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Old 07-10-24, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Car looks great.

I think the recessed handles in the LC500 wouldn't ever be annoying.
They are totally different, they’re manually operable too. When these are retracted you ain’t getting in the car lol
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Old 07-10-24, 08:00 PM
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Steve, the S looks fantastic with the window tint!
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Old 07-10-24, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS


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​​​​​​Ditto @link13 , looks good.

On some pics it looks like it has some green in the paint and on other pics I see a hint of blue.

It might just be my phone or the camera angle, not sure, or maybe it does.
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Old 07-10-24, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Also, behind the buttons is very, very high quality piano black trim.
No such thing. Piano Black in any contact area is terrible, full stop.
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Old 07-10-24, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by geko29
No such thing. Piano Black in any contact area is terrible, full stop.
Amen. So stupid since you need to always clean it
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Originally Posted by Striker223
Amen. So stupid since you need to always clean it
I've never had black piano wood trim in any of my cars that I can remember.

If it's high gloss it will show smudges and stuff so that's a no go for me. Lol
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Originally Posted by Margate330
I've never had black piano wood trim in any of my cars that I can remember.

If it's high gloss it will show smudges and stuff so that's a no go for me. Lol
Oh even the faintest dust compels you to get the polishing cloth, I have one in my door pocket
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I'm generally not a fan of piano blacks either, particularly GM's overfondness of it.

The G30 has a bit more than I'd like, but luckily it's not surfaces that I spend much time touching so fingerprints haven't been a big issue yet.


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Echo all the comments on the beautiful S-Class. That paint is something in different lighting! Tint looks great.
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Old 07-11-24, 05:51 AM
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thanks all!

Originally Posted by Margate330
​​​​​​Ditto @link13 , looks good.

On some pics it looks like it has some green in the paint and on other pics I see a hint of blue.

It might just be my phone or the camera angle, not sure, or maybe it does.
It has a little green and a little blue that comes out in the sunlight. It’s more pronounced in pictures, in person it’s more gray.

Originally Posted by geko29
No such thing. Piano Black in any contact area is terrible, full stop.
It’s high quality, but still terrible. The whole console in the S580 is piano black along with the door window switch area which is inexplicable lol

I was going to have it all done in PPF but my installer wouldn’t do it for fear he would mess up the electronics with the water solution.
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I can't stress enough how high quality said trim is.

And piano black isn't my choice either..... however the truck is also slabbed with a very large amount of real open pore black wood, and stitched leather everywhere so it's fine.

I agree, when I see Rolls Royces with piano black instead of wood I want to gouge my eyes out.

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On a Rolls it is wood, it’s just piano black lacquer.
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Looking good Steve.
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Airbag
i love it. lol
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