Got the red start button
07-03-2017, 05:30 PM
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I found a red carbonfiber start button on eBay. It is an overlay that you attach to your start button. Even the $200 start buttons are an overlay. This is like $22 so it was worth a try. It came out great.
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12-15-2017, 10:31 AM
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My S/S button is awesome......pushed it today 
05-27-2018, 08:26 AM
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05-27-2018, 09:05 AM
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I wouldn't pay $200 for the red button mod, but I'll give $10 a shot for fun. I can't imagine how it would deteriorate other than maybe the text wearing off. If the happens once a year, I am still ahead of the game.
If you really want to know how it holds up, I'll let you know.
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05-27-2018, 10:46 AM
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I have had the 10 dollar overlay for over a year now and it is exactly as I bought it. Sunlight doesn't reach it and its covered in clear coat, nothing is going to happen to it ever. Unless you buy from Macarbon ($200) which is not an overlay all the other 80 dollar ones are a button with the overlay pre attached, huge markup and ripoff. If the 10 dollar piece fails after a year I will gladly pay another 10 dollars to replace it, doesn't make sense for me to pay so much for something so simple.
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05-27-2018, 12:23 PM
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My macarbon one is flawless
05-27-2018, 02:45 PM
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Sounds a little defensive. I'm not critical of paying for finely crafted things if that is what you want. I paid a ridiculous amount for a German-made Mercedes key chain that I wanted instead of a Chinese copy, because that was important to me.
I wouldn't pay $200 for the red button mod, but I'll give $10 a shot for fun. I can't imagine how it would deteriorate other than maybe the text wearing off. If the happens once a year, I am still ahead of the game.
If you really want to know how it holds up, I'll let you know.
I wouldn't pay $200 for the red button mod, but I'll give $10 a shot for fun. I can't imagine how it would deteriorate other than maybe the text wearing off. If the happens once a year, I am still ahead of the game.
If you really want to know how it holds up, I'll let you know.
08-08-2018, 11:46 PM
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Purchased a red start button today for my new car.
Its a pity that Mercedes dont offer it as standard, looks awesome imo. Gives the car a real supercar feel to it.
Its a pity that Mercedes dont offer it as standard, looks awesome imo. Gives the car a real supercar feel to it.
08-09-2018, 01:24 AM
#118
just installed the black carbon one on mine, for $26 from amazon, its just a stick on, looks exactly the same. they have it in red also
https://www.amazon.com/iJDMTOY-Carbo...es+carbon+push
https://www.amazon.com/iJDMTOY-Carbo...es+carbon+push
Red makes the car go faster and delivers a few more HP. lol
08-09-2018, 01:27 AM
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I have had the 10 dollar overlay for over a year now and it is exactly as I bought it. Sunlight doesn't reach it and its covered in clear coat, nothing is going to happen to it ever. Unless you buy from Macarbon ($200) which is not an overlay all the other 80 dollar ones are a button with the overlay pre attached, huge markup and ripoff. If the 10 dollar piece fails after a year I will gladly pay another 10 dollars to replace it, doesn't make sense for me to pay so much for something so simple.
The Macarbon are charging a much higher price for literally the same thing that sticks on the starter button from ebay. I found a genuine carbon fiber one on there for $30.
If it was a genuine MB part in all facets, then I could understand.
08-09-2018, 01:27 AM
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08-09-2018, 07:10 AM
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I find this so funny. BMW guys are swapping their red start buttons for black and carbon fiber while we swap ours for red
08-09-2018, 07:30 AM
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Thats priceless. Given the safety of being in MB forum, I will proudly say that their ****ty interiors probably dont need anything to brighten up the fact they are in one.
I am surprised though that MB dont have a red/black start button in the AMG lineup. They could easily flog them off for $200 as an accessory when building a car.
08-09-2018, 07:49 AM
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Sounds a little defensive. I'm not critical of paying for finely crafted things if that is what you want. I paid a ridiculous amount for a German-made Mercedes key chain that I wanted instead of a Chinese copy, because that was important to me.
I wouldn't pay $200 for the red button mod, but I'll give $10 a shot for fun. I can't imagine how it would deteriorate other than maybe the text wearing off. If the happens once a year, I am still ahead of the game.
If you really want to know how it holds up, I'll let you know.
I wouldn't pay $200 for the red button mod, but I'll give $10 a shot for fun. I can't imagine how it would deteriorate other than maybe the text wearing off. If the happens once a year, I am still ahead of the game.
If you really want to know how it holds up, I'll let you know.
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08-11-2018, 12:27 AM
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