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Old 07-10-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Owned my Benitoite Blue SLK 350 for 2 weeks. Really fabulous car. Had COMMAND, phone prep, PDC, Intl light package, multi-cd, 7G auto box.
Fitted aerofins and front grille crome covers. Personalised mats with SLK 350 emboidered on them and 1 of the 1171 limited edition wind breaks.

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Can you put some pictures of your Car please
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Welcome, Dedra. Your car mods sound great. Got pictures?
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Owned my Benitoite Blue SLK 350 for 2 weeks. Really fabulous car. Had COMMAND, phone prep, PDC, Intl light package, multi-cd, 7G auto box.
Fitted aerofins and front grille crome covers. Personalised mats with SLK 350 emboidered on them and 1 of the 1171 limited edition wind breaks.

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What are these wind breaks? Got a picture?

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need to make images smaller for attachment

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What are these wind breaks? Got a picture?

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My thought exactly!

Anxiously awaiting pics.
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MB have made 1171 for sale worldwide. They have SLK Limited Edition 1 of 1171 engraved on them. Retail at £471 in UK.
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MB have made 1171 for sale worldwide. They have SLK Limited Edition 1 of 1171 engraved on them. Retail at £471 in UK.
Interesting, i thought a windbreak was a line of tree's? what are these?
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What are these wind breaks? Got a picture?

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I think these may be the MB OEM plexiglass windscreen?windschott with SLK limited edition engargeved on them. Pleae correct me if I'm wrong. I saw some pictures on ebay.
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Found these on ebay at 359 Euros. Are these the wind breakers Dedra was talking about?
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Welcome Dedra. Out of interest, what interior colour did you go for? I took deliver of my Benitoite Blue 350 just over 2 weeks ago too.

The limited edition windscreen looks really nice, i like the etching but does it block vision out the back window in your rear view mirror?
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Welcome Dedra. Out of interest, what interior colour did you go for? I took deliver of my Benitoite Blue 350 just over 2 weeks ago too.

The limited edition windscreen looks really nice, i like the etching but does it block vision out the back window in your rear view mirror?
I like the limited windscreen too
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black interior
no the engravings not that noticable

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