Color differences: Iridium Silver vs Palladium Silver & Iridium Grey vs. Steel Grey
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How did you manage to go from an e55 to an e63 and back to an e55? I have a 2001 e55 with full Kleeman mods myself. What's the point of this thread on paint colors? Thanks. Ned. PS. My e55 is obsidian black and I just bought an indium grey 2011 e550 4matic sport.
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If your interested in my opinion on those colors, the steel grey is gorgeous, it is a blue-ish grey whose hue changes meaningfully with changing light conditions. The indium(not iridium grey) grey is less popular but also gorgeous, IMO, kind of a gun metal color. I could have lived very happilly with either. I believe that iridium silver is standard mercedes silver,very nice, my just departed 2000 e320 was that color. One of the best colors to hide the dirt!! I think the palladium silver is a deeper greyish silver. I think that most mercedes paints are beautiful. It comes down to what you like. Thanks. Ned.
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THX FOR COLOR INFO
Hello,
I love both cars about equally - though I think the 63 is a better balanced packaged.
I leased my 63 new for 3 years. When the lease was about to expire, I decided not to lease another or purchase mine outright simply because of higher cost.
The 55's had depreciated more by this time (of course) and I saw nothing wrong with driving a 55.
But the thing that made my decision the easiest - I was offered a great deal on a very-well maintained 55 from a close friend of mine. The car was perfect, had low mileage, some nice mods, all service history, and needed nothing but a new owner.
Also, the prior owner was trading in a 360 coupe for a 430 spyder and didn't want to come out of pocket with as much cash.
Being a private owner sale, I also benefited from lack of sales tax in the state I lived in at that time.
Absolutely nothing wrong with 63's, that's just how things worked out for me. My best friend recently bought a 63 after having a 55 and he literally thinks it's the best car on the planet.
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Jeremy
I love both cars about equally - though I think the 63 is a better balanced packaged.
I leased my 63 new for 3 years. When the lease was about to expire, I decided not to lease another or purchase mine outright simply because of higher cost.
The 55's had depreciated more by this time (of course) and I saw nothing wrong with driving a 55.
But the thing that made my decision the easiest - I was offered a great deal on a very-well maintained 55 from a close friend of mine. The car was perfect, had low mileage, some nice mods, all service history, and needed nothing but a new owner.
Also, the prior owner was trading in a 360 coupe for a 430 spyder and didn't want to come out of pocket with as much cash.
Being a private owner sale, I also benefited from lack of sales tax in the state I lived in at that time.
Absolutely nothing wrong with 63's, that's just how things worked out for me. My best friend recently bought a 63 after having a 55 and he literally thinks it's the best car on the planet.
Best regards,
Jeremy
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Is that a 211 body style e55 with the compressor? Does the car have the airmatic suspension? People seem to love the new e63's. Regards. Ned.
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Yes both my E55's were 211's, with airmatic suspension.
Thx for input. I'm fairly sure I will be buying a W212 AMG in the near future
Thx for input. I'm fairly sure I will be buying a W212 AMG in the near future
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Iridium silver is the classic brilliant silver. Iridium Grey has brownish overtones. Palladium is a warm deeper grey and as Ngerstman stated Steel Grey has blue tones. I like em all. If I were to buy a car tomorrow with traditional non matte paint I would be spending my money on a Palladium Silver E63! Good luck!
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^^^ i don't like the cartoonish feel - they don't look very accurate or do a good job even portraying the color in my eyes. much prefer real-life pictures, or at least descriptions discussing the differences.
