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W124 paint codes - are Halfords cans OK

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• Start date Start date Mar 17, 2010
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quenching

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Joined Feb 16, 2010 Messages 186 Location Ireland Car '84 W201 2.0E, '91 W124 230TE estate I need to paint the horizontal section of the bumper on my 94 E220 estate. The paint code on the engine plate is 744 which is Brilliant silver. Halfords sell a spray can of Mercedes Brilliant Silver, is this any good or best avoided? I don't think my car is two tone (don't laugh!), its difficult to tell with silver, but the colour matching site lists 744/9744 as a single colour paint code - is the 9744 part for the plastic trim panels etc and if so whats the difference? I presume I need to fill, sand, grey primer, then paint, then lacquer?

bennesspipers

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Joined Jun 3, 2009 Messages 1,539 Location boston,lincs Car '95 W202 C220 Elegance saloon & 2001 C240 V6 Sport Estate I use Halfords 744 on mine, yes its ok. Not so keen on their lacquer, tends to make the silver look yellowish so i dont use it.

grober

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Joined Jun 22, 2003 Messages 31,760 Location Perth, Scotland Car W204 ESTATE HALFORDS brilliant silver is a good match for the body paint. However the bumper and lower body trim is Atlas Grey (matt) Metallic Clearcoat 7181 I think you will only get it from MB as a twin pack aerosol . Some paint shops will mix up a custom colour for you and put it in an aerosol can Last edited: Mar 17, 2010 OP OP Q

quenching

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Joined Feb 16, 2010 Messages 186 Location Ireland Car '84 W201 2.0E, '91 W124 230TE estate Thanks again grober, a mine of useful info as always. I have to get some wheel bolts from MB anyway so might as well get the proper paint also.

newbitz1957

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Joined Nov 2, 2009 Messages 146 Location Rural Lincolnshire Car W210 E240 avantgarde previous mercs W123 230 ce,W123 280e,w124 230te Halfords Paint I bought a can of that halfords stuff for my beryl blue w126, a complete waste of money imho,the colour match is awful, so I`m going to bite the bullet and get the genuine stuff from the main stealer.

grober

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Joined Jun 22, 2003 Messages 31,760 Location Perth, Scotland Car W204 ESTATE

newbitz1957 said: I bought a can of that halfords stuff for my beryl blue w126, a complete waste of money imho,the colour match is awful, so I`m going to bite the bullet and get the genuine stuff from the main stealer. Click to expand...

Every colour is different- the Halford's Brilliant silver was a good match for my car but other colours might be different. Hope the MB paint is a good match for you but not guaranteed either in my experience. There are some good paint suppliers who will match and make up a custom aerosol for you if you want.

Sorry Pete

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Joined Dec 13, 2007 Messages 459 Location London Car a most boring Honda Choose Car paints from the UKs biggest online colour database do a range of paints and bodyshop supplies. The match for my golf touch-up was good, though I haven't tried their lacquer. They sell 2K - I thought that was prohibited for private use?

SilverSaloon

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Joined Mar 16, 2004 Messages 7,758 Car 1994 W124 E300D Estate, 1985 R107 280SL i can recommend these guys. i used their paint on my SL Car Paint from AutoPaint St Helens (Powered by CubeCart) OP OP Q

quenching

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Joined Feb 16, 2010 Messages 186 Location Ireland Car '84 W201 2.0E, '91 W124 230TE estate

grober said: HALFORDS brilliant silver is a good match for the body paint. However the bumper and lower body trim is Atlas Grey (matt) Metallic Clearcoat 7181 I think you will only get it from MB as a twin pack aerosol . Some paint shops will mix up a custom colour for you and put it in an aerosol can Click to expand...

Well my local dealer is being less than helpful, 6 weeks for paint IF they can get it, they just weren't interested, couldn't even find the paint code! Oh, and £40 for an aerosol can. So I'm going to get some mixed at the supplier suggested by Silversaloon. However, I'm still not sure what I need to get, is "Atlas Grey (matt) Metallic Clearcoat 7181" a matt finish paint followed by a lacquer, or a metallic paint followed by a lacquer? I've also found it listed as DB7181, is this also correct? EDIT: found the answer at Sorry Pete's suggested supplier above, DB7181-=DB 181 ATLAS GREY MATT. Full kit of primer, lacquer, paint, wet/dry paper, and rubbing compound for £24. Last edited: Mar 23, 2010

newbitz1957

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Joined Nov 2, 2009 Messages 146 Location Rural Lincolnshire Car W210 E240 avantgarde previous mercs W123 230 ce,W123 280e,w124 230te I`ve just repaired some surface bubbles on my W126 front wings, got a complete base coat kit from paints4u.com, the colour was matched by the reg number,have to say that I am very impressed, and a bargain at £23.99 delivered, heres the result.

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Joined Mar 25, 2010 Messages 328 Location Basingstoke Car C250TD-T Quality work amigo. I plan to do the same with my W202 arches as the Cancer is getting omnipresent and it shows like a biatch on white paint! Supa You must log in or register to reply here.

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