paint

hi all I was wondering if its possible/advisable to paint the the windscreen motor cover on my w124 as its gone a very very pale shade of grey. I have tried a back to black polish but it doesn't stick so if anyone has done something similar i'd love to hear about it. TIA brendan

Went to Helfords yesterday to pick up some touch up paint armed with my paint code off of the car plate. Gave the guy the code (935) and he told me their are several variations of this color, which one do I want????????????????????????? anybody any idea? Car is a 2001 CLK 230 vert

Have seen a few mercs around (a few years old) with a light silver that looks like they've put a few drops of blue in the spray-gun, not obvious unless parked next to a brilliant silver car on a sunny day, any ideas what this colour is please? Pics of examples would help confirm it, thanks!

hi all Over the weekend I used Halfords Manifold paint to paint the exhaust manifold as well as the power steering box cover and drivers side engine mount cover. I was out this morning for a drive and when i returned home i had a look at the engine bay ( hoping to admire my handy work ) and...

Hey, I wonder if someone can offer some expert advice here. Quick version: My dad has a dark blue Lexus and there was an accident with a pillar. Anyway, he's built out the damage, sanded it, primed it and now painted it with the colour & clear coat over the top (not sure how many coats)...

Got my SL back from TMS after some nose surgery.... bumper bonnet, wings and hardtop have been painted and blended into the doors.. It is looking fantastic in my opinion and I wouldn't hesistate to use Ians's paint guy again. :thumb:

I have a few rust bubbles coming. I want to keep the car tip-top so I got a quote from a local MB approved body shop. So, to strip, paint and refit the following N/S FRONT WING O/S FRONT WING O/S QTR PANEL O/S SILL PANEL O/S INNER DOOR PETROL FLAP BLEND BOOT LID (Includes...

A couple of weeks ago I drove out of a carpark and clattered over one of those devices designed to stop you driving in the exit. The devices caught my front mud flaps and made a din. Shortly after this incident I decided to remove the front mud flaps as I have to use that car park. The drivers...

Couple of things chaps for you to mull over. firstly the lacquer on my boot lip is flaking but don't want to have the whole boot done so is there a boot lip spoiler i can get to cover it and secondly where do i find the paint code from Cheers, Tony. PS, my car is a 1997 W202 2.8 saloon in dark...

My recently purchased CLK appears to have a few small paint spots on the leather interior. Can anyone recommend a way to remove them without damaging the seats?