This is my dream car, im currently studying and i cant wait to work and get this beast! also new subscriber here, i very much like your content and absolutely cant wait for whats coming, also would you be able to do someday a video about general things you must know about cars and explain them for beginners, would really love to see that. good day Abauto!
Hey Rania, that’s brilliant to hear. I hope the studies go well you are able to get you hands on one. You can’t beat hard work! Thanks for the sub too, always nice to hear from new subs and that you are enjoying the videos. That’s a great idea! I do have lots of basics videos on the to-do list so I’m hoping to cover some beginner tips and tricks in the future. There’s just so many videos to make! I love making them all though and you guys are awesome commenting and tuning in each week!
I ordered the regular mountain gray, because as beautiful as the matte gray is, the thought of getting a scratch or other paint damage terrifies me. I’m looking at full satin PPF to get the same look.
That sounds like a great plan, the metallic mountain grey looks amazing also to be honest but if you are able to satin PPF it that’s the best of both worlds! :)
Matte or satin PPF doesn't look the same as the finish and light effects on designo mountain grey magno paint , it might look similar from ten feet away but park it next to a painted car and it's obvious which one is wrapped
Good to see other car owners who are fastidious and obsessive. Whilst my car is a traditional metallic, my washing method is much the same as yours, with similar products, although it takes me some five hours, with about the first hour doing the wheels tyres and wheel arch liners! I usually end up the next day going round the car with a quick detailer to (obviously different with your car!) improve the depth of gloss and remove any water spots. However for the first time, when buying a new car, i optedcfor full PPF coverage, and after some 15 months the film has done a truly excellent job of resisting stone chipping, for me my biggest worry, particularly the micro chipping which from my experience is usually unavoidable no matter how careful you are. There are various matter PPF protections available, and even if you only covered the more at risk areas its well worth getting.
I just polished my matt paint, left glossy patches everywhere, lucky it was just my push-bike... I've got 3 matt paint bikes and they all have glossy patches, only found out today I caused them all by polishing. I couldn't imagine not being able to polish a car, I'm always polishing fingernail scratches and soot stains.
Ordering mine this week! Planning to get the Magno Matte also so really appreciate your video - looks incredible. I'll be opting for the ceramic coating but did you get a partial PPF also??
Sounds good Alex! I have just had it ceramic coated with a matte friendly coating and it’s come out great. Just working on the video for it now! :) I haven’t done any PPF, I recommend getting the front done If you can afford it, it’s very pricy to have done well here though! :(
@@ABAUTOAMG i had a quote of 2.5k for the full car PPF - seems like comethingyou need to do when you first get it though... also, it takes around 5 days... which has always been a blocker for me. picking my car up on wednesday 10th
Nice vid again. Changed my perspective on matt look. Will consider in the next car definitely. Your car looks amazing. My GLA45s still doing great, amazed mini SUV with a performance engine. Btw liked your vid about paddle shift too…
Great video. Just speccing up my EQE (watched your review on that too….great stuff) and was hesitating over the graphite Magno finish. No doubts now 👊🏻
I've got the same magno paint on my a250 which I've had for over a year. I had the same fears about bird poo, dirt etc but it's held up fine no issues. In the end I got it ceramic coated for that extra peace of mind. I would highly recommend a ceramic coating as it makes drying/cleaning much easier!
Ah that’s brilliant to hear it’s held up well for you over a year in. Which ceramic coating did you go for? Was it a matte specific one? I’ve been looking into a few.
1:00 not a single person on the internet will say to you matte paint is easy to maintain. It will range from people who can afford it saying "be careful with it" and people who stretched too much their budget and say "my heart skips a beat every time I drive my car . . ."
My SL63 is finished in Magno Alanite Grey. Beautiful colour, which I always loved. Unfortunately, I scratched the rear arch when coming out if the garage. It's just a little mark, less than a thumb print. Here in the UK, there are only a handful paint shops that are Standox certified and stock this colour. Got a quote from two different shops, but they were close together at around £2,000. Since they cannot match the existing paint perfectly, that need to paint tho whole side of the car in order to look good again. I don't think I'll bother fixing it.
Hey Peter, Sorry to hear you damaged you SL63, sounds like a lovely car. Interestingly my Mercedes dealer bodyshop repairs the matte cars. I will be honest I've not fully seen their work but they seem to have quite a few go in for repairs. At least you know they have experience and the correct paint. Fingers crossed I won't ever have to take mine in and find out.
The paint looks amazing. Scratches can be repaired but will cost a lot more since It's such a bespoke job. I just take extra car when parking and park further away from entrances hoping for less cars around mine :)
Just received AMG EQE with Magno and was wondering how smart that was - even though I, like you, take a huge care of my ride and the EQE will even get PPF. Thanks for great vid! Makes me feel much better about my choice. BTW - great looking car you have!
if i could choose paint colour it would deffo be the matt grey makes the car look so good, looking after brillant blue metallic is hard work more because of swirling but does look really good in the sun 👍😀
Thanks Steve! It is amazing but I still have much love for brilliant blue. When it’s all clean and the sun hits it you get so many lovely vibrant tones!
