maci911

i have a dellema ,i am almost finished installing my body kit + trunk boot lip and ,i am having difficulty desiding weither to paint my whole car white or just paint the lower section around to match the upper part champaine color ......any suggestions....

BenzKid24

You WILL lose value either way when you take stock paint off and repaint,however keeping it the SAME color it came New doesnt affect the price as much as a totaly different color.your choice,I would go stock colors.

maci911

i guess the question would be paint it white or champaine....

BenzKid24

whatever color your car was BEFORE the Body kit,paint it that color.

EdzBenz

You should paint the lower panels to match the upper color. A single color W140 looks sick. Mine came stock with the Antrhacite Black color on upper and lower... very neat looking. White looks real good too. Don't worry about the value of the car. It's already used and that won't have much to do with the resale value. If your car was a Gullwing that might be a different story.

BenzKid24

LOL....As a GM of a USED Carlot, Resale value is important,people start asking questions as to why the whole car was repainted(hiding things) a Gullwing and a w140 are TWO different worlds,lol were talking about a LEGEND in the Gullwing and a pre w220 body style..and MANY THOUSANDS of dollars in difference,paint the car the EXACT same it would be you will lose some value but not as much as changing colors you would have to paint door jams,trunk jam,engine compartment,inner shell of ALL body parts(to do it right)it just not worth it.

Bernanke

w140 have no more value anyways you can get V8's for $8-10 grand, V12's for low teens. W140 have no more value. just do what u want to them.

BenzKid24

yeah...with a ton of problems.Value is value..even if the w140 has lost a bunch in the past few years,its still a investment of your money and to ever get anykind of money back on it you should keep them close to stock..as a dealer were very weary of ANY CAR that has had a complete paint job..and even more nervous of one with a different color then the numbers say it is...you wanted a white car in the 1st place you should buy a white car,not a gold car then go paint it white,makes no sense.
Omey is right on one thing-its YOURS do what you want.were all not going to agree on the same thing so go with your own judgment-good luck.

BklynBenz

post pics

maci911

so should i go white or champaine --which one looks sicker....

BklynBenz

if your re-painting my vote is for white

BenzKid24

I like the champaine myself,now if your talking pearl white then go with pearl white.

maci911

i am leaning myself toward white....but still want to leave it champaine...you see the champaine color i have now is like new although the car is 1994--very high quality paint ithink its dirt resistant or something cause i can go couple of months without washing it and still looks shinny,oppossite my black 98 s320 which needs to be washed every week...if i paint it white will it have same "dirt resistant" quality?

BklynBenz

white hides dirt and dust pretty good but i would never go a month without washing my car

BenzKid24

yeah wash atleast once a week,white hides dust,but ive never heard of a white car hiding "dirt". black is the worst...my parents White Excursion shows DIRT...lol dirt is dirt mud,road tar ect thats gonna show on white,wear a white t-shirt and play in it all day long...you wont see any dust on it but plenty of dirt..plus White cars are all over the place,having something different thats gonna make heads turn...AGAIN unless your gonna go with Pearl White thats totaly diff.

MBHustla858

monochromatic 140s are tight

BklynBenz

yo you know what they call analytical people for short? ****. take the stick out of your ***, come on i didnt mean dirt as in fukin mud, get real pal

btw, so if you get some stuff on your car, by your definition, if you cant see it, its called dust and if you can see it its called dirt? riiiiiiiight

BenzKid24

well it depends on how long you go w/o dusting your car off,a few layers of dust can be seen,i carry a duster with me and everythign i need to detail it on my trunk so i dont see much dirt or dust on my s500,but yeah Dirt is something i would say you can see,thats why its called dirt...and when you can SEE dirt on a car,then your car is called "DIRTY". understand now yankee?

oh by the way i dont have a new gun.................................

BenzKid24

ohh and the only reason why you want that stick out of my you know what,is so you can stick those 2 thumbs of that pic of yourself or your buddy????why be such a jerk B.B.? you have been rude to about every topic i have been in..hell you got a CLK take it to there forum if you wanna be rude,this is a "S" class forum we dont all agree with each other but we dont try and start crap "ala calling people ****".

Bernanke

hey guys, I'm debating the same thing... I already have champagne but i have the two tone, my bottoms are pretty banged up and paint has been scratched away in a few areas and also I plan on getting the updated from W140 bumper b/c my front one is missing a tow hook panel, its got paint missing, and one side has now been pulled out so i figured its perfect time to do the swap over to new bumper. what do yall think?

maci911

go white.....

WIldcat465

I agree. It's your car and if you plan on keeping the car for a while, then paint it a color that you like--forget about resale. If resale is important, why invest the money in a bodykit for that matter--it adds nothing.

We're not talking about a $100k car.

Peter Guenther

Body kits and any mods will decrese the value, unless you find someone with identical taste. Any time you change the color where do you stop? take off the door handles the cladding, under weatherstrip painting over the jambs will either cover the stickers or show an outline, will you paint under the hood? The mercedes vin numbers are all over the car in a decal form indicating any repaced panels or bumpers. I made the mistake of getting a hood refinished on a 89 SEC(stonepits), the appraiser took the value down.
My opinion, if you create a custom it will be.

BklynBenz

BenzKid24

shows how classy Yankee is doesnt it?