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Posted by: unity

Cant decide.

Mercedes silver or regular jet black?

Need my car painted badly and I keep getting torn between these too. Black is so "old" and over-done yet easy to work with. Mercedes silver has such a rich look with the proprietary metallic additive thats used.

Anyway. What would you go with?

Posted by: kustomizingkid

Mercedes Silver!

Black is a very good color on the Mark, but is very overdone. Silver is just as classy, looks very good on a Mark, and is a little less maintinece than black.

Posted by: unity

Ya... thats what I am leaning towards. And there is something about the factory Mercedes silver that just looks "right".

Anyone else?

Posted by: vr4

silver

Posted by: Blenderhead

One more for silver.

Posted by: kustomizingkid

What color is the interior?

Posted by: unity

Its ebony.

Posted by: chickenviii

id lean towards silver

i hate OWNING black cars they are never clean always look dirty, unless your Debi that wipes her car down at every stop sign. silver is great even when its dirty it still looks clean from a few feet
*edit* silver with black interior FTW!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sal329

BMW M3 Carbon black color code 416...
Or BMW Titanium Silver color code 354
I still love the Carbon Black if I could ever paint my car it would be that color.

Posted by: pepperman

Another one for Silver.

Posted by: kustomizingkid

I would strongly say silver with the black interior.

Posted by: unity

Thats BMW carbon black. And that is one HECK of a detailer!

Posted by: kustomizingkid

Maybe Derick got to that one lol...

Posted by: JMiles_T

Black is fine, if you're diligent about keeping it waxed.

Otherwise, go with the silver.

Posted by: jolinc01

Another for silver. It's much easier to care for.

Posted by: Goddard-MarkVIII

That looks like a damn mirror. Whats that color those cobras had that changed from different directions? aberesense or pearlesence...thats the color I wanna get

but I would go black if I was you...nothin beats a black car at night..

Posted by: Moes8

Silver +20

Posted by: kustomizingkid

The chameleon blend that the Cobras got in 03?

Posted by: ford nut

Black......marks look so dam good in black.

With the right wheel....alittle tint....you cant beat black.

But I never been much for silver "sorry chicken"

Posted by: 93' Blue on blue

Quote:

Originally Posted by ford nut

Blue......marks look so dam good in blue.

With the right wheel....alittle tint....you cant beat blue.

Seriously though, i prefer black, or that graphite/gunmetal gray like Joey's - thats a nice color.

Mind, from a maintenance point of view black could be bad.

Posted by: XLRVIII

+1 for silver w/black interior.

I just picked up a second gen with Silver Frost exterior with medium black interior...

have had the car for two weeks and I haven't washed it yet.. and it still looks as clean as the day I picked it up.

Looking at ChickenVIII's car, I really like the silver second gen with those wheels.

Posted by: unity

Thanks guys. You raise some good points. Black can be sexy and stealthy at night and it can be panel painted, no need for blending. But with silver I wont have to worry about cleaning as much, however the color silver I am going with I think will look great on a Mark and since I am coming from Opal Opalescent it will be easier to blend at the doors. It will be harder and more costly to paint. I also think the trim will look nice with silver whereas with black I would have to do something about it, probably paint it black also.

I'll talk to my painter. He just painted a Mercedes and mentioned the special metallic flake they had to order. Then its just a matter of getting another vehicle while the Mark is being rejuvenated.

The fun part will be painting the under-side. Probably do that first so over-spray on the body wont mater.

Thanks guys.

Posted by: crownvicjim

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Originally Posted by chickenviii

id lean towards silver

i like the way your mark looks in that picture below your original comment. it almost looks two tone because of the shadow on the bottom of the car. the top looks a bit lighter than the bottom. maybe just the picture, but it looks great.

Posted by: Sal329

Titanium silver http://www.level-6.com/bmw/images/hm...er%20front.jpg
Sterling grey http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...007-05,SUNA:en
Steel grey http://www.allvehicles.co.uk/2538.jpg http://admin.autoexpose.co.uk/images...7710281C77.jpg

Posted by: sbcaprice305

titanium for sure.

Posted by: lunchmeat

Silver!!!

Posted by: mespock

I thought this was a serious thread... Unity yelling Crap!! Here only a discussion on color.. hell paint it Pink LOL...

Acutally Paint it Silver

Posted by: chickenviii

i owned a black truck, and i hated it always looking dirty, so my next truck hapened to be silver and i loved how clean it looked, then i got my silver mark.

Posted by: chickenviii

Quote:

Originally Posted by crownvicjim

thanks! heres some bigger shots

its just sensor lowered in the first 2 and dropped by a rays switch in the other 2

as for silver, this is not washed (try this with black) i drive 80 miles a day to work and back, and when she is clean she shines

*these rims arnt mine, they are off of project thundermark, i just borrowed them for a couple days while the rear end was out they are 18" speedstar replicas that are drilled to the markviii/tbird bolt patern from brad "baggedtaco" please contact him for info*

Posted by: Roadboss

How about 1 of each Silver and Black

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