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Old 07-18-2015, 11:22 AM
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Default My Arctic White/Blade Silver debate is driving me nuts.

With a Z51 coupe and carbon flash mirrors/spoiler - stinger hood - black wheels - red/black two tone 2LT trim. Will be adding carbon flash side skirts and front splitter. I swear I keep going back and forth, and ironically neither white or silver is a color I was never very fond of, very common and pretty bland. BUT with the C7 and the lines, venting, accents, etc. those two colors to me really reveal the design of the C7 (especially the coupe) I know the B/S has had some modling paint issues. Don't know if that's been resolved on 16's? I know by the numbers for c7's white is very common. I swear one day I am set on B/S and the next day it's A/W
Old 07-18-2015, 12:17 PM
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This is what I do when I have important decisions in my life that I cant decide between. Flip a coin...yea for real, hear me out. Somewhere inside you, you really know what you REALLY want, but its difficult to show. So when you're flipping a coin, its that last millisecond that you HOPE the coin will land on the side that you REALLY want. If it doesn't land on the side you're hoping for, you feel a little disappointed, and there's your answer.

For me its the Arctic White though
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Let me simplify it for you: B/S.
Old 07-18-2015, 12:23 PM
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I feel your pain. Ever since the C7 released the pictures I've changed my mind on colors six times. Now I'm waiting to see Long Beach Red in person.

I was never fond of B/S on the C6 but, as you said, with the angle and vents the silver really shows the car off. Especially the coupe moreso than the vert with the roof line.

With black accents you want, I'd vote for the silver but either way you'll love what you have.
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Originally Posted by billiam01
Let me simplify it for you: B/S.
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Old 07-18-2015, 12:26 PM
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Both look awesome, I don't think you could go wrong either way.
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Blade Silver.
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Good idea. And yes it should be obvious Arctic White is the better choice.
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This is what I do when I have important decisions in my life that I cant decide between. Flip a coin...yea for real, hear me out. Somewhere inside you, you really know what you REALLY want, but its difficult to show. So when you're flipping a coin, its that last millisecond that you HOPE the coin will land on the side that you REALLY want. If it doesn't land on the side you're hoping for, you feel a little disappointed, and there's your answer.

For me its the Arctic White though
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I have had white and silver vettes over the years and I always come back to silver.
That is why I just traded in my JetStream Blue for the Blade Silver.
BTW my TPW is 8/17/15.
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Nothing looks better at NIGHT than B/S. All the darker colors kinda disappear but B/S glimmers under night time light.
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I get nothing but compliments on the White/Black theme.
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Originally Posted by 2HD's2vettes
With a Z51 coupe and carbon flash mirrors/spoiler - stinger hood - black wheels - red/black two tone 2LT trim. Will be adding carbon flash side skirts and front splitter. I swear I keep going back and forth, and ironically neither white or silver is a color I was never very fond of, very common and pretty bland. BUT with the C7 and the lines, venting, accents, etc. those two colors to me really reveal the design of the C7 (especially the coupe) I know the B/S has had some modling paint issues. Don't know if that's been resolved on 16's? I know by the numbers for c7's white is very common. I swear one day I am set on B/S and the next day it's A/W
I was going thru the EXACT same mental flip-flop (love white, love silver, but will I get bored?) until... I saw the Shark Gray in person. Just blew me away. IMO the perfect combo of elegant and exotic, as if the lines on the car were made for the color and the color was made just for this car.

If SG isn't your bag I'd go with silver, then white. You can't go wrong, the car looks great in all three of those colors.
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I will spread some advice my dad gave me. If you're deciding between two things, whichever you pick, you will wish you got the other one.

Luckily for me there was no contest. Shark Grey.
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White looks better but is the most common color and the odds of you driving down the highway and passing another white one is greater (happened to me one too many times). If you plan on selling it down the line white will be easier to sell because its so common.

On the other hand silver you won't see a lot of. I haven't seen 1 yet in person in my area. So you will stand out in that respect.

I too was back and forth with both colors and ended up getting the white. But there's a little part of me that wishes I got the silver just for the fact that I see the white all the time on the road.
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Originally Posted by fmcooper
Both look awesome, I don't think you could go wrong either way.
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Night Race Blue. I make you a deal, if you don't like it you can leave it my garage.

Good luck with your decision, I would go with white over silver.
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Oh sweet silver. No doubt in my mind.

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Old 07-18-2015, 02:31 PM
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White and Silver are my two favorites as well. Silver is my choice though. Not nearly as common as white and looks sleek.
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When I first was looking to get a C7 I was leaning towards Laguna Blue. The salesman said, "How about white?" I said to him,"Oh it's too common and I wanted something that pops!" And having owned a Monterey Red C6 for 8 years I wanted something different. Maybe Blade Silver..easy to keep clean. So when my wife & I went to the Corvette weekend at Ocean City MD and saw our first Stingray's in person it still wasn't decided what color we really liked best. Then on our trip home to Florida we passed an Arctic White C7 on I 75 near Sarasota. It was all over! The white pops, shows all the sharp lines and vents of the Stingray and after looking at a BS one there was no contest. I ordered exactly what we wanted and even though there's a lot of white ones out there I have yet to be at any car show and not garner a crowd of lookers. Just my honest experience! Good luck with your choice!


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Either way you can't go wrong. I have the Silver. But it's always been my favorite color. Doesn't show light dirt as easily as white.


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