How terrible do these look?
How terrible do these look?
I decided to paint the calipers on my CL. The concensus over at MB World is the orange is not a good fit. If the color doesn't grow on me soon, I'll be stripping off the orange and going back to silver. What do you guys think? I still need to apply the caliper decals.
Re: How terrible do these look?
Thanks for the responses. My wife has already shot down blue, so my choices are stay with the orange or switch back to silver. Only 10 percent of those reading this thead are responding. I think we can do better thant that. Be honest, you won't hurt my feelings.
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Re: How terrible do these look?
I painted my daughter's Rabbit's calipers with this:
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SP403 Titanium Silver Blue
from VHT paints. 90% silver and 10% blue. Looks great, wears like iron and would be a good match for an MB car.
It's also the color on my intake mani. Check my sig for a picture?
BTW-the orange looks pretty good, but maybe not on such a high-end model?
JMHO
VHT Engine Metallic
SP403 Titanium Silver Blue
from VHT paints. 90% silver and 10% blue. Looks great, wears like iron and would be a good match for an MB car.
It's also the color on my intake mani. Check my sig for a picture?
BTW-the orange looks pretty good, but maybe not on such a high-end model?
JMHO
Re: How terrible do these look?
Well, looks like most of you feel the same as the MB guys. They mostly think it's too much as well. Personally I don't see the car as a luxury car as much as I see it as a sports car. Therefore, I didn't have issue with the calipers standing out like they do on some of the Black Series MB's. Yes, i know i don't have a BS, but the CL's no slouch either. Anyway, hopefully I'll get the AMG decals on the calipers tonight and post up some photos. Maybe that will sway some of you.
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Re: How terrible do these look?
I installed the AMG decals this evening and that seemed to have made them much more appealing to me. My wife even doesn't mind riding in it now. Anyway, I appreciate the honest opinions, but I think I'm going to keep the orange for a while.
Truth be told, I'm keeping them orange because Steve hates the look.
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Truth be told, I'm keeping them orange because Steve hates the look.
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