Black to White Vinyl Job Finished! Check it out
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Black to White Vinyl Job Finished! Check it out
My custom e class went from black to white this week! So happy with the result , here are some pics of the benz in white, ill post how the black looked before in the comments below. Leave me some feedback, thanks.
Custom painted grille black, hood vent also black, panoramic roof, window spoiler black, hood lip black, side mirrors kept black.
Custom painted grille black, hood vent also black, panoramic roof, window spoiler black, hood lip black, side mirrors kept black.
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Haha yea that was me, went vinyl, a bit mad I noticed a little scratch ( from a rock im guessing) on the hood, you could see the black paint under gotta see what I can do with that
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Well I definitely see what look you were going for and I'm glad you went with Vinyl as it looks great, but it will happen. At least it didn't do that much damage to your paint I hope.
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Also, what bulbs are you using for your parking lights in that pic? They are bluish and I really like that hope to change those out on mine when/if I do HID conversion.
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Yeah Vinyl is NOT cheap by any means unless you can do it yourself which is... yeah best left to the professionals. Are the parking lights also HID or what bulb are you using to get the 6000K style color?
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The parking lights on the side of the bumper are the original bulbs I just changed the orange light case to a clear one, the front lights are all from the dealer I'm not sure if that answers your question
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No I did the same things to my sidemarker lights I replaced the stupid looking orange markers with white ones and an amber bulb. Looks much better, but I was talking about the front ones - no worries though. Looks great.
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How do the edges look?....like when you open the hood? Just curious. At that price ($2000) I can't help but ask what the benefit is of doing this vinyl stuff, versus an a real paint job?
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It's reversible, it protects the actual paint underneath, and you don't have the hassle/expense of having to sand and stip old paint off to start with a new color. It is just a film with adhesive you place over the car and it is also a cheap way to do matte colors. $2000 is expensive, but I have a feeling my local shop would charge twice that to strip the car down and repaint from primer up.
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Link? Is it these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ERROR-FREE-M...-/220756667631
http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Merced...-/130509801577
I assume there is no downside to installing these, as they aren't the low beams or the high beams so LEDs should be fine here regardless of focal length.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ERROR-FREE-M...-/220756667631
http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Merced...-/130509801577
I assume there is no downside to installing these, as they aren't the low beams or the high beams so LEDs should be fine here regardless of focal length.
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Yes those will work just fine with no error. Mine are more of a darker deep blue and a regular 2825 bulb and not LED though i will switch to LED as they produce more light.
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Looks slick! Love the white with the black panoroof and black accents.
Checkout the MBworld Vendor, AZN Optics. I bought a set of 5k LED parking lights for $20 or so. He has a thread in the W211 or section regarding them. As for HiDs, I went with DDM Tunings kit for $100 also in 5k --- there are many options out there to consider (I think there is even a sticky on it)
Anyway, back to the OPs thread
Anyway, back to the OPs thread