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Douge 03-25-2009 03:51 PM
Did they ever paint W126 cars monochromatic?
 
I saw an ad for a midnight blue 300SEL but it was all blue including the lower body cladding and bumpers. Not sure if I have seen this before. Owner says it is original, just wondering if someone could confirm?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...blue300sel.jpg

pawoSD 03-25-2009 04:32 PM
Its not original....I highly doubt one would ever leave the factory that way. Unlessss....some weirdo wanted it that way and custom ordered it, that is possible I guess.

I am 99.9% sure that is not original.

Ivanerrol 03-25-2009 06:48 PM
Sorry to mention. Very common in some markets.

Here is a picture of my '88 560SEL

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/...b3321868_o.jpg

TheDon 03-25-2009 06:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivanerrol (Post 2150210)
Sorry to mention. Very common in some markets.

Here is a picture of my '88 560SEL

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/...b3321868_o.jpg
the lower body cladding is a light silver.

Dee8go 03-25-2009 08:27 PM
It's a little hard to tell from that picture.

pawoSD 03-25-2009 11:22 PM
Perhaps in some markets....but I've never seen a W126 in the USA that was painted that way.

TheDon 03-25-2009 11:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee8go (Post 2150305)
It's a little hard to tell from that picture.
clearly not white on white.. The lower cladding is like a very very pale silver. The low quality of the pic hides the fact.

Chadahar 03-26-2009 12:08 AM
AMG cars were Monochromatic. Chrome and all.

Ivanerrol 03-26-2009 06:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDon (Post 2150222)
the lower body cladding is a light silver.
Sorry to mention. Cladding was colour matched to car - white. Many W126's in Australia monochromatic. Red being a popular colour.

Here's another view of it. B.T.W. (My wife hated the matched cladding)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/...bd3b12e8ec.jpg

Non AMG's - from factory.

TheDon 03-26-2009 08:49 AM
yeah I see it now. The angle and lighting threw me off.

That's odd for it to be monochromatic from the factory

Dee8go 03-26-2009 09:15 AM
I like the AMG, all-one-color look. If I get the Dee8gonator repainted, I aim to have everything painted the same color.


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