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Ash

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colour matching DB180 silver grey
« on: May 20, 2009, 09:56:12 »
I am restoring a 1969 280SL in DB180 and wondered which paint supplier offered the most accurate colour match?

Also the engine bay was just painted in a metallic finish with no clearcoat. What would be the best solution to replicate this with modern paints?

Regards Ash

Anfinn

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Re: colour matching DB180 silver grey
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2009, 08:48:28 »
Hi Ash
I'm no expert, but here is what I think, after having resprayed my car.

I assume you are respraying the whole car, in which case I think you need not worry about a match.
The paint suppliers usually have the recipe for the color on their computer, and mix it using accurate measuring.
On my resprayed car the DB180 looks original, I certainly cannot tell any difference neither from pictures nor in the flesh when comparing it with others.

What I can see, however, is where I still have the original  color, this has over time become darker. So if you are talking about partially respraying the car, you would need to see a resprayer that has an optical analyser for colour, and can analyse it and provide a match with the surrounding area.

Mine is not to be a show car, so in the engine bay, I hate to admit, I have just treated rusty areas, and brushed the top coat on. No clear coat.

Nate

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Re: colour matching DB180 silver grey
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2009, 23:44:32 »
My first choice would be Glasurit, second choice is PPG.
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waqas

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Re: colour matching DB180 silver grey
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2009, 00:36:38 »
The body data plate should have a letter right after the color code ... e.g. 180 H or 180 G. This letter tells you whether the original paint used was Herberts or Glasurit.
You can find our technical manual page about paint codes here: http://www.sl113.org/wiki/DataCard/PaintCodes
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bpossel

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Re: colour matching DB180 silver grey
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2009, 11:10:25 »
Hi Ash,

I used "Standox", a good German paint!  A bit pricey, but Mercedes-Benz approved.
Bob

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Re: colour matching DB180 silver grey
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2009, 10:03:38 »
It seems that certain colors where supplied exclusively by one of the two suppliers MB used for paint in the sixties.
180 G silver from Glasurit was AFAIK never supplied by Herberts, at least I've never seen a production plate with 180 H on it.
Same with 834 G Moss green never 834 H. Then again a color like beige metallic 462 H seems to have been provided by Herberts, never seen 462 G. Since Herberts no longer exists as an independent company, I think they are part of Spies Hecker now.
I assume this only goes for metallic colors, as I think I've seen some of the other colors form both suppliers.






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1968 280 SL 387 Blue met., parchment leather
1971 280 SL 462 Beige met, Brown leather
1968 280 SL 180 Silver, Red leather
1964 300 SE Lang 040 Black w/Red leather
1985 500 SL 735 Astral Silver w/Black leather
1987 560 SEC 199 Black met., Black leather