Really Dislike Those Solid Color Vehicles
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When you say SOLID COLOR. That essentially means you like multi color or 2 tone colors then. They have not done many vehicles that way for years, pretty much everything is a SOLID COLOR now.
The green truck looks good, the grey looks good. The detestable colors for a car or truck are, these and not in order.
BLACK, WHITE, RED, YELLOW, GOLD, ORANGE.
The matt paint on a vehicle does look like primer, and I'm sure oil on that paint would soak into it.
An edit since the Pablo thumbs up here.
I like many of the good old colors from the 50's and 60's. Hardly ever see a nice brown.
The green truck looks good, the grey looks good. The detestable colors for a car or truck are, these and not in order.
BLACK, WHITE, RED, YELLOW, GOLD, ORANGE.
The matt paint on a vehicle does look like primer, and I'm sure oil on that paint would soak into it.
An edit since the Pablo thumbs up here.
I like many of the good old colors from the 50's and 60's. Hardly ever see a nice brown.
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Agree. My wife keeps going back to dark dark blues - almost as bad as black. White once and done! Yep red. Done. And lastly and ghastly my very first car was a 1971 510, 2 door, harvest gold orange vomit..........hahahahaha
Maybe Solid isnt the right word . How bout " Non -Metalic " like most Black and White cars are .
Honestly, that green in the OP works for me, love it.
Most white cars now have flake
Really honestly I think you don't know what word you are looking for, perhaps the "The New Earthy/Moony Tones" might be an apt descriptor.............not flat or solid.
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Thought the days of pure black and white paint were over? Most colors come in pearl or metallic now right?
AZjeff
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Our 02 Xterra doesn't have any flake in the paint and still looks pretty good IMO. Is it the colors offered or non-metallic OP doesn't like?
Someone mentioned brown, the Sierra is Brownstone Metallic. We ordered it.
Someone mentioned brown, the Sierra is Brownstone Metallic. We ordered it.
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Tastes change. I swore up and down I'd never buy a silver car. "Only boring old men drive them" and yet here I am! Hopefully decades away from "being dead" and loving the color. It's a great choice in the winter, always looks cleanest vs anything else I see when snow and sand gets plastered all over it.
Not a fan of that dull battleship gray either, but Ford has some nice looking flat colors on their trucks that aren't white/silver.
The ones I don't like the most are the dark browns and charcoals, the ones that look "almost black" but clearly aren't.
We need more choice and attitude though in our paint options. I'd drive this in a heartbeat if it was more common, but it just screams "look at me" if you're out there by yourself strutting along in bright yellow.
Not a fan of that dull battleship gray either, but Ford has some nice looking flat colors on their trucks that aren't white/silver.
The ones I don't like the most are the dark browns and charcoals, the ones that look "almost black" but clearly aren't.
We need more choice and attitude though in our paint options. I'd drive this in a heartbeat if it was more common, but it just screams "look at me" if you're out there by yourself strutting along in bright yellow.
I love our solid color Volvo 240! Shown here is our 1991 sedan in the iconic Polar White.
This is a single stage paint. (Paint code 189)
This is a single stage paint. (Paint code 189)
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I agree but it’s also the easiest color to care for, the easiest to touch up, and coolest in the summer.
So it’s the most practical color hence it’s popularity.
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And our 1992 Mercedes 300D 2.5 turbo. Paint code 904; again, a single stage paint.
I love single stage paints. No metallics, no iridescence. Just pure color.
I love single stage paints. No metallics, no iridescence. Just pure color.
A refridgerator on wheels.
I like these colors. The rhino blue color Jeep had for the JK was sharp. Ford has a similar color for their trucks that I also like.
I have found that a lot of these colors need to be seen in person and do not photograph well depending on the light.
I have found that a lot of these colors need to be seen in person and do not photograph well depending on the light.
My wife loved the voodoo blue, but agreed it was a bit much. Shortly after we were married in 2019, we looked at a Pro model that they wanted 40k for. Probably should’ve bought it looking back as they had gone up substantially since then and we ended up paying more for our lesser model in 2022.
The orange is okay, but I like the 2015 inferno red color much better. Both greens look terrible IMO and look better in their CGI catalog form. The lima bean green on the 4R looked like it was going to resemble the electric lime green used on the Jeep TJ in the mid 2000’s, but it just wasn’t the case. The Taco has gold chips in it. No thanks.
The biggest issue with these orange and green colors is that they are available on the off-road premium models with the silver bumper cladding. Ick.
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We do white often - and whilst some don’t like the color - it’s just the most practical in our intense sun …
White DOES look good, I just hated Subie Pearl white (Chippeel master 5000 with metallic boogers stuck to it)
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