f1_fan

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Have had a couple of silver cars in my time, but never really been that impressed with the finish when clean.

To explain if you have a black car and a detailer does his magic on it it looks stunning with a deep shine, but I am yet to see a silver car have that wow factor.

The converse of course is that a black car looks dirty very quickly whereas silver tends not to.

I am only asking as am about to change my car and have the option of a silver or black one. The silver one is a straight honest car and if it was black I would buy it today.... but will it always look lacklustre against the darker coloured variants?

Discuss

P.S. it's not a Scoob... it's a Merc. Suppose this should go in NSR or Other Marques... feel free to move it mods

rossyboy

iTrader: (8)

They can look good in the right light conditions. Direct sunlight doesn't do them any favours though really. In the shade on a sunny day is best...

chrishigham

I agree black looks better when clean, but when i had a black car i used to get angry washing it and waxing due to swirls, on my crystal grey sti you dont notice them as much. I agree silver always looks clean but never a wow look at the shine.

markietay

Use a sealer rather than a polish on silver cars,it gives better clarity to the paint,my fav for silver is jeffs werkstatt acrylic .

ditchmyster

iTrader: (7)

For me the biggest problem with a silver car is people don't see you coming, especially in winter, i lost count of the amount of times people have pulled out on me when i have been in a silver car.

Scenario, coming down a bit of a hill in winter in the morning, sky is grey with a bit of sunshine and people just don't see you, took me a while to figure out until i did it to someone else and nearly crashed, after that i started looking out for them and its amazing how well they blend into the sky under certain conditions, i took to keeping my lights on all the time as a precaution.

I like the colour, but won't buy a silver car now no matter how nice it is.

Woody69

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https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...-a-scooby.html

I had the same choice as you I looked at the black car 1st and If you look carefully you can see the swirl marks where as silver hides a lot of blemishes quite well.

Black is nice dont get me wrong but its sooooooo hard to keep clean

ilogikal1

That.

Particularly when layered, Acrylic gives a great finish on silver with plenty of "flake pop". Easy to use and has good durability too.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Thanks for that info, I read something like that the other day.... ah yes ... on Detailing World

I think I am kidding myself though, I think I want to like the silver car, but really I should get the black one .... always loved black cars and I will always be looking at it wishing it was black.

Had a black Integara Type R and was always washing the bloody thing, but there's worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Oh what did you have to go and post that for???? LOL!

The finish on that looks great.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

The 792 on Impreza's is far better than the 406 having owed both. My Wagon looks really nice after a wash and wax with the metallic flake in the paint. Especially un-colour coded as the trim bits and tyre walls dressed give a fantastic contrast to it and set it off.

I gave the Subaru a good scrub the other day and wish I'd taken pictures now to show what I mean. Never gonna be like a red/blue/black car but still good with the right products

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

792 looks like someone pissed in the pot of paint.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

A Royal ****, if you will mere subject

tubbytommy

iTrader: (20)

white is the best colour after wr blue obviously

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

I owned 230 white sport as my first car and that looked lovely too when washed.

Oh welcome back by the way

tubbytommy

iTrader: (20)

its a fleeting visit as i have defected to mlr

chopperman

silver is called the lazy man colour for good reason. It stll looks ok even when dirty. Nothing looks better than black when its in a detailed state. Trouble is it's a full time job keeping it looking good.

tubbytommy

iTrader: (20)

i agree black looks awesome when its cleaned but the downside to it is it shows stone chips and scratches the worse.

white with gloss back wheels is the way forward like my new motor

RobsyUK

iTrader: (2)

I used to love silver until showing cars...like you say they dont show the shine off as good as a dark car.

Another serious factor is that parked on the m25 in thick fog with no lights on a silver car is invisible... It's this reasni only go dark now.

chopperman

I do like the white paint with black wheels and trim look

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Yeah me too, just not on a poxy Lancer

Pablofb7

iTrader: (2)

Mine is Premium Silver O1G and I'm happy with it. Not so happy with the bonnet repaint that's come out a different shade despite being a good looking match when on the test piece.

Posting in technical to see if anyone else has come across this problem.

Paul

STI Glenn

My car Cristal Grey shine amazing after being detailed a Ti 22 with swizwax

mantazini

iTrader: (25)

Silver is new white.....





The white still looks amaizing thought....

Scooby-doo97

iTrader: (1)

Silver cars are everywhere and it's such a boring colour, imo. Black on the other hand looks fantastic when it's been cared for but **** me it takes some looking after! Another thing with silver, it's easy to tell when a panel has been resprayed/sprayed with a crap colour match. I haven't come across a single silver car where all the panels match perfectly. To sum up, go silver if you want to keep a low profile and not be noticed and if you're a lazy ****** who can't be bothered to clean your car very often if at all Or go black if you want a car that looks good/shines like crazy, which you'll be washing all the time to maintain the finish. Simples