dppdpp

The interior of my mothers slk was peeling very bad. I have posted before and after pictures. If you live in the Dallas are, I can do this for you.

contractsguy

The repair looks great!

How did you do it?

How much do you charge for a refinish/repaint job?

Thanks,

HBKHBK

nice job indeed,
did you actually repaint it or removed the paint?

i know alot of people remove all the paint and its looks often better than the original way.

anyway, it looks nice

Friscolady

Nice Job!

I have the Red on Black interior and the red is doing the same thing. I am in the process of looking for a good upolster to repair it and insure that it does not happen again.

However judging by the wonderful repair on yours, what or whom is your secret to the repair.

Patti

dppdpp

Thank you. It is about a 5 step process. I can post later. I would be able to give you a cost to do this after I saw the car and how bad it is peeling. I did not post pics, but my mothers was also peeling badly on the glove compartment. There were also some areas that needed minor work, which I did not post pics.

Thanks.

dppdpp

I repainted it. It would be possible to remove it all, which I thought about, but in the end repainting looked the best.

dppdpp

The secret is sanding, clean thoroughly and most important matching the paint color to interior of car.

nonn37

actually thats not really good advice. Its best to strip the old finish. Sanding will remove the paint and texture of the console. stripping will easily remove the paint without destroying the console.

yannismd

i bought from ebay.de a paint spray that does excelent work.It is the same color,you don't have to do anything ,just to clean the surface and spray several times.It costed around 15 euros!!The company's site is www.volico.de.Try there and you will find a solution in a cheap price.

DarkHalo

Is it easier to pull the console to strip and repaint or leave it in place and remove the seats to do it?

dppdpp

I guess it depends on how bad it is. I did not take out seats or console.

chiliwilli

Hey... I notice that you have a small storage nook just forward of your shifter, next to the coin/ashtry module. I have an old analog phone in that space and would like to replace it with a storage compartment like yours. Did you remove the integrated phone or did your SLK come that way?

dppdpp

The car came this way. There was an old analog phone in the compartment under the armrest, but I took it out.

SLK91

so how's the 5 steps goes?

my wife 98' model slk's interior peeling bad even after its been replaced by the dealer...it peeled within 1 year

lilfish

You can order a replacement bay for the area where the phone is. I did it and it helped a lot with storage issues.

dkellam

Does anyone have a ballpark figure of what it costs to repaint the interior of a SLK 230?

LynnBilodeau

Newbie here. Between my brother and I we have owned 52 bimmers over the years, but only one Mercedes, and that was his.

I realize this is an old thread, but I am looking at slk's to purchase for my wife. I am looking at only black interior cars because of the paint peeling issue. I am assuming (yeah, I know...) that the black console and glove box cover are not painted, as every pic I have seen of the peeling paint has black underneath. Am I assuming wrong? Do the black console cars also peel?

Thanks for any help.

leapyfish

Yes, the Black will peel as well

LynnBilodeau

Thanks for the replay.

So... I guess the parts were cast in black plastic, then painted black?