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Old May 27, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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a "lighter" shade of silver than quicksilver?
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a "lighter" shade of silver than quicksilver?
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If anything, a little bit darker, but pretty close to the same shade - we had one in our club, & I couldn't really tell the difference unless the cars were parked side-by-side.
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nope...it is more like Pewter without the gold additive. I had a Pewter WS6 Trans AM before my Machine Silver 04 C5 and can say that they have the same darkness and metallic flake...the Machine Silver just has no gold.
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the Machine Silver just has no gold.
Thanks. I just bought one but never really looked, and the car wont be here till Sunday.
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To me machine silver looks sort of like brush polished aluminum. Sort of like the harley v-rod when it first came out. I think it is supposed to sort of simulate a bare metal look.
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