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Old 11-15-2000, 05:12 PM
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I am planning to repaint my 300E (1986 W124).
Should I stick to the same color or change it. I have a champagne color with a palomino interior. I was hesitant in changing it. I plan on sticking with the same color and having the front and rear bumpers painted as well as the mirrors (the same color=champagne). What do you guys think?
I got a quote for $1500, they said it would be a nice job. Anyone have any feedback before I get this done.
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Old 11-16-2000, 06:30 AM
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THe only time I would change the color were if they were going to make the car acually entirely that color, strip out everything that is needed to make the car completely undetectable to the paint change. replace stickers where needed etc etc.

I think if you like the color it is, then get it repainted the same color, and color match the mirrors/bumpers to the car. 1500 sounds like a good price. have you seen other cars they have painted? If you have dealt with them before or have been recommended by somone who did have the car painted by them, then you have found yourself a decent price compared to prices I have seen.

Friend of mine got his M5 repainted black, cost him 4k, but the paint is absolutely perfect with not a hint of any flaws, orangepeel, or anything.

My bodyshop guy wouldprobably charge me 2k to do my car, but he would do it so well, that its worth it, and quite cheap compared to the quality of his work.

He paints exotic and classic cars, he does full restorations of all exotic cars.

I've seen him take a mangled car, and make it like brand new, and the paint comes out looking like a mirror.

I've personally seen my body shop guys work many many times. he has painted a rolls that was brown, a beautiful white, and you cannot tell the car was brown, even if you were to strip the car's interior, you would not be able to find any brown left.

When the quality of the color change is like that, I would do it. if not, then I would just get it painted the same color.

He painted a porsche my bro had, that was black originally, and the car looked so good and the paint looked so good, people thought the car was an 89 when it was a 76.

HE painted my mgb that I had years ago, and the thing looked georgeous, he also fixed my jeep for me after a fender bender, replaced the whole front of the car, fenders, grille, headlights, bumper. and repainted it to match the factory metallic blue paint to perfection. and even redid the pin striping on those areas to match perfectly with the original pin striping.

When you have a body shop guy like this, you know that anything is possible and the quality is what I look for.

Alon

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Old 11-18-2000, 05:47 PM
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Thanks for the info guys...I have a couple of weeks to decide what color to choose. The body shop I'm taking it to is pretty good. I've seen the work. They are going to practically strip the car and sand it down, put 3 coats of paint and a clear coat as well. I'm going to have the bumpers and side moldings as well as the mirrors painted the same color. I need some opinion on what body color would match my interior (palomino)or dark tan. Would a silver exterior look nice. I think it would really look awesome..just not to sure if the interior would match..I'd appreciate you guys's input.
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Old 11-18-2000, 11:02 PM
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Black, Blue, Silver and white I think look good.

For the blue, the metallic dark blue is nice with tan interior. otherwise white looks sharp too. Black goes with everything, but you gotta keep black real clean it shows dirt quickly. Silver would probably look nice too. You might want to see if you can find some others with the same interior to see what you like.

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Old 12-06-2000, 11:26 PM
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Boo Boo on Color Change

Unless you want people to think your Benz is a salvage yard special, you had better paint it to its' original color. The option would be a complete rollover remove all components from chassis, the interior and exterior, engine and drive train and make a complete color change. But the factory ID tags would still show the original paint code. If I didn't like the color, and before painting, I would find a Benz of the color I liked and buy it. Trading in old ugly or selling him. Happy Trails Beep Beep from Houston!!

P.S. I had my 1987 W124030 painted this past spring. Base Coat, Clear coat. Many many color coats and mucho mucho Clear coats. Original color, looks much better than when I purchased Her in 1988.

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Old 12-06-2000, 11:40 PM
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Don't change the color. And don't paint the bumpers, mirrors etc the same color. I don't think that a w124 would look to good being all the same color. That is my oppinion, and you should as makes you happy. My car is/was the same color as your (Ithink) its actually called smoke silver. My Benz was painted in the spring as well. The old paint was stripped, and the car got a base coat , and a coat of Laquer (not enamel or urethane base paint) with a top coat of clear coat. Note laquer is more expensive however has a much nicer finish. The owner of the body shop is my brothers best friend and did it for me at cost
1,850 bucks. The job was excellent, and the body shop does only Mercedes, Bimmers, Jags, Ferrari's etc. They are also one of those rare body shops that can repair Dodge Vipers and the Audi A8's, which have aluminum A frames.
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Old 12-07-2000, 10:27 AM
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$1500 sounds pretty cheap to me. I was quoted $4500 from a body shop that was recommended by a MB dealership. Someone had backed into the front of my car and they did the repair. I asked for a quote to repaint the entire car. Needless to say, I passed. What they painted on my car for the repair job was FLAWLESS. It looked like it came from the factory.

I am doing research on building a Cobra kit car, and so far the average price to paint one from scratch is $3500 - $4000.
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Old 12-08-2000, 07:15 PM
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Q, if you want to reduce the cost of the complete body paint job, ask if you can do the prep work. You know, dimple filling using the Green putty, not Bondo, hardware removing and sanding to the finish grit(as smooth as wet 1500), and masking. Be carefull in masking,it can make or break a good paint job. Good Luck. Happy Trails Beep Beep from Houston.

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Old 01-04-2001, 05:11 AM
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Unless you plan on having the door jams, engine compartment, and all those other spots to be repainted, do not change the color. The reason is, people can tell when you sell the car, and it doesnt look good.

Also $1500.00 is really cheap. By any chance if it happens to be Maaco that gave u that quote, stay away from them!
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Old 01-04-2001, 10:30 PM
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Johson you rascal you keep popping up on my read file. DO NOT PAINT YOUR CAR A DIFFERENT COLOR. BNZ DRIVER, I think you're finally getting quite a few opinions,HUH?

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Old 01-07-2001, 05:45 PM
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BNZ_DRIVER,

I own a 1993 C250D and had it repainted a half year ago. Because the car was caught in an accident and was pretty damaged in the back and suffered severe use in the front (damaged by roaduse and little stones etc.) I thought it would be the right time to change the color of the car. I changed it from DB904 (dark blue/no metallic) to DB994 (Amethyst/metallic) and the result is stunning.
To get the car repainted I stripped it entirely including the complete trunk (no cable left in there), interior (including the roof upholstery, sunroof), windows (including the glued front & rear screen), carpet and dash. There was nothing left in the car but some cables in a corner.
To change the cars color I took out the doors and trunk lid. If you want to have your car repainted without an obvious visibility of the repaint you have a lot of work to do and if you're really in doubt: DON'T DO IT...it is not worth the effort and money involved (unless you do everything yourself).
Smoke silver is a nice color and dirt gets quiet invisible on this color; keep it that way.
I think you can better spend the money you save by keeping it the same color on new door- & fendertrims/panels and skirts and give the car a "89 look.
Painting bumpers in the same color as the car does not look that good; the contrasting color mercedes used from "89 looks much better.

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Old 01-15-2001, 04:04 PM
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Any car in a color different from a color for that year, make and model looks "strange"/funny to me. Do not change color unless the color is appropriate for that year, make & model, etc.; even then, the change must be COMPLETE - every nook & cranny.

ASHMAN, where is your body shop guy??

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