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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: erickmarciano on February 26, 2007, 16:14:10

Title: door sill question
Post by: erickmarciano on February 26, 2007, 16:14:10

should the outer sill trim be painted  black over the chrome?
# 51 from picture
thanks

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2004 Volvo s60 T5
1971 280sl
1962 VW bug
1971 Harley FLH
1963 gs160 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

Title: Re: door sill question
Post by: Douglas on February 26, 2007, 16:39:02

The outer piece of trim should be chrome:

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Douglas Kim
New York
USA

Title: Re: door sill question
Post by: erickmarciano on February 26, 2007, 17:33:38

so the black paint is incorect even for late 280sl
see pic


2004 Volvo s60 T5
1971 280sl
1962 VW bug
1971 Harley FLH
1963 gs160 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

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Title: Re: door sill question
Post by: Douglas on February 26, 2007, 19:42:21

Erick,

I've never seen that piece of trim painted like that before. Seems very out-of-character for the factory to paint something that's clearly supposed to be shiny. Plus it's on a piece of trim that clearly takes abuse from ingress & egress, so painting it would only be inviting chipped paint.

My understanding is that piece of trim was originally wrapped in masking tape when the cars were delivered new to protect them. I can't imagine the factory would paint a piece of shiny trim, then place masking tape on it.

Douglas Kim
New York
USA