Hi Forum

Close to buying an arctic white car with blue stripes 3LZ z07 with white interior and blue seat belts to match.

I wanted to get the forum’s opinion on the white interior and how it ages. I didn’t spec this car but it’s a very solid deal and I am looking to make the jump.

Any issues with the white?

thanks!

 

You mean “Sky Cool Gray”? If so, while it IS technically a light gray, it is easily mistaken for white, especially with darker exterior colors. I chose to avoid it as it is just too white looking and wish they had a more medium gray, especially after 5 years. I’d be all over a medium gray, but white or near white as this is, is too light for me. As for wear, I don’t think it’s any worse than the natural, so you’ll be OK there as long as you want what is really more white, than gray.

 

Thanks! Yes, sky cool gray is the name. Seems super light

 

It's up to you. There's no wrong choice if you're at peace and happy.

 

If you wear blue jeans often, your seats may show blue with the jeans. Something to consider.

 

To me the lighter colors, coupled with the ventilation holes, make the seats look dirty from a distance even though they aren't.

 

Those seats are going to be unique because they are going to absorb color more (at least, to the naked eye, not literally), like, blue jeans. Blue jeans are dyed using indigo, unfortunately, in order to get that beautiful blue color in blue specifically, it also has to be made soluble, so they add Sodium Dithionite which is a great thing! However; some household chemicals also use sodium dithionite, and if that touches your blue jeans, it'll make it soluble in water, and if you sweat or it's raining, bam, you have dyed seats! to answer a few questions you'll ask yourself, yes, this happens all the time on other colors, however; it's very hard to see on black, red, and even tan. I believe personally GM knew about this being an issue and that's why we don't actually have real white seats, probably why white seats are generally just not common haha.
to be fair though, this is likely to take a long, long time to actually transfer any color and you will almost certainly be fine... until you're not. If you are good with regular cleanings using proper cleaning agents on the seats, you should be fine for the life of the color.

It's also worth noting not all pants use REAL indigo, but rather, synthetic indigo. More expensive clothing that's got deep blue will in fact use legitimate indigo. On that same note though, synthetic indigo is soluble, and it will bleed over even more when wet / damp over time.

 

I have the cool sky gray interior in my 2024 Z. I applied ceramic leather protector from Chemical Guys and haven’t had any issues.

 

I couldn't do white myself. They look good new but IME, light interiors never age well.

 

These cars are mass-produced with long runs. You can always get another set of covers and put them aside, or I think someone already makes covers (protectors). Should ask the Telsa crowd, those things are full-on white interiors.

 

My wife has ceramic white seats in her 70th Anny convertible, the top is always down and the seats after 2 years look new, as said avoid blue jeans in the rain and you will be fine, same with the sky gray

 

100% My biggest gripe. Love the natural color, but the seat inserts just look horrible with the perforations Hopefully they figure out a solution to this obvious design flaw.

 

White, gray, yellow, and orange eventually all look dirty or stained when the color is on the actual seating surfaces.

 

One side note from a guy with Natural Dipped interior. An inexpensive (I did WalMart) bath towel folded on the seat cushion, does wonders for protecting your seats from transferred moisture, discoloration and fading, not to mention hot seats from the sun. As with many, we participated in the NCM 30th Anniversary Corvette Caravan last August. We traveled totally over 7K miles and had zero issues with any seat color transfers.
Also, “Sonax” makes a great interior cleaning product that, in addition cleaning the “leather” is very good for the Alcantara (sueded microfiber) trim, door panels, steering wheel, etc. JMHO

 

Our M7 has a white interior - as others mentioned, it will be blue from your blue jeans and require constant maintenance.

We got rid of the vehicle due to our poor interior choice.

 

I have the orca interior onmy ‘’23 with 12k mi. I have used leathercleaning wipes to tidy up the whiteness 3 or 4 times. Took maybe 10 mins max. Not jean dye transfer just a little dingey - actually after dealer service twice.

i have black leather on my 16z with 90k- i think i only wiped them once ever, for fun.

definitely more work the lighter you go. Not too bad depending on how many miles you put on.

 

I'm amazed!!! These people that gripe about white (and Sky Cool Gray) interiors tell you how dirty they get. I'm sorry but I don't wear overalls when I drive any of my cars, including my Ferrari with a light tan interior or my current Corvette, a 2024 Z06 HTC with the Sky Cool interior. As a matter of fact, I very seldom get in any car unless I'm wearing clothes that are relatively clean. If you dress 'dirty' or like a slob, Ford makes a very capable F150 for you.

Over the years I've even owned a 35th Anniversary Corvette.... you remember those with the pure white interiors AND white leather stearing wheels.... well all it took was a damp cloth and a squirt of learher cleaner every couple weeks to keep it lookin' just like new. I always thought it was worth it for THE LOOK.

 

I regularly clean and leather treat the white seats in my Anniversary Z06. No discoloration and they look new.

 

I had the Sky Cool Gray in my SR. Loved the contrast with the ELB exterior. It did clean up nicely but showed smudges and dust pretty easily. I had to be mindful of moving the car around at the house if i had been working outside and was dirty. If you don't mind be careful with it, the color looks good. When I ordered my Z06, I went with a darker interior color. FWIW

 

I got white interior on an M4. I would not do it again.