Why I Bought a Silver Car

[Dunbar42]

I just traded in a black car for a new silver one. As I was getting my mail today I noticed this guy furiously washing his silver car with a brush. He had just finished cleaning the wheel and setting the brush down on the ground (bristles down.) As you can see the car still looks pretty good despite the abuse. Not that I would ever do such a thing to one of my vehicles :smile:



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[SilverCivic]

I also have a silver car and you can only see swirls when the light is just right.

[Astro_ng]

The beauty of silver for masking swirls and scratches, too bad it`s plain as hell!

[Dan]

The beauty of silver for masking swirls and scratches, too bad it`s plain as hell!



Do a nice polish job and then throw something like Z2 on top and it won`t be plain anymore.

[usdm]

Do a nice polish job and then throw something like Z2 on top and it won`t be plain anymore.



This right here.

[Accumulator]

Eh, clearcoat is clearcoat. People who don`t see marring on silver aren`t trying very hard in the right kind of lighting. And yeah...if silver looks "blah" it`s probably because of all that marring that "you can`t see" ;) Keep it as nice as you would black and it`ll be very impressive. So there ;)



Gee the preceding sounds awfully pedantic, huh?!? :o How Autopian of me :chuckle:



Heh heh, lest I sound like a complete [jerk], I do appreciate the way *white* paint hides marring on my Crown Vic, but that car`s...uhm...not about looking Autopian. IMO white is far better for looking OK without being marring-free, just keep it clean and "shiny" and it can be maybe 85% even when in simply awful shape; I can`t get by with that on silver.

[Dan]

http://www.datasmuggler.com/images/car_cleaning/mb-upgp1.JPG



M105/205/PO85rd+DWG+UPGP. Doesn`t look boring to me.

[Accumulator]

yakky- yeah...next time I do silver I plan to use the PO85RD on it, see if it turns out any better than with my 1Z stuff. Well-polished silver can be so blinding in the sun that you can`t even begin to do inspections that way.

[Dan]

yakky- yeah...next time I do silver I plan to use the PO85RD on it, see if it turns out any better than with my 1Z stuff. Well-polished silver can be so blinding in the sun that you can`t even begin to do inspections that way.



I love the stuff, very easy to work with. But I know what you mean about the sun. For me, gas station lights are most unforgiving on silver.

[Astro_ng]

http://www.datasmuggler.com/images/car_cleaning/mb-upgp1.JPG



M105/205/PO85rd+DWG+UPGP. Doesn`t look boring to me.



Nope, still looks boring to me :P

[Dunbar42]

IMO white is far better for looking OK without being marring-free, just keep it clean and "shiny" and it can be maybe 85% even when in simply awful shape; I can`t get by with that on silver.



I had a white Accord and IMO white shows dirt and dust more than silver. Here`s a picture of my new car with 2X 1000p topped with OCW (no polishing yet.)



BTW, after nearly four years with a black car I`m ready for "boring." I was tempted to get the platinum grey paint color but in the end settled on "boring."



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[TedFred]

I have two BMWs one white one silver. The silver is way easier to maintain than the white. I have had these conversations with Accumulator and he doesn`t agree. I am probably not as picky as he is about swirls. If I can`t see them with the flouresants in my garage or the sun outside, I don`t look for thme with another light.

As far as I am concerned silver is the easiest color to maintain. I have had probably had at least 25 cars of all colors so I have some experience.

[Scottwax]

The beauty of silver for masking swirls and scratches, too bad it`s plain as hell!



Oh really?



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[SpoolinNoMore]

White is easier to see swirls, but also easier to miss spots when correcting (also easy to miss LSP residue...). Silver hides swirls well but as said before, it`s one of those colors that looks good when it is, and okay when it isn`t. I much prefer correcting the dark colors and black tones, but I like to own white or gray vehicles.

[Astro_ng]

I`m not going to budge on my opinion, not even for you Scott!