Best Color for the Proteg5?
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Iconoclast
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black is a good color for 90% of all cars-except a wagon, and is a b**** to keep clean
silver is a easy clean color-but not a 4 door car color,like your trying too hard to be sporty
the blues are nice, but that lighter one makes it look like a clown car, and the darker one makes it look dingy
only emergency vehichles should be white, and that s*** shows chips and dirt like no other color
the yellow on the p5 is better then that yellow they had for the wrx, but the clown car theory pops into mind again
now red not only matches the inside guages, but Ferrari said it himself "red is the color of speed"-plus as a compact wagon it makes the most sense.
"little red wagon" like the radio flyer.
Not that the color adds anything to the performance depending on the paint(too much specialty paint like flakes and irradecents weigh cars down, it take gallons of that s*** for those looks) but ive been puled over so many time for "looking" like i was speeding
these r just my opinions, i dont knock any of you for your choices-and when certain mods are done to the body styling these opinions all change-like gurlyp5's that pro looks much better with the kit
now it would look great if it was molded and shaved down and clearcoated like all aftermarket kits wer ment to be, but that is another one of my opinions for another poll i wont vote on but add my priceless wisedom.
silver is a easy clean color-but not a 4 door car color,like your trying too hard to be sporty
the blues are nice, but that lighter one makes it look like a clown car, and the darker one makes it look dingy
only emergency vehichles should be white, and that s*** shows chips and dirt like no other color
the yellow on the p5 is better then that yellow they had for the wrx, but the clown car theory pops into mind again
now red not only matches the inside guages, but Ferrari said it himself "red is the color of speed"-plus as a compact wagon it makes the most sense.
"little red wagon" like the radio flyer.
Not that the color adds anything to the performance depending on the paint(too much specialty paint like flakes and irradecents weigh cars down, it take gallons of that s*** for those looks) but ive been puled over so many time for "looking" like i was speeding
these r just my opinions, i dont knock any of you for your choices-and when certain mods are done to the body styling these opinions all change-like gurlyp5's that pro looks much better with the kit
now it would look great if it was molded and shaved down and clearcoated like all aftermarket kits wer ment to be, but that is another one of my opinions for another poll i wont vote on but add my priceless wisedom.
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- 11 Miata GT PRHT, 00 Silverado RCSB
Speed? Are you sure you're driving a Protege5?
I'd expect to see yellow or red on a sporty car rather than silver anyday.. Most of the time that I see Ferraris or Lamborghinis or any of those types of cars they're one of those two colors.. Although silver or black are the best colors you could get for a C5 Corvette IMO.. Just a bit lower class than the exotics though.
Also, I had a white Celica GT-S.. I didn't want it in white but it was the only color I could get for the price.. So I settled for it.. I believe that white hides dirt better than any color and depending on what color the material under the paint is, it doesn't show chips too bad unless the urethane is black. I never really realized how dirty the car was until I washed it. And then after that I was just like "wow!"
Iconoclast
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where in that post did i say anything about the car being fast?
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I dunno about that, I think a couple black micas would disagree.Lisakay said:I call it "stealth"
Unless you mean stealth to cops, then I agree, definitely not a cop magnet color. Sleeper!I dont think anyone doubts that...Sucky thing about white cars, whcih anyone who owns one will find out or already has found out is that white enver matches white...What I mean by that is if you ever get in an accident and have certain body panels repainted, or put on a body kit, etc The new paint is almost Impossible to adequately match to the old paint. And where most colors are more forgiving, white is very easy to see the difference. It also never looks as new as the first year or so that you have it. Unless you wetsand and buff it every 6months, and repaint it every 3years.Replica said:
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that's what i thought you were getting at with the post about Ferrari saying red is the color of speed.. "plus..."Iconoclast said:
i believe I was mistaken.
And white cars are cop magnets if they're lowered with an exhaust and intake! Found that one out pretty quick. It does suck about the paint thing though. Even the FACTORY paint didn't really match perfectly where it had been painted on over urethane vs metal.
That's weird, I had a white civic, 94, and the paint looked great. Its previous owner left it outside all the time and never washed it. Once I bought it I clay bared it and waxed it. Turned out great. The paint was nice and shiney the day I sold it. Are Mazdas different?protegeV said:
