Painting my grill black? need advice or pics?
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Painting my grill black? need advice or pics?
SO I want to paint the whole grill black, but leave the chrome under the bumper and the Mercedes emblem chrome. Anyone have this done already or has seen it/has pics? Thanks in advance
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repacing the grill
I think the easiest thing is to just replace the grill with a black aftermarket one- this is what I did.You can find them on e-bay and they are quite inexpensive.
Good luck.Dan
Good luck.Dan
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How cheap? You have a link to yours? I can probably get it painted for like 100-150 at a shop i do car stereo work for
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I do not remember how much I paid for - check E-Bay for what is available. In my case I had at least 4-5 choices even more. Put the original one in the box for storage where it will stay looking good 5-6 years from now when I might decide to put it back on the car. I think that a painted one is going to show silver spots under the paint after it is going to be sandblasted by driving 100mph.Who wants to do touch- ups on a grill?
Dan
Dan
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This vendor is one of the main sellers on ebay. He has matte black, gloss black and gloss frame /front fins with matte mesh and matte behind fins. There is options for w/wo distronic, and w/wo chrome star.
http://www.55tech.com
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grill-special-edition-2-tone-black
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grille-matte-black
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grille-glossy-black
http://www.55tech.com
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grill-special-edition-2-tone-black
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grille-matte-black
http://www.55tech.com/collections/w212-e-class-2010-2013/products/mercedes-benz-w212-e-class-grille-glossy-black
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To be honest, your car looks clean already. If anything I would just paint the front grill black over the "silver part only" and leave all the grill chrome lines. And I'd say lower your car more
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To help what glossifier does. My wheels are dipped black with 4 coats for semi gloss. Can do more but I like it. Haven't had time to do window chrome. <br/><br/>
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Funny you say that. H&R springs will be in within the month. The grill I just want black except for the big Mercedes emblem. Them leave all the rest chrome. DEFINTIELY NEEDS TO BE LOWERED I just haven't had the time to devote a whole day to it
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Please show pic after lowering... I want to get the same thing done or at least lower it somewhat, but don't want it too low.
contemplating between new springs or new spring (thinner) spring pads.
contemplating between new springs or new spring (thinner) spring pads.
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That's my plan with the grill too although I have w204. I'm thinking of either leaving the line that goes between the emblem chrome too
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if you do decide to paint your grill make sure you prep it well.
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