smoked tail lights
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Hey Guys, I like the smoked tail light effect but I cant seem to find the right way to get it done WOTHOUT PAINT!!! I DO NOT WANT TO PAINT IT!!! i wanted to use tint but Im getting bubbles in it... any tips...
Tho it looks ok now i can still see little bubbles...
Tho it looks ok now i can still see little bubbles...
Last edited by djrome; Dec 3, 2009 at 05:15 PM.
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Ok, before I offer my unsolicited opinion, let's see where the kid's head is at. I have two questions for you:
1. Mr. djrome, what do you think makes a Mercedes-Benz, an ///AMG?
2. What's your mod list going to be comprised of?
I am very interested in what you plan to do to your C230 to make it a C32.
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pass me some of that popcorn gaazmon. lol.
Clayton, you're holding back. I know you are.
Hey Clay, I am going for the AMG look. Can I badge my ride?
Clayton, you're holding back. I know you are.
Hey Clay, I am going for the AMG look. Can I badge my ride?
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A few toys & 07' E350 4matic w/AMG sport packg.
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personally, i wouldn't put an amg badge on my car unless i had a supercharger from a c32/slk32 installed.
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I'm going to be gentle, only because he left off the C32 badge. But a badge does not make the car.
Quite simply, an AMG engine is hand assembled, by one man. Every nut and bolt is turned by the same hand. Your C230 was built on an assembly line, just like my E500, SL600, R500, and C240. While my SL600 and E500 both have the OEM AMG body kit, neither of them is worthy of the ///AMG moniker. Why? Because it's not an AMG. It doesn't matter that you may have AMG wheels, AMG tail lights, AMG shift knob, AMG guages.....it just doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how much you spend on Ebay trying to make your car look like an AMG. It will never be an AMG. Let me repeat that, IT WILL NEVER BE AN ///AMG.
Now, if you're so bold as to replace your assembly line engine, with a hand crafted ///AMG engine, and replace your go-kart sized brakes with true ///AMG brakes, then you're on the right path. But until then, your car is what it is. An entry level Mercedes and nowhere near the performance machine that the C32 is.
The only people you're gonna fool are the people that have no idea what an ///AMG badge represents. And the people that are in the know, are gonna laugh at you.
Quite frankly, it seems that now that these cars are becoming affordable to less affluent and younger folks, we're seeing more and more of this.
I'm sure my words are gonna fall on deaf ears, but it's your car, do what you want. Don't be surprised if you see your car in the official poser thread on this site one day.
Quite simply, an AMG engine is hand assembled, by one man. Every nut and bolt is turned by the same hand. Your C230 was built on an assembly line, just like my E500, SL600, R500, and C240. While my SL600 and E500 both have the OEM AMG body kit, neither of them is worthy of the ///AMG moniker. Why? Because it's not an AMG. It doesn't matter that you may have AMG wheels, AMG tail lights, AMG shift knob, AMG guages.....it just doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how much you spend on Ebay trying to make your car look like an AMG. It will never be an AMG. Let me repeat that, IT WILL NEVER BE AN ///AMG.
Now, if you're so bold as to replace your assembly line engine, with a hand crafted ///AMG engine, and replace your go-kart sized brakes with true ///AMG brakes, then you're on the right path. But until then, your car is what it is. An entry level Mercedes and nowhere near the performance machine that the C32 is.
The only people you're gonna fool are the people that have no idea what an ///AMG badge represents. And the people that are in the know, are gonna laugh at you.
Quite frankly, it seems that now that these cars are becoming affordable to less affluent and younger folks, we're seeing more and more of this.
I'm sure my words are gonna fall on deaf ears, but it's your car, do what you want. Don't be surprised if you see your car in the official poser thread on this site one day.
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It's Christmas time, so I feel obligated not to completely lambast the kid. Once he becomes the laughing stock of the AMG community, he'll figure it out.
I may have to post this link in the C32 AMG section to see what their opinions are.
I may have to post this link in the C32 AMG section to see what their opinions are.
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Ok U got me there Clay... I have removed the badge from my C230 just now... Honestly didn't really know what the whole ///AMG thing meant but now I do...
My apology to the ///AMG community
My apology to the ///AMG community
Last edited by djrome; Dec 3, 2009 at 05:18 PM.
