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My 500 and her 'winter' makeover ......

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Old Jan 14, 2015 | 04:16 AM
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My 500 and her 'winter' makeover ......
Second part of my facelift project. Took my car off the road for 2 months, and the results ....

Bare metal respray with PPG Ferrari Grigio Silverstone

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Interior revamp with red nappa leather retrim and post 2012 steering wheel with red stitching.

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Also managed to sort out all the coding issues and restored all pre-existing functions including pre-safe warning, cruise control, radar sensor and Distronic. It has been a long 6 months, but wickedly worth it ......
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Old Jan 14, 2015 | 08:21 AM
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wow! color combo is unreal!
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Very, very nice!
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this is super nice. great work! did you have the seats changed out? did they replace them with oem new ones or re-upholster the original ones?
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Old Jan 15, 2015 | 08:25 AM
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this is super nice. great work! did you have the seats changed out? did they replace them with oem new ones or re-upholster the original ones?
Cheers I reupholstered the original seats with exact stitching pattern.
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That looks great!
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Very unique. Nice job!
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Looks amazing! A really excellent job.
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