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Since the wings on my e320 are well and truly swiss cheese, I picked up a pair of 'platinum plus' wings from carparts4less (a Eurocarparts subsidiary) for £115 delivered, so I figure now's a good time to have a practice at paint spraying :) I've got a nice 14cfm compressor etc so no need to...

Folks Please be nice. This is a pedant problem, but one for my OCD, that I would like to solve. My (almost fully restored) W124 seat belt 'release' buckles, have all faded badly from their original nice bright red factory finish to a milky pink. Can they be restored? Or is it a replacement...

Hi, Would anyone have the code of the red paint used on the SL Mille Miglia 417. Thanks

hi on both sides of the edge of air cap on my e250 cgi the paint has completly chipped away right down to the bare metal. I have seen other mercs and some are the same as mine has anyboby here got the same problem. Seems to me this could be a fault with paintwork my car is only 6 years old.

Now that I have managed to sort our the 'supermarket dings' on my W204...: http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/bodywork/221177-f1-dents-mobile-paintless-dent-removal-highly-recommended.html ...I am thinking of some sort of paint protection that can be applied to the Magnetite Black paintwork...

Not a moan but more in the nature of a general observation. We've just spent an enjoyable warm few days in the madcap world that is Las Vegas and outside most of the bigger hotels on the Strip were usually parked several high end cars, most finished in black for some reason and all highly...

Hi Guys, I wonder if anyone can help me with a dilemma I have, Last Friday 1 week ago whilst parked at a junction some idiot came around the corner on the wrong side of the road and wacked my car front Drivers side. Now then the other guy was at fault and the insurance will pay for the...

Hi I have a 1999 slk 230 which is slowly starting to show the ubiquitous rust on the sills and wheel arches. mine has had the bottom section sprayed silver over the origional black. i would like to go back to origional to stem the tide,any recommendations as to what to use Thanks

Hi Guy's, Just been to view a SL320 (R129) in Brilliant Silver, but the paintwork looks a bit dull. I'm new to all this, but is their a way to restore its shine? Would a simple t-cut bring it back, or as it's metallic do I need to look at other options. Any help/advise would be much...

Just wondering if anyone else has seen anything similar. Car is just over a month old, spotted the problem when washing it the other day. It's on the bootlid, apperas to start underneath the chrome trim, right where the panel folds for the numberplate recess. Small vertical crack in the paint...

Does anyone else think that the mb paint seems really soft and marks easily? Particularly the brilliant blue maybe? My car seems to pick up scratches if I sneeze near it!

I have a r107 with a tan interior, the drivers side door card as a small in the vinyl , probably a lady caught the door with a heal of shoe. Looked at replacing the card, complete around an eye watering £350, went to an upholster mate, a vinyl match not to expensive, but the checked cloth that's...

Folk I wanted to try and paint the bolster on my drivers seat, but I am struggling to find leather seat paint for the job? Now, I know that there are people out there who will paint the seats in situ (and that may be an option) but I wanted to have a go at the bolster myself. Can anybody help...

The inset trim panels in my S210 doors and bumpers are a different colour to the rest of the body panels. The bodywork is metallic dark red, 567U - titanite red, by name, I believe. However, the dealer cannot give me a paint code for the inset trim, which is darker and seems to be not...

W204 08 c220 cdi to order a boot spoiler off eBay as they come painted

I am painting my power floated concrete warehouse floor with a single pack paint (fairly light use - only pallet truck and pedestrians). I plan to use a PU paint. Should I use an adhesion promoter first to 'key' the surface or would a PU paint 2 coats suffice? I have been given advice by a...

I have the. Designo Hyacinth Red ( BTW...There is no red Hyacinth) Why is it more expensive than normal metallic paints?

on larger stone chips... cover the whole panel, other than the chip, use rubbing compound (using the end of a pencil covered in a cloth or similar thin stick), then prime, paint and clear coat with spray cans. SRP and wax when dry (leaving a good few days). I can only think it would look...

Does anybody know how thick the paint should be on the W205, looking at it in certain light it is very 'orange peel', I measured the thickness of the panel over the rear wheels on the C post and over the doors on both sides and roof is 28 microns, the rest of the car is 150 ish, I'm asured by...

Well i still haven't got a Merc so went to work on my Mum's Yaris, She thought it was a good idea to Mop the car! 1st of all it was with a Floor Mop! 2nd the car hadnt been washed either! Which left the heavy scratches. Snow foam, Clay to prep then a few pases with a Fine cut usuing my...