hi all,
my 81 300SD is the factory "maroon" color with palamino interior. i would eventually like to paint the car black, redo all the chrome, and buy chrome wheels from preformance products( the original bundt design) i havent seen this color combination before the black and palamino. do you guys think it would look alright? ive seen a few black 300SD's before and they just look like amazing.

Also what is your favorite color combinations?

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

Black over palomino is awesome for 126s. Should be just as good for 123s.

I like white over gray.

Sixto

I would discourage you from repainting it black. Unless it's done properly, and all the maroon on the door jambs and underneath the hood it painted, the vehicle will look horrible. Naturally, if done properly, it will be a terrific looking vehicle........however, properly is probably north of $5K.

BIG bucks to change color and do it right.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

How about black and maroon -

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/maybach/maybach1.jpg

You can dye the palomino black and maroon to match

Sixto

If you do it yourself it's not too hard to do the door jams. I am redoing my 85 300d from silver to marine blue. I've already done all my jams, door, trunk, hood, and gas door. It takes a good degreaser though to cut all the grime out.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

My SDL is black/maroon.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

That's an abomination...........

See -

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Look at that.

We both have the new style driver's footwell panel.

It's called "steel corrugated air duct"

Much nicer than the carpeted version that came with the vehicle.

LOL still trouble shooting the Cruise Control issue I assume?

I picked up another servo and it was bad. I have such a pile I may get a free one here from GLI or whathaveyou that ya linked me to.

Just an FYI, gasser ones will bolt up BUT you have to change the linkage arm over. It's a 13mm nut, takes about two minutes off the car or about 20 with the servo installed. Again, don't ask...

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Yeah......how'd you ever guess........

Two amplifiers, one of them completely resoldered, and nothing.

The servo checks out fine. Motor runs fine in both directions. Relay closes fine. No cruise.

Did you also do the GDL procedure for testing the switch and make sure you had a good connection to the speedo? Just checking.

I checked my switch, works fine. Dollar to a donut it's the servos on my end. I get ones that have 200K miles and UP on them. Oh well, like I said... if I accumlate enough free ones that place will buy them up for cores and I'll have free cruise.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

FWIW, these guys will also do a "tune-up" and inspection of the actuator for $95, if you run out of patience:

http://www.gdl-online.com/tuneup.html

It may be worth giving them a call, they were pretty helpful when I talked to them.