Green interior in the SL suffered from that with the center console. It was such a rare color that paint was applied to a grey console from the factory. I had to do funky matching when I replaced the chopped up console.
clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 2014 ‘yota Highlander - Haggis retired models- 1986 SDL - Polei 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1982 SD - Allen 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Sep 12, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > It was a design of the plastic’s deterioration, planned or not. > > My ML500 was like this, too. All of the plastic surfaces were sticky, no > matter how often you cleaned them. > > As I search for a nice SLK 320 for the wife I’ve found that there was another > major plastic “fail” at the time, too. The plastics on the SLK230 and SLK320 > were not molded in the color of the interior, that is, there was a finish > applied to a plastic part. The finishes wear off or break down over the > years, and depending on the original color can look just horrible. And it’s > not just the console, it’s the bolsters and glove compartment door, too. > > My upholstery guy say they refused to work on them because nothing they tried > was permanent or would wear. He said the last job he did on one about five > years ago was complete new replacement parts from MB, and he said it was > really pricey. > > -D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
