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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 10:10 AM
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Color match trim?

My freind and i were talking and he told me i should color match the trim on my car i dont know if this is a good idea or if anyone has done this before

its a white 91 300e trim is gray w/ chrome strip




any suggestions
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 91300e
My freind and i were talking and he told me i should color match the trim on my car i dont know if this is a good idea or if anyone has done this before

its a white 91 300e trim is gray w/ chrome strip




any suggestions
Painting the lower body cladding one body color is not uncommon and looks good IMO. Look at pics to decide whether you like it...
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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^^ +1, unless you like the original look, painting the lower cladding looks good - or at least it does on my car...I'm not so sure how it would look on a white car.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Good.
If God wanted to color match the lower cladding, He would have done it that way
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Oh you *******!!! I KNEW you'd chime in! hahaah

Pssst, hey Rick Astley, how ARE the 80's treating you??

(ps you know i'm kidding)

(pps...."Never gonna GIVE you UP, never gonna LET you down...)
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ZorroAMG
Oh you *******!!! I KNEW you'd chime in! hahaah

Pssst, hey Rick Astley, how ARE the 80's treating you??

(ps you know i'm kidding)

(pps...."Never gonna GIVE you UP, never gonna LET you down...)
You know I couldn't resist any straight line you put out there...

"80's"...how kind of you

I'm more like the "60's".....

Now go back and be nice to the German peddlers of AMG wood trim....
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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HAHA! Oh Ed....the resident "free love" stoner! You've got the best sense of humor of all the old fogies!



PS the 80s reference was to your CAR, not you...spring chicken!
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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HAHA! Oh Ed....the resident "free love" stoner! You've got the best sense of humor of all the old fogies!



PS the 80s reference was to your CAR, not you...spring chicken!
You slow down ( mentally ) as you age...now I get it , don't I
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i would not color-match with a white car, unless you paint the whole car. on lighter colors, you can see the difference in shades, it is noticeable. the darker you go the less obvious it becomes, but my advice would be to not do it with a white car.

though, the car in zorro's chop is like the awesomest white benz evarrr and everyone should wish it was theirs....
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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ya i was thinking of a pearl white and match everything else but my paint is pretty nice and dont really want to get rid of it although the owner before me covered all the chips with touch up so it wouldnt rust and it looks like ish with the marks all over the place
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