View Poll Results: What is the best colour on the SL?
Obsidian black metallic
8
11.59%
Firemist red metallic
8
11.59%
Desert silver metallic
3
4.35%
Brilliant silver metallic
16
23.19%
Diamond silver metallic
7
10.14%
Topaz blue metallic
5
7.25%
Green black metallic
1
1.45%
Pewter silver metallic
6
8.70%
Alabaster white
7
10.14%
Other
8
11.59%
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SL/R230: What's the best colour on the SL?
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sl and M-class E320 4Matic SLK350
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Tansanitublau is Capri Blue in the US (both share code 359)
Jaspisblau is Orion Blue in the US (both share code 345)
Your first photo looks like Capri Blue, but the second could be Orion Blue.
As to the interior Alpakagrau (code #208) is probably ash in the US.
If not, it is Kieselbeige which goes by the code #205 in Europe which is probably stone in the US.
In any event, the interior is either ash or stone and the exterior is either Capri Blue or Orion Blue. As to the interior codes your dealer can match up by numbers which is which, but the Mercedes brochure in the US only gives the code numbers for the exterior paint colors.
Jaspisblau is Orion Blue in the US (both share code 345)
Your first photo looks like Capri Blue, but the second could be Orion Blue.
As to the interior Alpakagrau (code #208) is probably ash in the US.
If not, it is Kieselbeige which goes by the code #205 in Europe which is probably stone in the US.
In any event, the interior is either ash or stone and the exterior is either Capri Blue or Orion Blue. As to the interior codes your dealer can match up by numbers which is which, but the Mercedes brochure in the US only gives the code numbers for the exterior paint colors.
Last edited by northbenz; 08-14-2002 at 01:50 AM.
#29
I'd definitely go for the blue over light grey.
I'm having silver and red which I know is a little lacking in imagination since so much of the promotional stuff is this color combination but since I already have a blue 129 SL with grey interior (which I'm keeping), I wanted a change.
A brochure I've seen advises berry red only with brilliant silver and black though I'd be interested in seeing it with the dark green metallic. Seeing but not buying....
They did the SLK in yellow and if you wanted to make a statement, that was it, but not exactly a stealth car. How about yellow with red interior? There's a color combo to transport you back to the 60's...
I'm having silver and red which I know is a little lacking in imagination since so much of the promotional stuff is this color combination but since I already have a blue 129 SL with grey interior (which I'm keeping), I wanted a change.
A brochure I've seen advises berry red only with brilliant silver and black though I'd be interested in seeing it with the dark green metallic. Seeing but not buying....
They did the SLK in yellow and if you wanted to make a statement, that was it, but not exactly a stealth car. How about yellow with red interior? There's a color combo to transport you back to the 60's...
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Not sure if it belongs in this thread, but I just saw this maroon R230 for sale here in Sweden. I've never seen this color before! But I like it.
(Please note the pictures are not mine, they were downloaded from a local ad site.)
(Please note the pictures are not mine, they were downloaded from a local ad site.)
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#37
But I think silver is the best, It ain't a Mercedes if isn't silver (GULLWING days), BUT best custom paint will hands down be the sl65 black series paint (gun metal grey or dark metallic grey)
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