Best Corvette Color is Black :-)
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teamzr1
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Very nice- but black is the hardest colour to keep clean and it really highlights the slightest bodywork/paintwork imperfections.
Yes, but it looks really mean and scares the competition
My 1989 proved it on the racetrack
Letank
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Yes, I think it was down to the quality of the finish and the fact that it showed all the flaws in the body. If I recall correctly, I think it made it back on the colour charts around 77?
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Roscobbc
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I do agree pure Black on the right car can be a really great colour (color for you Jon!) - it's also by neccesity a great 'waxer' colour too isn't it, given the amount of cleaning, polishing etc it absolutely needs to look it's best.......almost makes it a full time job.
My daily driver is supposed to be a pearlescent black. This and 'metallic' black's are even more of a 'waxers' colour, looking even worse than a traditional solid black if any marks, rain, bird crap etc get on it. TBH I think the pearlescent black looks dirty (even if just washed) if the pain surface needs a good polish.
My daily driver is supposed to be a pearlescent black. This and 'metallic' black's are even more of a 'waxers' colour, looking even worse than a traditional solid black if any marks, rain, bird crap etc get on it. TBH I think the pearlescent black looks dirty (even if just washed) if the pain surface needs a good polish.
Chevrolet
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Spoke to the young lad down the road yesterday who machine polished and ceramic coated my silver Daily Driver 1 a couple of weeks ago. Quoted me £300 to machine polish my metallic black Daily Driver 2 (it needs it). So do I then need to wax it after that I asked (not getting it ceramic coated) ? He said no as would put a protective spray over it in that price. Just so many car products these days, including polishes and waxes with ceramic content etc.
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Chuffer
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After my first black car , an Opel Manta GTE , I swore I would never have a black car again for all those reasons . A bugger to keep clean and look good . I ended up owning five black cars of various makes over the years !! Some people never learn !
Nassau65
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You were a gluten for punishmentAfter my first black car , an Opel Manta GTE , I swore I would never have a black car again for all those reasons . A bugger to keep clean and look good . I ended up owning five black cars of various makes over the years !! Some people never learn !
Roscobbc
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It seems that a grey or metallic silver car is one of the easiest to keep looking clean without actually cleaning it (if you get my drift) - tbh I rarely cleaned my work cars, hoping that a service would be imminent (with its complimentary valet). I've used the (white) Vett perhaps 5/6 times this year. The last time it was washed was perhaps this time last year. I did spend 10 minutes earlier this years usng a light spray wax polish. OK, so it hasn't been out in wet weather, it is generally garaged (with a cover during winter) so simply gets a 'flick-over' removing any dust before leaving. Coming close to the end of the season (or early next season) I usually remove the wheels and using a high quality ultra fine billet alloy polish spend generally a whole day polishing the wheels inside and out and waxing afterwards.After my first black car , an Opel Manta GTE , I swore I would never have a black car again for all those reasons . A bugger to keep clean and look good . I ended up owning five black cars of various makes over the years !! Some people never learn !
Chevrolet
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Ade in Notts was recommending Dirtbusters Wheel Wax to me a couple of months back. Didn't know till then that there are waxes specifically for wheels:
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