the Penalty Beer.
Very interesting. I appreciate the information. The place I go to drink and for fellowship only buys it for me personally. No one drinks it there either lol.
It used to be made in Canada, now it's made in Texas I think....and owned by the Japanese ( I think).
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