bigigg

Diamond white/chestnut interior/p1/pano roof/rear spoiler/rear folding seats/wood steering wheel.. sorry about the crappy pics.

A few black outs mods, more to come.. enjoy

bigigg

few more..

Mtl20v

Nice. Congrats. I wish my 2012 had the same steering wheel as yours

alloutmk23

Is the 2012 steering wheel heated?

bigigg

Mine isnt heated.. i thought it would be since its the more expensive one.. $590 option

threeMBs

Its more expensive because its an optional wood steering wheel. And because its a wood steering wheel, it is not heated (only full leather one can be ordered heated).

K-A

Very nice! Perfect Options aside from missing P2!

Love the Diamond White, and that new wood option wheel is really stunning and lively/attention-demanding. I love the look of wood wheels when backdropped with wood interior, but functionality wise they leave a lot to be desired unfortunately.

bigigg

Thank you, i wanted P2 but i didnt like any of the color combos available with p2 that the dealer had. And im too impatient to order a car.

golfster

Beautiful color scheme. I like how the center storage bin covers match the black dash.

I see you removed the side chrome and blacked the window trim.

hyperion667

aw that's lame, p2 is sick, keyless, power trunk etc.....
welcome to the club all the same........

nice looking car!!!

bigigg

Thank you, yes i removed the door trim.. i blacked out the lower window trim I plan on doing the rest this weekend. Today im painting my side markers, and a stripe on the lower part of the rear difuser. I already blacked out my grille, the chrome around the led drl, and the 2 MB stars. I ordered satin black wheels but they wont be going on until spring. Window tint is 30%

K-A

Definitely post new pics! Curious what the "strip at the lower part of the rear diffuser" is, definitely post it up. ;y

hyperion667

isn't the rear valence two toned? the one off my 63 was......
silver and dark grey....

bigigg

rear difuser is all flat black.. where it bends at the bottom, between the exhaust.. its about a 1 in strip, i painted it diamond white to match the car. Ive seen S class's come stock like this.. it gives the rear a little more detail i guess. My last car was a C300 and it was heavily modified, soo i told myself i wasnt going to do that to the E class.. basically im just keeping it simple, few black out mods,wheels,tints.

K-A

Ah, I was thinking of doing that mod, good idea. I was gonna wrap it, however, and figured it'd obviously look bad as even with such a little strip, you'd probably notice the different shade of white. Painting is a smart idea, but it seems like it'd be hard for them to get a perfect "fit" in such a small area? Also, I wonder how durable the paint can be on top of that plastic material.

bigigg

im not sure what you mean by "perfect fit".. theres a curve/line on the difuser thats easy to follow as a "taping" point, as for durability.. the only issue im starting to realize is now theres a seam between the paint and the difuser.. like a rough edge/lip, only way to get rid of that is by clear coating the whole difuser after painting the strip. I'll post pics tomorrow

bigigg

soo i finished painting the difuser,and front side markers, also taping the rest of the window trim.. heres some pics

hyperion667

looks awesome!

vcruiser

Looks really nice! I like the new LED's

bigigg

Thank you guys, Vcruiser that's a very impressive fleet you have.. Its funny bc I was thinking about getting the evouqe instead of the E class.

K-A

Looks awesome. I'm not too crazy about the heavy/extra chrome around new LED's so what you did looks good. LOVE that rear diffuser/valance mod! Might have to do that myself! Wonder what it'd cost..

wnunez89

looking good

alloutmk23

looks awesome. Throw a flat hood badge on there.

bigigg

Thanx, my guess is if you have a body shop do it.. your prob looking at $150. Its only a small piece, but there is a little labor involved. You can do it yourself, its really not that hard.. just be patient and make sure you cover your car very well protecting from over spray,and when you tape your straight line press down hard soo no paint can seep thru the bottom. My car is diamond white soo i had to get special paint in an aerosol can, after taping and sanding, i primed, base coat of white,then the mid coat had the flake/pearl,and then clear..3 coats of each, most important is you must do light coats,multiple light coats is better than heavy.. In your case since your car is artic white you can probably get away with a general gloss white paint, and it would only be a 3 step process... and let me add that if your able to take the difuser off thats a big help, it would be easier to paint and you wouldnt have to worry about overspray, you save time on taping the car off.. anyway let me know if you need further help.

K-A

Thanks a lot for the write up!

I definitely am not inclined to do it myself, so I'd have to take it somewhere. Good news for me is that Arctic White is simple to color match, and being so low down, it's not an area where I have to stress about paint matching so much (although I'd demand perfection, obviously).

Overspray is honestly what I'm most worried about. I've had overspray on my car after painted panels (not this particular car), and it isn't pretty or fun. It basically is a deal breaker, unless I literally stood there and watched them mask the whole car up.

I'd love to just wrap a little piece back there though. Although it wouldn't match the Arctic White.... I wonder how close it'd be though....