Installing some Hella euros,

I am very happy with the looks so far, kinda miss the wipers since they have a geeky, neat aspect to them, but I am looking forward to the increase in light output. I am waiting on the 6 prong euro plugs so I can actually turn them on. I got those off ebay, should be here by Wednesday I think.

Right now, the car as it is looks like it is ready for football season with black panels underneath the headlights.

I was wondering how to properly obtain the paint code and where to get it from. Some forum searching led me to Paintscratch.com and TowerPaints.com

I think that my paint code is 441 Impala Metallic

Below are the numbers from the tag at the radiator support area:
9093610 5
124030 12
116466 0
273 412 551 809
841 849 420 588
446 600
00 441 M 491 222
591 241

I think the 441 M stands for Paint Code 441 Metallic. Am I correct?

PaintScratch.com wants $46.15 for a 12.5oz can of the basecoat and 12oz can of the clearcoat shipped. Reasonable?

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

I'd look for a dupli-color can at NAPA et al.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

second on dupli..

i have used tower...they are right on the mark

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Watch the "shipping" charges from Paintscratch. They charged me more for shipping than the paint can itself.
Anziani

Hello,

I went to NAPA yesterday but they did not have a color in stock that was close to the color I need. I went ahead an placed the order with PaintScratch.com. They are sending a can of base coat and a can of clear coat for $46.15 shipped. Expensive, but I plan to use the extra paint to do some touch ups around the car and on the hood as well so maybe it will all be worth it... :-)

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

are you refering to the new panels you need to install without the hole due to removing the wipers?i am also going to upgrade to new europian hid lights,i was reading that it needs to be painted,good luck.

Yes, this is the panel that is without holes for the wipers.

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

Well the paint came in and I got to work prepping the pre-primed panels and then painting on 3 light layers of base coat, followed by 3 light layers of clear coat. Pretty happy with the results, its not a perfect 100% match, but close enough to keep me happy. I plan on using the rest of the can to color match the door handles and mirrors, but that may be a bit of a stretch...

I could not get the factory shine out of the panel's new clear coat, but that may just require a bit more light rubbing compound applications as suggested by the instructions on the clear coat can.















Also took the time to install a new set of gauge faces, went from a light grey color to this color. I like it a lot, complements the brown interior much better than the grey faces did.

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)