Thanks for the video - I just ordered a matte frozen grey bmw and was reading horrible comments of the upkeep and how easy they damage! Of course most from people that have never even owned a matte car. This darn cars are not gonna melt in the rain! They are German driving machines built to be driven people not be a garage princess. anyways thanks for the video! Have you considered ceramic coating it? Or ppf covering it?
Hey Jazzy, no problem! Congrats on your order. These matte paints look incredible in person you are going to be blown away! I actually have had my car Ceramic coated with a matte friendly product since this video. Here’s the video on the ceramic coating: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vUzIPh6BLRY.html
Ooo nice! 👍 sounds like a beast! I will be doing more matte paint videos to keep everyone updated on how it’s holding up and any useful tips I learn to maintaining it :)
I once had a black car, looked amazing but I did drive me a bit mad keeping clean! Looked so good after a long wash and polish though. Mercedes always look mean in black too!
What an awesome car and color !!!! Thanks for your thoughts for the matte paint I just bought an GENESIS G70 matted gray and I wanted to see do all matte car owners has the same thoughts or only me 😂, well I did an ppf for my car will this save my original matte paint from scratches and bird poo ?
Thanks Omar! Congrats on your new car! That’s brilliant that you’ve got ppf on the car this is going to do an amazing job protecting the paint against scratches and bird poo if it’s been installed correctly. I’d still remove bird poo if I see it but you should be well protected with the ppf!
doesnt getting a full wrap of ppf around the underlying matte paint stop most scratches etc? and u just have to make sure to go to car washes that are compatible with ppf?
Ah, that's one thing I did forgot to mention in the video. I would never take this finish through a car wash because you don't know what chemicals they are using. They could use a harsh prewash or a soap with wax which could ruin the finish. This unfortunately applies to hand washes too, you would only want a professional detailer with experience with matte finishes to wash this car. It would be a disaster if someone used the wrong products without realising.
Thank you very much for your input! As it is not legal / very hard here in Germany to hand wash your car, the only way would be to take my car to the other end of the city where I live to hand wash it there on special premises. I had originally ordered the 45s with the same paint as your‘s but due to all the possible difficulties with the paint I called my dealer today to change my ordered car to the mountain grey metallic paint…Not 100% what I wanted originally but probably essier in everyday use
Hey Rabi, thanks! Yep not as bad as bird poo but best not to let them build up. I have just had my car ceramic coated with a matte safe coating so I have a video on this coming soon!
from minute 7:55 the color on the front looks much lighter than the rest of the car. does it have a specific reason, is it maybe because there is a protective film over it? Greetings from Munich
Hey :) The colour is the same all around the car It’s just where the light was hitting the front of the car and picked up more exposure on the camera 📸
Hi Christian, I am having a special Matte ceramic coating applied to the car next month. I will be making a video explaining it all with the detailer who is applying it. This is great for protection against the sun etc
PPF is amazing when done right. You could get the metallic grey and save the extra cost of the matte and have a satin/matte PPF so the cars protected but also has the matte look from the PPF wrap.
Great videos mate. I'm struggling to decide what to do. I'm wanting something bigger than my RS without the loss of performance. Your car the C43 AMG and C53 AMG are on the shortlist.. I haven't driven any of them. Which one should I try first
Hey Jason, thanks for the nice comment. If your looking for something a bit bigger the e53 may be a great choice. It’s a big saloon with a really roomy interior. It’s the nicest interior out of the 3 for sure. I considered the E63 but the E is a little bit too big for me personally. I found the c43 and cla a bit more nimble but the E class is such a nice place to be.
@@ABAUTOAMG Good info. The 53 I really like. But there something about your CLA which really intrigues me. I've got an R32 GTR as the project/toy and part of me things the 63 and CKA maybe just a bit too close to the sporty side which I'm wanted to get a wee bit of distance from if that makes sense
No scratches so far, couple very small minor stone chips at the front but you can’t really see them very easily because the colour under is also grey rather than white like my metallic blue car.
Unfortunately you can only get the non S model in USA at the moment but it’s still an amazing car. Sometimes they drop it from the website. If it’s missing don’t worry it will be back for order soon.
@iRbirne but those are like yearly fees. We have something stupid in Finland which is car tax. Electric cars don't have car tax on them. I guess you don't have such thing
It’s not just scratches though is it is stone chips also that would need the whole panel painting, I’ve got 3 or 4 tiny stone chips on mine just from driving around but I’ll have them done and won’t need the whole front end re spraying. Have you picked up any chips yet.
Hey Paul, Stone chips are the worst! I've never been a huge fan of touch up repairs on stone chips but perhaps I've never seen them done well so I'm more in favour of a bumper re-spray but luckily so far I've not had any stone chips. Apart from the wheels I had a random stone take a small chunk out of the matte finish on the wheel which is disappointing. Never had a stone chip on a wheel before! Looks like it just took out the coat of paint on the wheel so maybe no so durable. Matt actually had this on the press cla45s he reviewed on Carlow. Never thought it would happen to mine so soon! I still think it was very unlucky although it was the same week I hit 1000 miles so I probably was driving silly!
First of all Chemical guys products are absolute trash I hate their car care products and when you scratch the Matt finish paint or someone keys 🔑 it in a parking lot your pretty much screwed.
