Saijin_Naib

Mark, can you do a quick mock-up with Gunmetal lip and black inner? Im thinking that might be nicer than straight up polished. Or perhaps gunmetal inner/black lip.

rivcal4life

body color ftw :-D



Do a body-colored lip option, i was too lazy.

ZorroAMG

That's what i DID..It's hard to make it exactly body color in pshop without looking fake...yours doesn't have real depth, y'know what I mean?

rivcal4life

thanks

O <~~this was my bubble, and now you popped it ~~> x

but yeah i know what you mean. 2 minute chop tho :-\

joef

Mark, leave it the way it is. Looks timeless.

ZedStyle

i can definitely see why you want to do something to the wheels, because it looks like everything else has been customized in some way, and then you just put some wheels on.
i like the black lips, but the only thing for me is that (at least from the pics) it will make them look a little smaller, which I'm not a fan of...
the all-black looks sick too, as long as you don't keep the lips silver/chrome, because it's way too common! maybe if you could do the centers in a matte finish, and the lips in gloss? or a 'time attack' strip on the edge, but in the original silver instead of red? i dunno, i have to think on it for a bit... i like where you're going with the ideas though!
rivcal, i like how your car looks with the black rims, but i would definitely do them in a matte finish, not shiny black... makes your car look very 'military'...

edit: zorro, took me a bit to find this post, but i knew i had seen it somewhere... this is what i was talking about:

All Black:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showpost....08&postcount=1

Silver strip:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showpost....14&postcount=1

ksing44

Hey, look, I painted part of it black!!! I didn't paint it all black, call me crazy, because I think there should be some contrast.


I am working on my car too.

GORBETTTEAM

ZedStyle

you seemed to have calmed down and become bearable recently, but why did you feel the need to be condescending in this thread? it's a matter of opinion. your kitchen looks like it came out of somebody's granny's house in 1984, but that's your taste.
just because you like contrast on your car doesn't mean it's wrong and absurd if someone else doesn't feel the same way.
bring your opinion, but leave your a$$hole attitude at the door. as successful in life as you seem to be, a grown man with children, this is what you find entertaining? thank god these posts are archived, i can't wait until your kids come across them in a few years. you're becoming pathetic in your old age.

Bigpete123

I voted "leave as is". But if I had to choose between the painting options, I'd go for the black lip. Unique and very interesting to look at. But I think all it really does is make your rims look smaller since the black lip blends right into you tires.

Plus, one soft touch to a curb and it scrapes the black off and leaves a shiny little nick in the rim.

ZedStyle

zorro will have to add to his toolkit...!

ksing44

Great post.

I don' want to be a bad guy. I really do like you guys. Sometimes I am just trying to be funny, although I guess it is obvious that I could not make a living as a comedian.

ZorroAMG

The worst part is, I'VE never curbed the rims, my body guy did and pretended not to notice, one tech at an indy shop did and someone at MB stealer in Calgary did too...I didn't notice til it was too late etc...

Soooo, the black scuff to silver will be too noticeable to hide and I'll be fine.

Ksing....you are annoying me today. Get rid of your useless posts about your house and computer on here or I'll have a mod nuke it.

ZedStyle

shop the silver strip onto the all-black wheel, i want to see what it would look like. i think it's just enough to work with the exhaust tips...!

ZedStyle

yeah, but the tv looks like hers...
a lava lamp? seriously??

ksing44

I am working on it.

ksing44

I deleted them, except the black stuff. That really is pretty funny, don't you think?

That lava lamp is cool by the way. It is huge! compared to the normal run of the mill lava lamp. I like it! even it it isn't black!

BrabusBenz300E

All black looks best but I'd have a hard time painting over those lips. Once you go black you can't really go back right?

ksing44

Hey Zed, who are you anyway. I know ZorroAMG. After all, he has that acting website. Is that gay? I guess it isn't if you get lots of girls, but it is funny to say anyway. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay, you know...

Does an all black car make you more masculine? My car is very pretty!

ksing44

The caption said pre HDTV!!!! come on man, cut me a break dude!!! I have an LCD now, actually more than one or two if truth be told, but doesn't everybody?

ksing44

My son does seem to like my car, although he didn't always think it was so cool. For a while he was begging his mom and me to get a minivan. Now that he is getting close to having his own car he is thinking he wouldn't mind driving mine. It really would be weird to have him reading forums about fixing his car. I doubt that will happen anytime soon, however, since I will be sure to take good care of him until he is well grown and safe and sound on his own.

For me, like you guys, this is all a labor of love. I came here first looking for help with some repairs and it grew into more. I have had a long relationship with my car and I have met you and many others during the learning process. It has been fun.

ksing44

You know, I'm glad I started this post about me and my car.

ZorroAMG

Ksing I used to have respect for you but I think it's gone.

www.gofu(kyourself.com

ksing44

did I screw up again? I didn't mean to. I thought I was being witty and funny and stuff. honestly!

ZedStyle

he has an acting website because he's a professional actor, you turd. or do you have a more effective way for him to promote himself?
you've officially become a troll on this forum, and you've succeeded in alienating yourself from pretty much everyone, including zorro, who for some reason actually didn't mind you for for a while. you contribute nothing besides insulting comments in every thread, which are obviously your way of 'getting back' at the forum for not appreciating your whiny b!tch threads. you hate your car so much, but can't bring yourself to sell it, which makes you a cheap masochistic moron.
at over 50 years old, you behave like an immature neglected child, whose only source of self-worth is logging on to a website and talking ***** to people half your age, who still manage to put you in your place without a problem. i love how zorro snapped his fingers and you deleted your posts. d@mn right, son.
whoever you think you are, you still drive the same type of car as the rest of us, only difference being yours looks like *****, so don't act TOO high and mighty.
you will obviously continue to post, because you have nothing better to do, such as spend time with your family, who i'm guessing probably think you're a bit of a d!ck too, and so i'm sure we will continue this for the foreseeable future.
didn't zorro make you your sig, you ungrateful wretch? i think you need to stop using it.
zorro, sorry on behalf of this tubesteak for the thread going this way, but seriously, wtf?!?
i still want to see a chop of the silver strips...