Mod Description
Take a look at any smart and you will soon notice things that don't quite match.Mod Details
PremiumNo Difficulty
Mod ID333
CreditEvilution
Cost£ï¿½5+
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Linkhttps://www.evilution.co.uk/mod/colour-coding.htm Copy to ClipboardI Don’t Get it, What Is Wrong?
If you have a black tridion on your smart you won’t have much of a problem.
Silver tridions however still get accessorised with black plastic parts.
What Parts Are Black?
Fortwo
- Front lower splitter on the facelift and cabrio models
- Side skirts
- Fuel filler cap
- Air intake
- Exhaust valance
- Door handles
- Wing mirror bases
- Roof spoiler
- Mirrors and the grill can also be black despite the silver tridion
New Fortwo (451)
- Front lower splitter
- Side skirts
- Fuel filler cap
- Air intake
- Rear lower splitter
- Door handles
- Roof spoiler
- Lower half of the wing mirrors
- Scuttle panelRoadster
- Light surround
- Front grill
- Lower side skirts
- Wing mirrors
- Door handles
- Rear centre bumper panel
- Rear spoilerThe coupe hinges are silver even on a black tridion car.Forfour
- Door handles
- Wing mirrors
- Wing mirror bases
Painting These Parts
It isn’t necessary to paint absolutely every bit of black plastic, the main ones will do.
I started colour coding Kat’s Fortwo Passion, being a passion it had a silver tridion.You could pick up a can of spray and do it yourself, chances are it will look rubbish, the paint will look patchy and will stone chip easily and flake off in weeks.Your best options are:
- Take the parts to a spray shop
- Take the car to the spray shop
- Buy the parts already sprayed
Kat’s Fortwo – Stage One
In this instance I chose to buy the two parts presprayed from Nipper20y on Ebay.
The fuel cap was new and the painting was very good quality, the valance was used and had just been removed from a car, again the painting was good but had slight imperfections It was perfectly acceptable for a used item and the imperfections had been pointed out.
Filler Flap
Before
After
Exhaust Valance
Before
After
As you can see, this quick bit of colour coding has helped a lot. Stage two will be either the side skirts or the front splitter.
Roadster
Colour coding is a far more popular mod on the Roadster.
If you have a silver tridion Roadster and have before and after pictures of black parts becoming silver I would be grateful if you could send them to me to be published here.