I'm gonna repaint my car in less than a year and I'm wondering what color I should paint it. I have a pearl white and I love it... But it's way too hard to keep clean. Black is also too hard. So I've narrowed the choices down to these.

1) Gun metal Gray
2) BMW M3 black (the one that looks like it has stuff in the paint that gives it texture- kind of like a pearl white texture only it's black)
3) or repaint it factory Pearl White

What do you guys think? Thanks for the info.

-Andy
GS300

 

I would NOT paint it Pearl White again...What about the new Lexus Crystal White?

The "standard" Pearl Whites (on almost any car) is a hard color to keep. Most Pearl Whites tend to yellow and the Pearl White that's on metal will be a different color than then Pearl White that's on urathane (even if it was painted at the same time by the same painter using the same gun). It's a reaction to the urathane, flex agent, or both...most "aftermarket" Pearl White paint jobs turn yellow faster than Factory jobs... (at least that what I've noticed...)

If you're car is already "white", I would stick with white. Unless you're going for the "show" quality $10,000 paint job. Otherwise, if you go with a different color, various parts of your car will still be "white". That's why I recommended the new Crystal White (supposidly, it's not suppose to yellow out like "Pearl White")...just a though...

 

color-changing chameleon color?

People normally do purple and green (which is very nice) but could look too ricy on a GS.

I've thought about mixing black and white chameleon so it'll look like a milk cow! :eek:

Do some photoshop job and find out what's right for you.

 

Repaint any color other than the original one will reduce the resale value of the vehicle and the engine bay will get different color. Plus you have to go thru the hassel of DPS for changing color, otherwise, when you get pulled over...