YYZ-E55

Tails look great. Sidemarkers and front lip, not so much. Now you need some 10-15mm spacers all around.

K-A

Mostly because I wanted the darkest I could get in the backs, but for the sake of keeping enough visibility, both from inside and outside (outside, in hopes that I don't get messed with by Police) I get the front a shade lighter, so it's still dark, but light enough so that it doesn't have that total solid look to it. Also, maybe it's because I'm so used to that setup now, but I kind of dig the look as it gets darker toward the rear.

djrabbi

i think a black roof would set it off nicely

hyperion667

I still think you need some white walls

K-A

Lol on white walls.

Yeah, I gotta just do the black roof. I've always went the cleaner routes with my previous cars, but am thinking of messing around with this one a little bit, with wrap namely, making it a lot more polarizing. Even had a thought of carbon fiber wrapping the exterior door b-pillars, and carbon fiber wrapping the roof rails, while wrapping the roof itself in gloss black. Could be cheesy, but could also be fun.

blackbullit

What did you do to the front airdam? Is it a wrap or some other type of coating?

It looks great on white car, the converse of the E63, which has the sides of airdam with carbon fiber.

clmulli

Looking good K-A. I know you don't care for a lot of mods on you car but I'd wonder how the air dam would look if it was painted white. hummm

K-A

Thanks Clmulli! Actually, I just wrapped over the OEM area in matte black wrap, so it would basically look stock if the wrap was painted white, lol.

I'd like to take the chance on those mentioned "mods", as I think that in order to enjoy this car to my full ability, I have to act as if the real excuse to get into it, after my previous one, was to take it in a different direction to me.

I really love how it looks right now though, even though the look isn't as quick and easy to digest as my 2010's was. The rims have a look that's really new to me, on my own car, and one big plus that it has over the standard Sport wheels, is that the finish is a much nicer and sharper Machine finish, over the kind of flat silver finish of the non AMG wheels.

hyperion667

tell ya what, I'll get some for my 63 and post pix okay?

Ryden88

wow... you're building another gawker! love watching your cars transform. keep the pics coming. (your airdam looks just like the c63 Black Series pics that just leaked)

K-A

Thanks Ryden! I'm glad you dig watching them unfold. If I keep motivated enough, I'll definitely do some other things here or there to it, that will give it a bit of an individual touch.

On a side note, I'm in Paris right now, and damn is it funny/weird/interesting to see all the S/E/C Class Taxi's. I feel like I see more S's than anything. For a Tourist I can't really speak on how it affects my perception of the cars/brand, other than it makes them incredibly common, and it instills confidence in their build/quality, however, it's pretty amazing that they are still considered Premium and prestigious cars out here, even with said extensive Taxi use. Seeing an actual owner with an E-Class is a very rare and surprising sight, even in wealthier areas, but seeing them as Taxi's is very common, lol. Totally different world out here.

K-A

Well everyone, I finally have my New.... New W212 just how I want it (I hope ). I can finally call it MY car and say that I feel like I am driving my dream car again. I also finally can say that I think this car (finally) looks even better than my venerable 2010, and a little more unique.

I got the roof wrapped in gloss black, and on one hand, I'm not sure how I feel about the roof rails and shark-fin antenna being left white, but on the other, it makes it look a little original from the Pano look, and makes it obvious that the car does not have Pano (I don't want to pretend like I have Pano, I just want my roof to be the color black).

Hope you enjoy!

park423

glad you like it...but the white fin and roof spoiler are dealbreakers for me.

K-A

Yeah I gotta figure something out with that. It's grown on me quickly so it doesn't bother me anymore I think. The roof spoiler I know I'm cool with, just the shark fin right in front of it clutters it up, and the roof rails being white are a love/hate it, but I think I'll keep them, gives the car a different look kinda.

park423

anyway, it's reversible, definitely worth the try. I would've also wrapped the roof rails but that can get tricky. Why not plastidip spray the antenna?

K-A

Good idea on the plasti-dip!

I wanted the rails wrapped, but they assured me that with the shape, and the plastic materials it's made of (head expansion, etc.) it would start pealing. So to do the rails I'd have to get them painted. If I do the shark-fin I can probably do them at the same time (gloss black paint, as the plasti-dip would only look decent on the fin IMO).

FraKctured

Love the car, stunning!

K-A

Thank you!!

SixPak

Hey K-A, great job on the roof wrap. I have always love the contrast of black roof (either with pano or wrapping) against the white colour (or silver). I think you've done extremely well and your E looks perfect as is. Have you thought of wrapping the exterior mirror gloss black as well? I'm seriously thinking about doing this to the mirrors of my silver S212 to match the pano roof. Congrats on your "dream" car!!

K-A

Thank you very much buddy!

Yeah, I really just couldn't get myself to really fall for the car until I got that roof black, since I just loved that contrast of colors on my Pano car.

I actually have thought about how the mirrors would look black, and I think it'd look good, but I do really like the contrast of black and white in the mirror area (all black would look a bit more monotonous), but if you do it please post pics! I think it'd look pretty cool and unique!

QuadBenz

K-A, I think your car looks nearly perfect. The black roof wrap looks great, as does the front bumper. However, just my personal opinion, but I think the roof spoiler in white with the black roof and rear glass window looks a bit awkward. Also, I think the tails look a little funny, but other than that, beautiful car.

K-A

Thanks man! Yeah, there seems to be some discrepancy over the white bits toward the back of the roof (shark fin, roof spoiler), lol.

I dunno, I'm gonna take it a day at a time. I've realized that you stay more interested in a car when you do things little by little. Fortunately I've gotten all the "bigger stuff" I want out of the way, so I can just do the smaller things little by little, if they annoy me or anything (still not sure if I actually like the white fin and/or spoiler up there, so I guess we'll see).

Yeah, the tails I gotta say don't come across that well in these pics.... They look overly dark and stand out a bit. In person they're a lot more subtle it seems. I halfway miss my old tinted tails (with the red parts tinted), but feel that these are a bit more fresh and "different" looking. If something happens to the tint on these, I might go back to my old way of tinting the red portion to see how I dig that again.

Thanks again.

hyperion667

hi KA, I gotta say, noy feeling the roof wrap, but that is just me, everyone else seems to like it, it is your car, just saying....
the pix are nice though....

EmE247

Not feeling the wrap either. The white lines along the door edge/roof, roof spoiler and the white fin look off.

Probably cleaner looking with either the stock white on top or wrapping as much of the white on top as possible.

Id go with the white stock top.

djrabbi

i think we don't like black roof cause it does seem off now even though i said earlier to get it haha....Maybe you need black trim or wheels? but the lines on the roof do make it weird