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Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??
Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:49:46
In Reply to: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, MI-Roger
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, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:28:54
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Frost Gray is one of my favourite colours ever...
I have a silver c900 + rarely wash it (sunroof leaks in a car wash + too freaking cold to wash by hand in winter)... it looks grubby, but all colours look grubby in winter if the car is not washed... upside of not washing often is the badges seem to stay intact longer! The badges on this one are perfect + original after 22 years! the 1993 badges have peeled (regularly went through car washes)...
anyway, I generally prefer vivid + unique colours: cosmic blue, red, merlot... none of the ones you have listed fall in that category... I also like ones with depth/sophistication like parchment silver (looks different colours in different lights) + I think there was an expresso and also a greenish black that had that attribute also... The pepper green might have those attributes, but also seems kind of olive + I don't like olive coloured cars... I think any of the 3 should look alright if they are a bit dirty...
for me, I'm not super keen on the dame edna look, so anything that downplays the chrome (eg not black for me!) is good. I think any of the 3 do that... (of course, with a little work, the chrome can be toned down to suit other colours, including black)...
so basically I am of no help! pick the one with the best/most history? good luck though, I hope you get a great deal (and another 300k+ miles out of the new one)!
James...
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, MI-Roger
, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:28:54- Gray or silver, but..., nwas, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:38
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, jonathan, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:29:18
- Prices?, msmcmotown, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:28:45
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, Larry West
, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:26:15 - Surprisingly, white can work well., Noel, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:13:11
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, soccersaabp, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:07:33
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, James, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:49:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, No Snaab, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:54:23
- Re: OT: Best exterior color to mask road grime??, EGD
, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:38:08 - Road grime compliments the colour green,Go Green!, pushrodsaab, Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:58:50
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