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**smoothbnzf4n4tc** · 07-02-2008

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Originally Posted by -1-

Very nice!. That red is super hot and sporty. Tint looks perfect, what %? Did the SLK 55 wheels come with the car, or did you "wheel" and deal? Again, great car.

Don, I believe for the US spec version, the new 55 gets the new 5-spoke wheels and the 350 with AMG sport pack gets the old 55 wheels.

**jbanks15** · 07-02-2008

Beautiful! Beauitiful! (but not as beautiful as Black!) email me when you know u r going to be in the valrico or new tampa area. i will pm you with my email that goes to my crackberry.

XBarbarian · 07-02-2008

smoothbnzf4n4tc - ahh..makes sense.

jbanks.. replied! And ya, Black was the other choice =)

**dltslk** · 07-02-2008

Greetings from Atlanta and welcome to the red SLKs!

mcat · 07-02-2008

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Originally Posted by XBarbarian

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a69...ns%20Mercedes/

password: donald

Some pics from today after they tinted it

the 2gb SD is a little lame, but thats still alot of music..I think like 20 albums, but ya, I had hope for more. its a fat limitation I guess.

Wife's Mustang in back .. ugh..but she loves it

But we can still burn MP3s to DVD for the 09 models right??

**ir-ops** · 07-02-2008

great looking car, thanks for sharing the pics, and welcome aboard this forum from distant athens, greece!

brgds
ir-ops

**kungfudevil** · 07-02-2008

Nice car! I rolled up on one of these (red just like yours) the other day here in socal and thought it was an AMG but turns out it was just a 350 like yours. I was kind of taken aback since it had all of the amg goodies but no quad exhaust or badging. Anywho welcome!

**ir-ops** · 07-02-2008

sorry, i must have missed that, but what is the % of this tint?
looks great!

ir-ops

XBarbarian · 07-02-2008

First off, thanks for the warm welcome all! glad I found ya'll. Got to speak to jbanks on the phone today. We're gonna meet n greet soon.

ok..grabbed the card from the tint peeps:

(hard to read the scribble ) but looks like:

hp 30 u72 -Front sides
hp 20 u72 -Rear sides
hp 20 u72 -Rear window
SunTek Films seems to be the brand.

**dsb** · 07-02-2008

Congrats on the car. It looks great. In fact, I had to reread your post because I thought it was a 55 at first.

.

Anyways, I just Zaino'ed my car again this week. I tried the costly Z-CS. I gotta say... I was disappointed. Perhaps I put on too much but it seemed to leave some streaking even after a day of drying. I think I'm gonna stick to the classic Z2 with ZFX and spray with Z6. That always seems to give me the best results.

**Dolebludger** · 07-02-2008

XBarbarian:

Welcome from Yukon, Oklahoma:

I noticed that your '09 does not have that blacked out center "chin" below the front bumper that all the pics of the '09 seem to show. Rather, your lower front "chin" is all body colored, as it SHOULD be! That blacked-out frontal area is the main reason some of us are hesitant about the '09s.

How did you do it? Was it the AMG pkg? Something you had done? Well, in any event, YOUR '09 looks great!

XBarbarian · 07-03-2008

eeek..dsb- the Z-CS streaked? Sounds like my experience when I tried the supposedly uber Z-8 Grand Finale Spray. I could never get it to not streak. I like the Z-6 spray way more. never streaks, easy to use. Well, should be here any day.. Zaino is slacking on providing shipping info. I thought they used to email or atleast have the site show that the order had shipped at least. ordered Sunday, maybe tomorrow ( Thursday ). I'll try to go light, see how it goes, but if it's like the Z-8 experience, then ya, back to Z-2 with ZFX. Wiping down with Z-6 didnt clean up the streaking?

Dolebludger - ya, it has to be the Sport Pkg, It includes the AMG Air dam.

Thanks againa ll for the welcomes. nice to be a part of this 1337 community! <3

**dsb** · 07-03-2008

Wiping down with Z6 did the trick. But, I wouldn't call it wiping... more like rubbing, lots of it, over and over again. I'll try Z-CS once more but so far I don't like it.

PS, I think the SLK55 has the blacked out chin. The SLK350 is color matched.

XBarbarian · 07-03-2008

mcat - I haven't burned one, but i will check it out.. the burning mass mp3's to a dvd. that would hold a sh*t ton! like 1000 songs-ish. but Im holding out for the USB dongle and a flash stick. Solid state ftw~

XBarbarian · 07-03-2008

dsb - bummer. as i say, I'll report my experience ( once I get it )

**etyu** · 07-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsb

Congrats on the car. It looks great. In fact, I had to reread your post because I thought it was a 55 at first.

.

