Getting ready to place a factory order on a new truck, and going back and forth between silver and white. Have owned many white but never silver. I always manage to keep the white looking pretty good, but as everyone knows can't get that pop factor from it too easily. Is silver better, worse or about the same. I know some may suggest going dark, but I live in Canada, and winters are long. Vehicles take a beating, and I have to give it good protection as late as I can in fall and live with it till I can attack it again in spring. Black is just too hard to keep looking good in our climate.
Silver vs White
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Klasse Act
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Have you had pear white? Silver can "shimmer" and is more rewarding than straight white. One thing about your 2 choices is that chemical decon will always be fun
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I have not had pearl white...I can see how that might be different. Yeah no issue seeing the chemical decon do it's thing on white. Also no trouble seeing the effects of environmental fallout leaving some brown specks on the paint either, after a long winter.
Coatingsarecrack
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I’ve had a few silver cars and never was i impressed more than white. Maybe if it has a ton of metallic.
If you want something different I’d say go for it.
I prefer white as even though you can’t get the reflectiveness most of the time, it glows when clean.
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If you want something different I’d say go for it.
I prefer white as even though you can’t get the reflectiveness most of the time, it glows when clean.
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Desertnate
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I've never been a fan of white. My vote is silver, but this is a very personal choice for anyone.
I freely admit to having issues. Some of my bias started when I was a kid and EVERY rental car in our area was a base spec US big 3 vehicle in white. It became ingrained in my that white = cheap disposable car. White cars tended to be the rusting hulks you saw parked in peoples yards. The good cars (regardless of make) that people took care of were always a color other than white.
From an aesthetics standpoint I find white erases any design lines of a car and tends to turn it into one blob of a shape. For a while I'd see a 981 generation Cayman at work. I love the lines of a Cayman, but in white you couldn't see them because the color eliminated the light playing off the various surfaces. The car, IMO, looked like a jelly bean, not the elegant sportscar you see in other colors.
Back in the early 2000's, I owned a silver E46 BMW. Cleaned up and wearing a fresh layer of carnauba wax it would glow/sparkle and really catch the light on the various surfaces. It looked great. I can't imagine what it would have looked like with a good coating...but they didn't exist back then. With silver you don't get the same depth as you do with a darker color, but I feel it does catch the light better and gives a vehicle character better than white ever can.
I freely admit to having issues. Some of my bias started when I was a kid and EVERY rental car in our area was a base spec US big 3 vehicle in white. It became ingrained in my that white = cheap disposable car. White cars tended to be the rusting hulks you saw parked in peoples yards. The good cars (regardless of make) that people took care of were always a color other than white.
From an aesthetics standpoint I find white erases any design lines of a car and tends to turn it into one blob of a shape. For a while I'd see a 981 generation Cayman at work. I love the lines of a Cayman, but in white you couldn't see them because the color eliminated the light playing off the various surfaces. The car, IMO, looked like a jelly bean, not the elegant sportscar you see in other colors.
Back in the early 2000's, I owned a silver E46 BMW. Cleaned up and wearing a fresh layer of carnauba wax it would glow/sparkle and really catch the light on the various surfaces. It looked great. I can't imagine what it would have looked like with a good coating...but they didn't exist back then. With silver you don't get the same depth as you do with a darker color, but I feel it does catch the light better and gives a vehicle character better than white ever can.
Bill D
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It might depend on where the vehicle will be spending most of its time. Here in Florida white cars are popular due to the heat. It’s funny, I have one white car that I rarely drive so that benefit doesn’t do anything for me.
My father’s car is silver and I take care of it. It does show lines better than white and it hides dirt. It’s a great color for a driver but not a passionate detailer who wants exquisite paint with plenty of depth.
My father’s car is silver and I take care of it. It does show lines better than white and it hides dirt. It’s a great color for a driver but not a passionate detailer who wants exquisite paint with plenty of depth.
Klasse Act
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Mopars metallics have alot of flake usually!
