Personally I am not a fan of smoked anything....on a car that is....i think is looks ghetto. I suggest, if you are making changes, to get clear side markers with a yellow bulb.
Just my opinion, on a red SL, I'd keep it stock and lose the red on the rims and the smoked blinker. If your SL was black, then in my opinion the smoked might look better. but that's just me.
BTW. I have the same rims and get lots of compliments just the way they came from the factory.
I have the smoked side lenses on my black SL, and also have the gunmetal AMG wheels, so I am a fan... maybe just not with the red exterior. The front apron looks great... glad you didn't screwed with the CHF-11s spillage.
As everyone knows, beauty if in the eye of he beholder!! Goes for women, cars, and modifications - ha.
I have a firemist red SL55, and I too did not like the contrast of the orange front maker lens with the metallic red car. I prefer white/clear on the front end of the cars and red on the back end. So, my SL55 has the clear marker lenses with yellow bulbs (top of the bulbs painted silver, so there is no yellow until the bulb is lit).
I have both the 18" turbine wheels and the 19" SL65 two piece with titanium painted spiders. I like both appearances. Have AMG caps on the two piece and plain MB caps on the turbine wheels.
Thanks for asking, but if YOU like it, that is the only really important opinion.
Well Rims and Tires Home, the Pilots on them have about 80% life left on Rims and tires look new ($800.00), the driver was 74yrs old. Unfortunately my trucks alternator shit the bed so both myself, Truck, and Rims came 60 miles home on Flatbed! Grrrrr :crying
As I said, 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.
To my eye, the turbine wheels and the SL65 2 piece double 5 spoke wheels are the best looking wheels AMG has produced. I'm not a fan of aftermarket wheels, as in these large 18-19" sizes, high quality OE wheels bend easily enough. Aftermarket, unless forged are not usually high quality enough to withstand the roads we have here in the US (where they often could pass for those in a 3rd world country).
Glad you got them, as again - to my eye - they improve the cars looks significantly.:smile
Yes I'm no fan of After Market Rims either and shy'd away from buying them. That is why when I seen Bayhas's AMG Turbines I jumped at the chance to buy some myself.
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