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Night package++ retrofit to Diamond White E63S... almost complete
The heavy use of chrome trim on my E63S bothered me from day-one so my plan was to 'add back the black' (hmmm, that's a great phrase...) at some point. That point is today! I'll post some "After" pics a bit later weather-permitting. Here are the before pics with me highlighting what I plan to change:
1. front lip in chrome; front grille parallel horizontal strips attached to MB emblem:
2. rear strip of chrome underlining the AMG and E63S badging (I decided to leave the exhaust alone since it provides a nice contrast I think):
3. chrome trim around windows; chrome running-board strip beneath the doors; chrome Nike logo around wheel vents; chrome strip in door handles:
... I'll post equivalent shots later once I've picked the car up.
Last edited by limeypride; 04-04-2018 at 05:57 PM.
As you can no doubt see from the picture below, the weather didn't do anything useful so the pics aren't as clear as I'd like but here's what I've got.
1. Nike logo (as I call it) wrapped and red mesh painted to match the "+" symbol and brake calipers. I forget who it was that did this on their Black E63S but thank you for the idea
2. Chrome inserts on door-handles wrapped.
3. Horizontal slats on the front-grille wrapped as well as the circular housing for the MB emblem; front lip wrapped, too
4. Chrome strip beneath the AMG/E63S branding on the boot-lid wrapped
5. Chrome trim around the windows wrapped; chrome trim beneath the doors wrapped
... now I need to decide if the wheels follow suit or if the contrast looks good as-is. I'm leaning toward the latter for now but I'm fickle so we'll see.
Last edited by limeypride; 04-04-2018 at 10:12 PM.
could you post a closer view of the front grille wrap? I’m curious to see this as I’m thinking about the same
for my car. If you could do a side shot as well the showing the door handles and how they look with the dark window wrap.
I agree here, it all looks good but the spoiler should be wrapped... the badges are either/or as they do offset the silver in the wheels.
I hear ya, guys, but that's not one I expect I'll do. To me, the rear lip-spoiler should contribute to the car's overall shape as opposed to being called-out and appearing like a bolt-on--subjective, I know.
There are a few things I might remove/add:
I'm not yet sure I like the two-tone door handles
Same for the badge-underline on the boot lid (beneath the lip spoiler)
I'm thinking about adding back some contrast to the grille by putting a bead of chrome-/silver-colored paint down the vertical slats a la this:
Looks greatcould you post a closer view of the front grille wrap? I’m curious to see this as I’m thinking about the same
for my car. If you could do a side shot as well the showing the door handles and how they look with the dark window wrap.Thanks in advance.
Try as I might, I can't seem to get a decent shot of the door handles. Nonetheless, here's another shot or 3 after a good wash.
Last edited by limeypride; 04-05-2018 at 03:45 PM.
// UPDATE: so my suspicion panned out and I decided the rear chrome strip looked better in its chrome form so that's been peeled off... but I've grown to like the two-tone door handles.
The AMG GT grille with the chromed vertical slats is next and if I can figure out a reasonable solution for making the "S" in "E63S" red, that's the final aesthetic mod... I think.
You live in Cougar Mountain, right? I've seen your car many times. I tried to keep up with you in my other car when you were going up Lakemont. There is also a mango black W213 E63S around here.
I have a W212 E63S that I still need to finish the full black out, but I had a body shop paint the badges for $100, he also painted my S red.
You live in Cougar Mountain, right? I've seen your car many times. I tried to keep up with you in my other car when you were going up Lakemont. There is also a mango black W213 E63S around here.
I have a W212 E63S that I still need to finish the full black out, but I had a body shop paint the badges for $100, he also painted my S red.
I'm not positive you're referring to me but assuming so: no, I'm not in Cougar Mountain but I live near Everett in WA and work in Redmond.
Last edited by limeypride; 04-06-2018 at 01:38 PM.
The sun finally came out again today so I took some hopefully clearer shots of the black wrapped components. I couldn't be more pleased with it. I think I mentioned this earlier but I removed the wrap from the boot-lid since it caught my eye every time I looked at it and not in a good way. Next is the grille slats and red "S" badging:
Cool man. I'm also looking for a front grill solution....looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I saw one on Instagram where they removed the star and the two cross members....looked real cool, but may have been photoshopped. And yeah, not sure how distronic would like that move.
Cool man. I'm also looking for a front grill solution....looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I saw one on Instagram where they removed the star and the two cross members....looked real cool, but may have been photoshopped. And yeah, not sure how distronic would like that move.
The front grille solution has been identified. My local shop that did the black wrapping has ordered a chrome wrap for the vertical slat. The idea is to cut a 1cm wide vertical strip for each slat and wrap it as normal (with the heat gun, etc.).
For the red "S", he's looking to see if MB sells one firsts, if not, he'll hand paint it.
The front grille solution has been identified. My local shop that did the black wrapping has ordered a chrome wrap for the vertical slat. The idea is to cut a 1cm wide vertical strip for each slat and wrap it as normal (with the heat gun, etc.).
For the red "S", he's looking to see if MB sells one firsts, if not, he'll hand paint it.
I hear ya, guys, but that's not one I expect I'll do. To me, the rear lip-spoiler should contribute to the car's overall shape as opposed to being called-out and appearing like a bolt-on--subjective, I know.
There are a few things I might remove/add:
I'm not yet sure I like the two-tone door handles
Same for the badge-underline on the boot lid (beneath the lip spoiler)
I'm thinking about adding back some contrast to the grille by putting a bead of chrome-/silver-colored paint down the vertical slats a la this:
Totally agree with you on the spoiler, never liked it black on white. Looks perfect as is.
04-04-2018, 05:54 PM
There is also a mango black W213 E63S around here.
