SL-Class (R230) 2003 -- 2012: Discussion on the SL500, SL550, SL600

SL/R230: facelift

Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:42 AM
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Has anybody seen the facelift SL, CLS, and SLK, and their new style of door mirrors, the way the turn signal looks...am I the only person who hates how they look. I wish they would've at least tried to do something like the new C and the ML and GL facelift... to me they make the car look funny and far less attractive.







maybe im just crazy but i think they look terrible..
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:46 AM
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I agree, I started a poll on the SL55 forum and 50%+ of people who responded don't like the facelift.

I think it looks awful, absolutely terrible, down to the EU pedestrian crash regulations.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:50 AM
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i dont mind the front end toooo much but i would have preferred if they kept it like most facelifts...just adding some sort of change to the appearance of the front end not a shape change. the mirrors just stand out to me as something too chunky and oddly shapped...and the fact the indicators are different now makes it look sick.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 06:09 AM
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They look the worst on the CLS IMO.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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I dont really mind them that much.....omg there already giving the cls a facelift.....even tho it looks to be the only the grill there changing but still i feel bad for the customers that bought a 06 because the came out with the 550 and 63 for 07 and now there already changing a few more things on it but with the ML too thats already getting a facelift.....you cant keep up with mercedes benz.....like i said before thats why i stick with my G wagen.... they rarely ever facelift that thing............
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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i just don't know why the mirrors had to get sooooo big and ugly. it's not going to help drivers that have no driving ability to begin with.
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