Anyways, I just Zaino'ed my car again this week. I tried the costly Z-CS. I gotta say... I was disappointed. Perhaps I put on too much but it seemed to leave some streaking even after a day of drying. I think I'm gonna stick to the classic Z2 with ZFX and spray with Z6. That always seems to give me the best results.

I tried the Z-CS once with very light application (when in doubt, do not add; 1 spray only per panel) and there was no streaking although I am used to the Z5,Z6,Z2,Z6 combination.

cousjcc · 07-03-2008

You may run into some REALLY long loading times burning mass MP3's onto DVD's. I've had MP3 CD capable stereos in my past couple cards and it seems that most of them take quite a while to load up. Once loaded and playing they're fine skipping between tracks and such, no dead air there, just on the initial load. I'm going for the USB adapter myself, with either my scandisk sansa MP3 player or a flash stick. Congratz on the 350, I'll be joinin' those ranks myself in a couple weeks when she gets in. I can't see the pics though, stupid firewalls at work.

**dsb** · 07-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by etyu

I tried the Z-CS once with very light application (when in doubt, do not add; 1 spray only per panel) and there was no streaking although I am used to the Z5,Z6,Z2,Z6 combination.

I've never used Z5. Have you noticed a difference with it? Or has it always been part of the process whereas you wouldn't know otherwise?

Ynot · 07-03-2008

the amg pkg looks 100x better than the one's w/o, congrats on your new purchase.

**etyu** · 07-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsb

I've never used Z5. Have you noticed a difference with it? Or has it always been part of the process whereas you wouldn't know otherwise?

I use Z5 as a "base", this may be useful (according to Sal Zaino) to cover minute swirls (especially on darker colored vehicles). I actually like Z5 better than Z2Pro as I think it has more "filler" type quality. They now have Z5Pro (I think this has a faster drying time than previous plain Z5). I do like the Z5,Z6,Z2Pro,Z6 routine every 3 to 4 months. In between is just plain carwash and Z6.

07-02-2008	#22 (permalink)
jbanks15 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Valrico, Florida Vehicle: 2009 SLK 55 AMG Posts: 708 Country: Thanks: 8 Thanked 42 Times in 30 Posts	Beautiful! Beauitiful! (but not as beautiful as Black!) email me when you know u r going to be in the valrico or new tampa area. i will pm you with my email that goes to my crackberry. __________________ Jeff 2009 SLK 55 AMG Black/Black Premium 1, Multimedia, Lighting packages Clearshield Protective Film OEM MB Plexiglass Windscreen Eurolight Clear Side Markers Smarttop version 3.22 Kleyman 3rd Brake Light Flashing/Strobing Module V1.5 (Noregrets Custom Works)

07-02-2008	#24 (permalink)
dltslk Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: GA Vehicle: 2007 Mars Red/Black SLK55 AMG Other Toys: 1968 Pontiac GTO Posts: 677 Country: Thanks: 89 Thanked 67 Times in 52 Posts	Greetings from Atlanta and welcome to the red SLKs! __________________ David

07-02-2008	#27 (permalink)
kungfudevil Senior SLK World Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Beach, CA Vehicle: '06 SLK55 Posts: 108 Country: Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 3 Posts	Nice car! I rolled up on one of these (red just like yours) the other day here in socal and thought it was an AMG but turns out it was just a 350 like yours. I was kind of taken aback since it had all of the amg goodies but no quad exhaust or badging. Anywho welcome! __________________ .........lost.........

07-02-2008	#30 (permalink)
dsb Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NorCal Vehicle: '06 slk55 Posts: 1,176 Country: Thanks: 67 Thanked 121 Times in 42 Posts	Congrats on the car. It looks great. In fact, I had to reread your post because I thought it was a 55 at first. . Anyways, I just Zaino'ed my car again this week. I tried the costly Z-CS. I gotta say... I was disappointed. Perhaps I put on too much but it seemed to leave some streaking even after a day of drying. I think I'm gonna stick to the classic Z2 with ZFX and spray with Z6. That always seems to give me the best results. __________________ SOLD! 06 Mercedes Benz SLK55 Caspian Blue / Black & Ash *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

07-03-2008	#33 (permalink)
dsb Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NorCal Vehicle: '06 slk55 Posts: 1,176 Country: Thanks: 67 Thanked 121 Times in 42 Posts	Wiping down with Z6 did the trick. But, I wouldn't call it wiping... more like rubbing, lots of it, over and over again. I'll try Z-CS once more but so far I don't like it. PS, I think the SLK55 has the blacked out chin. The SLK350 is color matched. __________________ SOLD! 06 Mercedes Benz SLK55 Caspian Blue / Black & Ash *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

07-02-2008	#23 (permalink)
XBarbarian SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Vehicle: '09 SLK350,AMG Appearance Kit, Media and Premium,Red and Beige Other Toys: Computers, Skateboards Posts: 45 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	smoothbnzf4n4tc - ahh..makes sense. jbanks.. replied! And ya, Black was the other choice =)

