Bumper paint

[wgl]

Mercedes at the time of assembly painted the inside of the bumpers white. Does anyone have a paint that will replicate that color?
Thanks for thinking about this.

Bill Lindquist
280 SL Signal Red
Parchment MB Tex

[mbzse]

quote:Originally posted by wgl

Mercedes at the time of assembly painted the inside of the bumpers white. Does anyone have a paint that will replicate that color? /Bill Lindquist

The paint inside the chrome fittings on older M-B is (close to) DB 158; Weissgrau (whitegray). It seems just sprayed on in the factory and does not provide any significant corrosion protection. We speculate here that the factory at one time happened to have a large stock of such paint and just decided to use it...
Note that DB 158 out of a can is too glossy, so you may want to mix some flattening agent in it to decrease the gloss.

/Hans in Sweden

[Douglas]

If memory serves, I used Rustoleum in an almond white. It was pretty darn close as I recall.

Douglas Kim
New York
USA

[bpossel]

Here's a picture that I saved and used to match the color when I sprayed the inside of my bumbers after I had them rechromed.

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Here's another picture showing the color (note: not my pic or bumper).
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Bob

[ejboyd5]

I second Douglas Kim's choice of Rustoleum Almond White.  It's very close, easily available and offers good coverage.