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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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Carbon fiber or no carbon fiber

I found a guy out of brooklyn, new york who has carbon fiber door pillars for the 163 MLs...

Do you guys think those would look descent on a silver ML? It is real carbon fiber, not that painted stuff

I also talked to him about a group buy if we are interested
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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also to elaborate Im talking about replacing those textured vinyl strips between the doors
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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I don't believe it adds value to the look of the exterior. Save your money for the fogs, or w164 grille or projector headlights or updated taillights.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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If you do decide to put them on a trial basis I suggest you don't use the adhesive excelerator that are included in most kits, otherwise removing them would be a disaster.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 11:22 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
do it. nothing better than carbon fiber. and remember the old c35's had them like that.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:09 AM
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C35s? I think you mean the C32s?
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
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C35s? I think you mean the C32s?
whoops. sorry, meant c36's.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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I'm in, If you decide to do it!
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I'd like to see a picture of what it looks like. Sounds nice. I might be in on this too.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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I'd like to see a picture of what it looks like. Sounds nice. I might be in on this too if the price was right and I like the look. I had carbon fiber in the interior of my base model '99 ML320 and liked it a lot.
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