MyBeaches

Would love to see some of this new 2009 color. How different is this from Machine Silver?

AbsolutHank

Its still as bland as all the other silvers over the years...

Seriously though, they need to add a tint coat or something to it to give it some dimension....it just always looks flat to me, while some of the silvers offered on the luxury cars seem to have some more defintion. And I don't mean just throw in more metallic...Just my opinion...

JSB LS3

This doesn't look like machien silver to me....I think it could very well be Blade Silver.

talon90

Here are a few that I shot today. The new silver is a bit lighter than Machine silver and the metallic is less pronounced.

The first two are Machine Silver in the foreground and the new Blade Silver in the background.





The second two are just the new Blade silver.

MyBeaches

I agree with you. It needs a more metalic feature to give it more depth and wetness. The current silver looks almost white.

-vet

Hi Thanks for the new silver pictures! On the paint chip the 09 silver looked darker... nice to see the real deal! Are the emblems on the rear end larger than what is on the 2008's?

danl72

Thanks for the pics.

talon90

No, they are the exact same emblem (size wise) they are simply outlined in a chrome finish instead of the painted silver from '05-'07.

mpuzach

Thanks for the pics, Paul. In looking at the two colors, I'm having a tough time understanding why they made a change since the difference seems to be imperceptible.

maxp

seems like a flat boring shade to me

talon90

Michael,

It is very close. The difference appears to be in the type and the amount of metallic in the paint. The color shade is just a touch lighter to my eye as well but very close.

It could be any number of things I guess that contributed to the change even down to the particular forumulation of paint for the plant paint equipment may have needed to be changed and they couldn't get the same shade. Not fact b.t.w. but one of any number of guesses that could have played a role. It isn't always as it appears so to speak.

0corvetteconti @ EVS

talon90 awesome to see you again this year sir!
See you tonight at dinner...

one more blade silver to throw at you guys;

Vettin08

I'm definitely getting me 2 of these!

hulksdaddy

The pics make it look very white-ish.

03 Z-oh-6

I think GM is going back closer to the Quicksilver style of 02-03. I like it A LOT better than machine sliver. Machine silver is just to dark for my taste.

ironmikezero

The silver color looks "washed out"... maybe even a "matte" finish... I know pics won't do it justice, but this "blade silver" looks like a pale version of "machine silver"...

I'm a bit disappointed in the cyber gray as well... it seems just a shade or two too dark (albeit in pics). Someone mentioned that perhaps a middle ground gray might be more desirable - titanium...

Now that intrigues me...

'06 Quicksilver Z06

I like the Machine Silver better than the Blade Silver because of the initials.

Velocity Yellow= VY

Victory Red= VR

Millineum Yellow= MY

Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic= DSOM

Atomic Orange = AO

Jetstream Blue= JSB

LeMans Blue= LMB

Blade Silver = BS

I'm ordering a BS '09 Z06.

mcwire

-- -- New silver looks too flat.

Patman

I was hoping that Blade Silver was going to have MORE metallic, not less. I wished they had made it look like the silver that comes on the McLaren SLR Mercedes, that silver looks amazing!

-vet

Paul, thank you for all the good info and great pictures! To digress... Your Precision Red coupe looks teriffic. Red interior accents are fine. What did you use on your door panels to make them look so new?