07-02-2008	#26 (permalink)
ir-ops Lifetime SLK World Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens, Greece Vehicle: happily owning a 2008 black on black manual/sport r171 200k f/l since july 2008 Posts: 595 Country: Thanks: 142 Thanked 71 Times in 46 Posts	great looking car, thanks for sharing the pics, and welcome aboard this forum from distant athens, greece! brgds ir-ops

07-02-2008	#28 (permalink)
ir-ops Lifetime SLK World Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens, Greece Vehicle: happily owning a 2008 black on black manual/sport r171 200k f/l since july 2008 Posts: 595 Country: Thanks: 142 Thanked 71 Times in 46 Posts	sorry, i must have missed that, but what is the % of this tint? looks great! ir-ops

07-02-2008	#29 (permalink)
XBarbarian SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Vehicle: '09 SLK350,AMG Appearance Kit, Media and Premium,Red and Beige Other Toys: Computers, Skateboards Posts: 45 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	First off, thanks for the warm welcome all! glad I found ya'll. Got to speak to jbanks on the phone today. We're gonna meet n greet soon. ok..grabbed the card from the tint peeps: (hard to read the scribble ) but looks like: hp 30 u72 -Front sides hp 20 u72 -Rear sides hp 20 u72 -Rear window SunTek Films seems to be the brand.

07-02-2008	#31 (permalink)
Dolebludger Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Yukon, OK Vehicle: '07 SLK 280; '04 C 320, '01 Honda S 2000, '98 Ford Ranger truck. Posts: 569 Country: Thanks: 40 Thanked 77 Times in 52 Posts	XBarbarian: Welcome from Yukon, Oklahoma: I noticed that your '09 does not have that blacked out center "chin" below the front bumper that all the pics of the '09 seem to show. Rather, your lower front "chin" is all body colored, as it SHOULD be! That blacked-out frontal area is the main reason some of us are hesitant about the '09s. How did you do it? Was it the AMG pkg? Something you had done? Well, in any event, YOUR '09 looks great!

07-03-2008	#32 (permalink)
XBarbarian SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Vehicle: '09 SLK350,AMG Appearance Kit, Media and Premium,Red and Beige Other Toys: Computers, Skateboards Posts: 45 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	eeek..dsb- the Z-CS streaked? Sounds like my experience when I tried the supposedly uber Z-8 Grand Finale Spray. I could never get it to not streak. I like the Z-6 spray way more. never streaks, easy to use. Well, should be here any day.. Zaino is slacking on providing shipping info. I thought they used to email or atleast have the site show that the order had shipped at least. ordered Sunday, maybe tomorrow ( Thursday ). I'll try to go light, see how it goes, but if it's like the Z-8 experience, then ya, back to Z-2 with ZFX. Wiping down with Z-6 didnt clean up the streaking? Dolebludger - ya, it has to be the Sport Pkg, It includes the AMG Air dam. Thanks againa ll for the welcomes. nice to be a part of this 1337 community! <3

07-03-2008	#34 (permalink)
XBarbarian SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Vehicle: '09 SLK350,AMG Appearance Kit, Media and Premium,Red and Beige Other Toys: Computers, Skateboards Posts: 45 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	mcat - I haven't burned one, but i will check it out.. the burning mass mp3's to a dvd. that would hold a sh*t ton! like 1000 songs-ish. but Im holding out for the USB dongle and a flash stick. Solid state ftw~

07-03-2008	#35 (permalink)
XBarbarian SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Vehicle: '09 SLK350,AMG Appearance Kit, Media and Premium,Red and Beige Other Toys: Computers, Skateboards Posts: 45 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	dsb - bummer. as i say, I'll report my experience ( once I get it )

07-03-2008	#37 (permalink)
cousjcc Senior SLK World Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Vehicle: '09 SLK 350, Capri Blue/Black interior, Premium, Heating, AMG hood fins, window tint (a must in TX) Other Toys: Sold my motorcycle /cry Posts: 162 Country: Thanks: 10 Thanked 39 Times in 20 Posts	You may run into some REALLY long loading times burning mass MP3's onto DVD's. I've had MP3 CD capable stereos in my past couple cards and it seems that most of them take quite a while to load up. Once loaded and playing they're fine skipping between tracks and such, no dead air there, just on the initial load. I'm going for the USB adapter myself, with either my scandisk sansa MP3 player or a flash stick. Congratz on the 350, I'll be joinin' those ranks myself in a couple weeks when she gets in. I can't see the pics though, stupid firewalls at work.

07-03-2008	#39 (permalink)
Ynot Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Colorado Vehicle: 06' MBZ SLK Posts: 2,795 Country: Thanks: 135 Thanked 35 Times in 30 Posts	the amg pkg looks 100x better than the one's w/o, congrats on your new purchase.

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