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Bruno Soares
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Both are boring. Maybe a light grey which can have more depth but won't be bad as a dark color?
Silly Rabbit
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As you have had many white but no silver, give the silver a go. Then as the owner, you will be the best judge.I personally really like silver, you may end up wondering why you didn't go silver before? Or not. Give it a go and experience owning it.
The Guz
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I have both. Silver will give better gloss than white. It may be boring but it sure is nice that they look cleaner and they hide defects much better.
Tough call but give silver a go this time. Well look at them first and then decide on the color that attracts you the most.
Tough call but give silver a go this time. Well look at them first and then decide on the color that attracts you the most.
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I vote silver.
I have a black truck and a silver truck.
I spend a lot less time on the silver one
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I have a black truck and a silver truck.
I spend a lot less time on the silver one
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This is a pretty good stance to take on the issue.
Now granted, my first car was white, and I loved getting that thing glossy. Shiny white paint looks great.
15 years later, I have a silver minivan.
That thing is so gigantic, its just hard to get motivated to do anything significant to it. So, I'm glad it has a color that doesn't requires a ton of effort.
A smaller vehicle, I agree with you- something that you can get easier feedback from is nice.
vaca22
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I've only had silver and white cars. If I only knew then what I know now. I would love to go back in time and see what my white 1991 Honda Prelude REALLY looked like.
The Prelude was my first car. Each summer I'd take out an old t-shirt with Turtle Wax Compound and just start rubbing it everywhere. Maybe not everywhere, but certainly the hood. It was nice to see the paint turn a lighter shade of white as I scrubbed off whatever grime was on it. BUT...obviously it was never polished and probably never even waxed. Honestly. At least it looked clean!
I had a 2002 C230K in Brilliant Silver Metallic and a 2005 Mazda3 in Sunlight Silver Metallic. They were nice colors for sure, I'd always tell my friends that silver was the color to get.
My 2015 Optima did not look right in any other color but Snow White Pearl, and I think that had a lot to do with the fact that it came with chrome wheels. Actually, I don't know if the trim that I have comes in any other colors; I think I've only seen SXLs in white. My wife's CX-5 is also white. After not having a white car for 14 years prior to that purchase, I was surprised to see that white wasn't actually "white" but rather metallic.
Our white cars look white but at certain angles you can see the metallic flecks of various colors. I don't think you get much depth with white, but you sure can get some nice gloss. To me, at any rate.
I think Klasse will tell you, the dusk hours are when these cars really look good. I am particularly fond of white as the sun sets.
The Prelude was my first car. Each summer I'd take out an old t-shirt with Turtle Wax Compound and just start rubbing it everywhere. Maybe not everywhere, but certainly the hood. It was nice to see the paint turn a lighter shade of white as I scrubbed off whatever grime was on it. BUT...obviously it was never polished and probably never even waxed. Honestly. At least it looked clean!
I had a 2002 C230K in Brilliant Silver Metallic and a 2005 Mazda3 in Sunlight Silver Metallic. They were nice colors for sure, I'd always tell my friends that silver was the color to get.
My 2015 Optima did not look right in any other color but Snow White Pearl, and I think that had a lot to do with the fact that it came with chrome wheels. Actually, I don't know if the trim that I have comes in any other colors; I think I've only seen SXLs in white. My wife's CX-5 is also white. After not having a white car for 14 years prior to that purchase, I was surprised to see that white wasn't actually "white" but rather metallic.
Our white cars look white but at certain angles you can see the metallic flecks of various colors. I don't think you get much depth with white, but you sure can get some nice gloss. To me, at any rate.
I think Klasse will tell you, the dusk hours are when these cars really look good. I am particularly fond of white as the sun sets.
Eldorado2k
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Ahh yes, I remember those days.. Consider yourself lucky to at least have made a noticeable difference. All I ever got out of it was a sore arm the next day. Lol.
But then again I used to use “cleaner wax”. I didn’t even know what compound was back then.