2000 AMG Touch Up Paint (11 OEM Colors)

The 2000 AMG Vibe

The year 2000 was a transitional beast for AMG. Mercedes had just taken the reins, and they were busy stuffing hand-built V8s into everything from the sleek CLK 55 to the tank-like ML 55. It was the dawn of the "Silver Arrow" obsession. If you weren't rolling in Civilian Silver Metallic, you were probably making a loud statement in Competition Yellow or the sinister Night Storm. We've tracked down 11 survivors from this era in our database-a mix of corporate stoicism and "look-at-me" candy finishes. It was a time when an AMG didn't just look fast; it looked like it owned the fast lane, usually while wearing a thick suit of high-solids clear coat.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to The Peeling Era. By 2000, the factory was getting better at layering, but two decades of UV radiation don't care about German engineering. The big threat here is "Delamination"-the technical term for when your clear coat decides to part ways with the color underneath. It starts looking like a bad sunburn, where the clear lifts in transparent flakes, leaving the base coat exposed and vulnerable. If your 2000 AMG has spent its life outside, keep a sharp eye on the horizontal surfaces like the roof and trunk. Once that clear starts "shelling," there's no amount of wax that'll save the look; you're looking at a full-blown failure.

Restoration Tip

Listen close: your biggest enemy is the "Open Edge." When you get a rock chip on a 2000-era AMG, you're not just looking at a cosmetic blemish; you're looking at a breach in the clear coat's armor. Moisture and air get under that edge and start lifting the clear from the base. Therefore, you must seal chips immediately. Don't just dab some paint in there and call it a day-ensure you're sealing those edges down to prevent the clear from "zippering" away from the panel. A tiny bit of preventative touch-up today saves you from a $5,000 respray tomorrow.