Which color easiest to keep clean.
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Which color easiest to keep clean.
Hey guys,
I am fairly new here and about 1-3 months away from buying a Vette.
Unfortantely I live in a condo without a garage and plan on using it as a daily driver so I can't put it up on a pedestal and keep it super clean 100% of the time.
With that in mind, which colors are the easiest to keep looking good? I know black is suppose to be a nightmare, how do the others fair?
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I am fairly new here and about 1-3 months away from buying a Vette.
Unfortantely I live in a condo without a garage and plan on using it as a daily driver so I can't put it up on a pedestal and keep it super clean 100% of the time.
With that in mind, which colors are the easiest to keep looking good? I know black is suppose to be a nightmare, how do the others fair?
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I would have to say that white is a great color to have parked on the outside of a garage especially if you live in sunshine most of the day.
White can look like it is covered in a sheet of glass if detailed right.
Dan
White can look like it is covered in a sheet of glass if detailed right.
Dan
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Silver or pewter, but yellow isn't too bad and gets my vote.
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I know you didn't ask this, but.....
Hold off on the Vette purchase until you can get yourself a place with a garage. I'd hate to think of parking Red Racer on the street all night at the mercy of whatever low-life happens by.
Hold off on the Vette purchase until you can get yourself a place with a garage. I'd hate to think of parking Red Racer on the street all night at the mercy of whatever low-life happens by.
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Get the color you want, that you like the most, you won't mind washing it. I don't. 
But silver or pewter will look the cleanest all the time
Black will look the best when clean though
......or at least for the first 2 hours before the dust starts to show again. 
But silver or pewter will look the cleanest all the time
Black will look the best when clean though
......or at least for the first 2 hours before the dust starts to show again.
when clean 
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Originally Posted by Red_Racer
I know you didn't ask this, but.....
Hold off on the Vette purchase until you can get yourself a place with a garage. I'd hate to think of parking Red Racer on the street all night at the mercy of whatever low-life happens by.
Hold off on the Vette purchase until you can get yourself a place with a garage. I'd hate to think of parking Red Racer on the street all night at the mercy of whatever low-life happens by.
Yeah I was thinking that Pewter or Silver would be the way to go and are my first choice. Yellow is my absolute favorite but my budget probably won't get me into a 2000 or newer unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by midnitewolf
Gated Community with decent people around actually. It won't be on the street. Probably a bigger chance of getting a ding in the parking lot at the mall to be honest. I just won't be able to keep it out of the rain and sun.
Yeah I was thinking that Pewter or Silver would be the way to go and are my first choice. Yellow is my absolute favorite but my budget probably won't get me into a 2000 or newer unfortunately.
B.
Yeah I was thinking that Pewter or Silver would be the way to go and are my first choice. Yellow is my absolute favorite but my budget probably won't get me into a 2000 or newer unfortunately.
B.
Go for the Silver. My wife has a Siliver Regal GS and it hides dirt pretty well. It can go a long time between washes and still look good as long as the wheels and tires are kept clean.
Just get some Meguiar's Insane Shine for the tires and lots of towels to clean the brake dust off the wheels.
It's funny how a clean car with dirty wheels can still look awful, but a dirty car with clean wheels can still look good.
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Originally Posted by JoshVette
Get the color you want, that you like the most, you won't mind washing it. I don't.
But silver or pewter will look the cleanest all the time
Black will look the best when clean though ......or at least for the first 2 hours before the dust starts to show again.
But silver or pewter will look the cleanest all the time
Black will look the best when clean though
......or at least for the first 2 hours before the dust starts to show again. 
I love my Pewter