Originally Posted by Monticore:
Both of ours are grey, trying to find the perfect grey to hide all the dirt, I like the look of black or white only when they are clean. When I comes to colors they are all too flashy for me .
Pearl White is the answer. It looks pretty good unless it’s muddy, then everything looks like shit.
My last 2 were Pearl. Couldn’t find one Pearl this time around. [Reply]
My buddy and I were talking about this the other day. He drives old Fords with the original paint and old FXRs with the original paint. All of them are in a 2-tone scheme like black/burgundy, brown/tan, orange/black, etc...
Everything now seems to come in a single color.
Anyway, grey Ford pick-up, burgundy VMAX and a green atv. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
I've only had one black car - a '99 Monte Carlo. I loved it, and it was a beautiful car. But goddamn it was impossible to keep clean. Reminded me of my old white Navy uniforms. I'll never own another vehicle that color.
My previous car was a silver Impala. That was probably the best color for hiding dirt, but it was so bland and ubiquitous that I felt like I was driving a gallon jug of milk.
I did have a cherry red Nissan Frontier with black trim that I liked, but all of other vehicles since my first car in high school have been black. I even have all black rims with dark tinted windows. It’s hard to keep clean and would probably be much harder if I lived up north, but it always looks great after a good wash. [Reply]
On a related note, I have taken notice over the years that many Harleys are black. That always annoyed me. Boring robots. I do understand that paint is more expensive. I believe my bike's paint job was about $800 more than factory stock black when I bought it new in 2013. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Spott:
I did have a cherry red Nissan Frontier with black trim that I liked, but all of other vehicles since my first car in high school have been black. I even have all black rims with dark tinted windows. It’s hard to keep clean and would probably be much harder if I lived up north, but it always looks great after a good wash.
I used to have a 1986 Chevy 3/4 ton that was red on black. To this day it was the best looking rig I’ve ever had. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Spott:
I did have a cherry red Nissan Frontier with black trim that I liked, but all of other vehicles since my first car in high school have been black. I even have all black rims with dark tinted windows. It’s hard to keep clean and would probably be much harder if I lived up north, but it always looks great after a good wash.
Yeah, for about a day. A light rain would ruin it. If it was dry, parking it outside at the train station would cause it to get dusty. Then the first rain would combine with the dust to make it look like shit. Hell, I remember one time I took it to the car wash and hit a puddle on the way home that ruined it. I washed that car four or five times more often than anything else I owned before or since. Keeping it clean was like trying to bail out a sinking boat with a coffee cup. [Reply]
