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I absolutely love my 2017 S500 (known as the S550 in the US) in its elegant white color. Recently, I spotted a similar car on the road in a striking green shade. It got me thinking—is it actually legal to repaint your car in a color different from the factory original?
After doing some research, I found out that it is indeed legal here in Sydney, Australia. Now I’m curious to brainstorm with all of you—what are your thoughts? Is it worth making such a change? Has anyone here tried something similar?
Sure it's possible but would make more sense to wrap it in my opinion. That way you can go back to the original color and/or a different color when you see something else that you like.
I can appreciate a repaint instead of a wrap. If that's what you really want, I wouldn't worry about the cost. The only way I would repaint a car would be a full disassembly. Having something unique is very cool. I might be doing something like this in the future. I would probably start with a damaged car that would be cheaper to offset the cost. White, black, and grey....Borring!
Is this the color of green you like? Emerald Green Metallic. It's amazing. Rare as far as I know. Only ever seen it once on an S63 sedan. Left a real impression.
That is color change PPF, its not like a regular vinyl wrap. Thats the only wrap I would do, so no orange peel no. Its basically PPF with a color layer. I have seen it in person, you would never know it wasn't paint.
That is color change PPF, its not like a regular vinyl wrap. Thats the only wrap I would do, so no orange peel no. Its basically PPF with a color layer. I have seen it in person, you would never know it wasn't paint.
Have you actually seen one in person? If so, that's awesome! My car is also white, and I've considered getting it wrapped, but afraid to pull the trigger. Never heard of the stuff you're talking about until today, but it does look good.
OP, let us know if you get it wrapped, and share plenty before and after pics.
Have you actually seen one in person? If so, that's awesome! My car is also white, and I've considered getting it wrapped, but afraid to pull the trigger. Never heard of the stuff you're talking about until today, but it does look good.
OP, let us know if you get it wrapped, and share plenty before and after pics.
Yep, absolutely. The shop that I had do the front PPF on my S580 installs it and I saw several completed cars, its amazing. You would never know. Its not cheap, a full car is going to be $7k or so. Cheaper than a repaint though.
When I was considering keeping my S560 I thought about having it wrapped in color change PPF to make it feel new.
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